Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Cushing’s disease (CD) is a condition due to an ACTH-secreting pituitary adenoma and leading to hypercorticism. Hirsutism is common in CD but its exact frequency has been poorly studied. It results from the stimulating effect of ACTH on adrenal production of androgens.The aim of this study is to determine the androgenic profile in hirsute patients with CD.Patients and methods: It is a retrospective study of nine ...

Introduction: Cushing disease (CD) is a condition due to an ACTH-secreting pituitary adenoma that is usually a microadenoma. Seldom, the lesion may be atypical by his size or his radiological aspect.The aim of this study is to analyze the clinical and biological data of CD with atypical radiological aspect (macroadenoma or other), to compare them to those of CD with a typical radiological aspect (microadenoma) and to determine the clinical or biological ...