Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Adrenal Cushing’s syndrome accounts for 15-20% of all the causes of endogenous hypercortisolism, mainly due to unilateral adenomas and adrenal cancer. Approximately 9-17% of patients with ACTH-independent Cushing’s syndrome have bilateral adrenal adenomas. Subsequently, their management is quite demanding. The main difficulty lies in distinguishing between a functional and a non-functional adrenal mass, since this cannot be reliably achieved by routine ...