Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: In subclinical Cushing’s syndrome (SC), it is assumed that glucocorticoid production is insufficient to cause a clinically recognizable syndrome. Differences in hormonal levels or recovery time of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenocortical (HPA) axis after adrenalectomy between patients with overt Cushing’s syndrome (OC) and SC remain unknown.Design and patients: Thirty seven patients (ten were OC and 27 were SC) with adrena...

Background: Fixed-dose radioactive iodine therapy (RAI) is one of the standard therapy for Graves’ disease (GD). However, optimal RAI dose to achieve hypothyroidism in GD has been controversial.Methods: The clinical outcome of 124 patients with GD treated with a RAI between Apr. 2004 and Dec. 2014 was analyzed retrospectively. Responder group was defined as patients who were rendered hypothyroid by the RAI. Thyroid volume (TV) was assessed with sono...