Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Cushing’s syndrome (CS) is a rare disease that can be difficult to diagnose. 24 hour urinary free cortisol (UFC) is one of the reliable screening tests to diagnose CS. The Endocrine Society recommends against widespread screening for CS. It advises to screen those patients presenting with multiple and progressive features (easy bruising, facial plethora, proximal myopathy and striae) of CS, in addition to patients who experience unusual features for their ag...

Background: Primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) is caused by a solitary benign adenoma in 80–85% of cases, but may also be due to multi-gland or ectopic disease, hyperplasia, and rarely parathyroid carcinoma. Preoperative localisation studies are important to identify patients suitable for minimally invasive parathyroid surgery. The aim of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of ultrasound (US), parathyroid scintigraphy (MIBI) and computed tomography (CT) utilised in th...