Endocrine Abstracts

Cushing’s syndrome (CS) associated with dilated cardiomyopathy without LVH is rare but important to recognise as treatment of CS can lead to total recovery of heart function.A 30-year-old previously fit and well Turkish man presented with chest pain and was diagnosed with NSTEMI and CCF. An MRI of the heart and CT coronary angiogram showed normal coronary arteries but a large right adrenal tumour of 11.5 cm with extension into IVC. The transthoracic...

Introduction: 18-hydroxycortisol (18-OHF) is known to be elevated in glucocorticoid remediable aldosteronism but there are few data relating to 18-OHF in the differential diagnosis of primary aldosteronism.Aim: We evaluated the usefulness of lying and standing 18-OHF in patients with primary aldosteronism in differentiating between aldosteronoma, bilateral adrenal hyperplasia (BAH) and normality.Methods: Patients (n=27) with...