ea0032p696 | Neuroendocrinology | ECE2013
Leal-Cerro Alfonso
, Madrazo-Atutxa Ainara
, Garcia-Arnes Juan
, Lamas-Oliveira Cristina
, Boronat-Cort Mauro
, Lillo Juan A
, Fajardo Carmen
, Urgell-Rull Eulalia
, Salvador Javier
, Salinas Isabel
, Bernabeu Ignacio
, Paramo Concha
, Webb Susan
, Torres-Vela Elena
, Diaz Angel
, Aller Javier
, Leon-Justel Antonio
Introduction: Endogenous Cushings syndrome (CS) is a rare, infradiagnosed and severe disease that carries high morbidity and mortality. Delays in treatment initiation reduce reversibility of symptoms and increase mortality rate. Current gold standard for screening, 24 h urinary free cortisol, has a low reproducibility and specificity, and sampling is complicated. Midnight salivary cortisol (MSVC) determination is considered an easy and cheap test. We intend to assess its...