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ea0022p616 | Neuroendocrinology and Pituitary (<emphasis role="italic">Generously supported by Novartis</emphasis>) | ECE2010

Pain characteristics in patients with Cushing's disease compared to patients with non-functioning pituitary adenomas

Dimopoulou Christina , Oehrlein Franziska , Pfister Hildegard , Schopohl Jochen , Stalla Guenter Karl , Sievers Caroline

Objectives: It is known that patients with pituitary adenomas, especially acromegaly, frequently suffer from pain syndromes such as headache and arthralgia. Whether pain exists and to what extent in Cushing’s disease (CD), reflecting chronic cortisol excess, is not clear. We hypothesized that pain patterns should be also altered and investigated pain laterisation, clinical characteristics, phenotypes as well as underlying predictors.Methods: In a cr...