ea0022p42 | Adrenal | ECE2010
Vryonidou Andromachi
, Ioannidis Dimitrios
, Vassilatou Evangelina
, Katsoulis Kostas
, Panagou Maria
, Panayiotopoulos Kostas
, Michalopoulou Stamatina
, Tzavara Ioanna
Background: Subclinical autonomous cortisol hypersecretion is the most common hormonal abnormality in patients with adrenal incidentalomas, which is characterized by subtle abnormalities of the hypothalamicpituitaryadrenal axis (HPA) due to adrenal autonomy. Possible detrimental effects of subclinical hypercortisolism in these patients are still under investigation.Objective: To investigate the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome (MS) in pat...