ea0011p549 | Endocrine tumours and neoplasia | ECE2006
Roderick EJ
, Collison K
, Karavitaki N
, Turner HE
, Suliman S
, Wass JAH
Background: Cushings disease (CD) may be associated with equivocal results on biochemical investigations.Aim: To evaluate the usefulness of dexamethazone suppression tests in the diagnostic work-up of CD.Patients and methods: Seventy patients with CD [median age 38 yrs(1676), 53 females] presenting between 19762005 were studied. 24-hr urinary free cortisol (UFC), overnight (oDST) (1 mg at 23:00 h), low dose (LDDST...