ea0032p32 | Adrenal cortex | ECE2013
Belaya Zhanna
, Rozhinskaya Liudmila
, Dragunova Natalia
, Dzeranova Larisa
, Arapova Svetlana
, Marova Evgenia
, Kolesnikova Galina
, Melnichenko Galina
Introduction: This study evaluates the diagnostic accuracy of clinical features and first line routine screening tests to differentiate ACTH-ectopic syndrome from Cushings disease (CD).Materials and methods: The retrospective clinical and biochemical presentations of 180 patients with histologically proven ACTH-dependent Cushings syndrome (CS) (159 CD, 21 ACTH-ectopic syndrome) were compared according to the cause of hypercortisolism. ROC-ana...