Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: To evaluate the frequency of symptoms of Cushing’s disease (CD) at baseline and it dependence on different quantities.Material and methods: Clinical and laboratory data of 44 patients with CD (40 females and four males, 37.9±10.5 years old), duration of the disease 35.5 (22; 75) months.Results: Complaints: i) >80% – fatigability, weight gain, apathy, and headache, ii) 40–50% – loss of libido,...

Background: Excessive level of cortisol in patients with Cushing’s disease (CD) can cause an immunosuppression. Therefore after resolution of hypercorticism the underline autoimmune disorders can appears.Aim: We are presenting three cases of autoimmune disorders diagnosed in patients successfully treated for CD.Results: Case 1: Woman, 37-year-old with confirmed panhypopituitarism after transsphenoidal adenomectomy (TSA) for CD...

Introduction: To analyze clinical, laboratory and anamnestic data of the patients with Cushing’s disease (CD) we conducted a CD database.Methods: One hundred and eighty patients with CD were investigated in MRRCI from 1975 year. To all of them in 2011 the invitation letter was sent. In only 22 patients we could confirm diagnosis of CD according to their medical documentation. Three patients died to 2011. From 2009 to 2012 in 16 patients CD were newl...