Endocrine Abstracts

Background: The prevalence of adrenal incidentalomas has increased. The malignancy is determined by radiographic appearance and, secondly, by the size. Adenomas manifest a low attenuation on computed tomography (CT) (<10 Hounsfield Units(HU)).The cut-off point of 10 HU has been proposed to discriminate benign and malignant lesions.Objective: To determine if the cut-off point of 10 HU is useful in clinical practice to discriminate benign and malignant...

Background: AMH represents a marker of ovarian reserve and is used in monitoring the effects of gonadotoxic drugs. In PCOS is higher and is an indirect marker of hyperandrogenism. In transsexual man(TM), high prevalence of PCOS is described and AMH provide information about ovarian reserve after exposure to testosterone.Objective: To assess the prevalence of PCOS in young TM previously to testosterone treatment, study the evolution of AMH levels and diff...