Endocrine Abstracts

Many previous studies have shown decreased bone mineral density (BMD) in patients with endogenous hypercortisolism, although data on the severity of bone disease are contradictory. There are very sparse data about the correlations between plasma cortisol concentrations and BMD.The study included 188 patients with clinically inactive adrenal adenomas (IAA) and 30 patients with ACTH-independent Cushing’s syndrome (CS) due to adrenocortical adenomas. A...

Introduction: The most important feature of bone metabolism in patients with Cushing’s syndrome is the uncoupling of osteoblast and osteoclast activity resulting in suppressed bone formation.Objective: The aim of the present study was to investigate the altered bone turnover in patients with various forms of Cushing’s syndrome in the active phase of the disease as well as after successful normalization of cortisol overproduction.<p class="a...