ea0029p3 | Adrenal cortex | ICEECE2012
Palmieri S.
, Morelli V.
, Cairoli E.
, Polledri E.
, Fustinoni S.
, Chiodini I.
, Beck-Peccoz P.
Introduction: For defining SH in AI patients at least 2 altered criteria among serum cortisol after 1 mg dexamethasone test (1 mgDST), ACTH levels, 24 h urinary free cortisol (UFC) and midnight serum cortisol levels are generally required. Midnight salivary cortisol (MSC), a sensitive and easy-to-perform marker of overt hypercortisolism, appears to be of limited utility in these patients. Data on the role of salivary cortisol using LC-MS/MS, the gold standard procedure for ste...