ea0029p57 | Adrenal cortex | ICEECE2012
Nouvel M.
, Rabilloud M.
, Raverot V.
, Pignard C.
, Vouillarmet J.
, Thivolet C.
, Jouanneau E.
, Chazot F Borson
, Pugeat M.
, Raverot G.
Context: Differentiating Cushings disease (CD) from pseudo-Cushings syndrome (PCS) is one of the most challenging problems since no biological test is yet perfect. Almost 30 years ago our group demonstrated the interest of 4 mg i.v. dexamethasone suppressing test (DST) to differentiate obese patients to CD.Objective: To reevaluate the diagnostic accuracy of the 4 mg i.v. DST in carefully selected patients with PCS and CD.<p class="abstext...