ea0011p29 | Bone | ECE2006
Monesi M
, Ambrosio MR
, Taroni S
, Bondanelli M
, Zatelli MC
, degli Uberti EC
Overt hypercortisolism causes reduction in bone mass and density. The effects of subclinical Cushings syndrome (SCS) on bone markers and structure are still debated. We therefore studied 56 patients with adrenal incidentaloma: group A=35 (20 F 15 M, age 4379, mean 64.6±1.5; BMI 29.9±0.9 kg/m2) without evidence of hypercortisolism, and group B=21 (10 F 11 M, age 5176, mean 63.4±1.9, BMI 28.0±1.2 kg/m2) with SCS (i.e. w...