Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Patients with unilateral primary aldosteronism (PA) can be cured with adrenalectomy, and adrenal vein sampling (AVS) remains the gold-standard test. However, AVS is invasive, technically-challenging and criteria for determining lateralization differ between centres. 11C-Metomidate PET/CT (MTO) imaging offers a promising non-invasive alternative for identifying unilateral PA.Methods: All patients with confirmed primary aldosteronism who were...

Introduction: The short synacthen test (SST) is used in clinical practice to assess adrenal insufficiency (AI). However, the suggested threshold varies according to the patient cohort studied, assay variation and prevalence of the condition relative to the size of population tested. This study aimed to identify a threshold cortisol value to determine adrenal sufficiency in a Southeast Asian population and to investigate the utility of a stimulated 60-minute cortisol level in t...