Endocrine Abstracts

Decreased bone mineral density (BMD) and disturbances in glucose metabolism are common complications of Cushing’s disease. Many recent studies have shown that hyperinsulinemia in type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) may lead to higher BMD as compared to healthy individuals. The aim of the present study was to investigate the possible relationships between BMD, serum markers of bone metabolism and plasma cortisol concentrations. The second objective was to determine whether the p...

Many previous studies have shown decreased bone mineral density (BMD) in patients with endogenous hypercortisolism, although data on the severity of bone disease are contradictory. There are very sparse data about the correlations between plasma cortisol concentrations and BMD.The study included 188 patients with clinically inactive adrenal adenomas (IAA) and 30 patients with ACTH-independent Cushing’s syndrome (CS) due to adrenocortical adenomas. A...