Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Ectopic Cushing Syndrome (ECS) is a rare disease associated with significant comorbidity. Among the causes of Cushing’s syndrome (CS), ACTH-producing extrahypophyseal tumours are rarely reported. The aim of our study is to describe the clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic characteristics of patients with ECS treated in our Endocrinology department over a 15-year period.Methods: A cross-sectional unicentric retrospective study was desi...

Background: Inferior petrosal sinus sampling (IPSS) is indicated in the diagnosis of adrenocor-ticotropic hormone (ACTH)-dependent Cushing’s syndrome (CS), especially when the results of the initial diagnostic tests are discordant.Objective: To describe the patients who underwent this invasive functional test in a tertiary hospital.Methods: This was an observational study of a retrospective cohort of patients with ACTH- depend...

Aim: To describe the clinical and analytical characteristics of patients with hypopituitarism in the Endocrinology Department.Materials and methods: This was a descriptive, retrospective study with 70 patients diagnosed with hypopituitarism in the Endocrinology Department´s outpatient consultations with a follow-up of up to 44 years. The qualitative variables were expressed in frequencies and the quantitative variables showed a normal distribution e...