ea0070ep3 | Adrenal and Cardiovascular Endocrinology | ECE2020
Lionetto Luana
, Maggio Roberta
, Lardo Pina
, De Bernardini Donatella
, Cipolla Fabiola
, Capi Matilde
, Simmaco Maurizio
, Pugliese Giuseppe
, Stigliano Antonio
Biochemical function of adrenal masses is currently based on 1 mg post-overnight dexamethasone suppression test (pDST). Several approaches are recently developed, in order to reduce false positive/negative samples, only in retrospective series. They are based on the correlation of some different parameters, i.e. late-night salivary cortisol (LNSC) vs serum and salivary cortisol pDST; LNSC vs serum and salivary cortisol and serum dexamethasone pDST; LNSC and cortisone vs serum ...