Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Subclinical autonomous cortisol hypersecretion is the most common hormonal abnormality in patients with adrenal incidentalomas, which is characterized by subtle abnormalities of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis (HPA) due to adrenal autonomy. Possible detrimental effects of subclinical hypercortisolism in these patients are still under investigation.Objective: To investigate the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome (MS) in pat...