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ea0056oc5.4 | Diving deep into adrenal cortex diseases | ECE2018

Assessment of Tissue Sodium Content by 23Na-MRI in Patients with Adrenal Insufficiency – a Pilot Study

Weng Andreas , Burger-Stritt Stephanie , Chifu Irina , Christa Martin , Petritsch Bernhard , Bley Thorsten , Kostler Herbert , Hahner Stefanie

Introduction: Patients with chronic primary adrenal insufficiency (PAI) depend on lifelong gluco- (GC) and mineralocorticoid (MC) replacement therapy. Reduced subjective well-being is however often described by these patients in absence of clinical or laboratory abnormalities and is thus a strong indicator of the gap between the concept of adequate hormone substitution and patientsÂ’ requirements. The aim of this study was to investigate the potential role of 23...