Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Although it is well known that glucocorticosteroids induce insulin resistance, probably due to postreceptor defects, the exact time scale is still a matter of debate.Objective: The aim of the present study was to determine the time scale of effects of therapeutic doses of glucocorticoids on insulin sensitivity.Methods: Study group consisted of 20 patients with Graves ophtalmopathy who were treated with corticosteroids f...

Adrenal incidentalomas are referred as clinically silent adrenal masses discovered incidentally during diagnostic testing or treatment for conditions not related to suspicion of adrenal disease. Certain percent of them are hormonally active and autonomous cortisol secretion is reported with increasing frequency. The aim of the study was to assess value of 1mg-DST in subclinical Cushing’s syndrome (CS) compared to the other forms of adrenal incidentalomas. We have evaluate...