Endocrine Abstracts

Spontaneous remission of Cushing disease might be a phase of cyclic disease, but could also be explained by an ACTH-microadenoma infarction or hemorrhage. True remission must be differentiated from cyclic Cushing’s disease with prolonged follow up. 63-years-old female patient was referred to endocrinologist’s and presented with uncontrolled hypertension, type 2 diabetes, central obesity, hirsutism, swelling of the face and legs and a ’buffalo hump’. After a...

IntroductionInadequately managed papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) patients result in potentially higher fatal outcomes due to a lack of sufficient prognostic data/markers, inadequate periodic individualized follow-up risk assessments and/or insufficient initial treatment. MiR-146b, -21, -221, -222, -181b are potential biomarkers for risk stratification of PTC.AimThe aim of our study was to analyze expression...

Introduction: Real-world data on management of bone alterations in Cushing’s syndrome (CS) are scanty. The aim of our study was to assess the prevalence of osteoporosis (OP) and bone fractures (BF) in CS patients included in the European Registry on Cushing’s Syndrome (ERCUSYN), and to describe the diagnostic and therapeutic strategies adopted across Europe to address these comorbidities.Patients and methods: In this retrospective, observationa...