Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Prolactinomas are the most common pituitary adenomas. Dopamine agonists (DAs) are the treatment of choice for prolactinomas. Patients with prolactinomas normally are treated in ambulatory. In some patients there are challenges in therapy, and they need to be hospitalized.Objective: To study the clinical features and outcomes of in-patients with prolactinoma.Materials and methods: A retrospective analysis of 40 hospita...

Purpose: Inferior petrosal sinus sampling (IPSS) is considered the gold standard test for the differential diagnosis of ACTH-dependent Cushing’s syndrome, but false-negative results have been reported in 1–10% cases. Cavernous sinus sampling (CSS) was suggested as a diagnostic tool in a complex ACTH-dependent Cushing’s syndrome cases.Aim: To study the role of bilateral combined cavernous and inferior petrosal sinus samplin...