Endocrine Abstracts

The diagnosis of subclinical hypercortisolism (SH) is a challenging issue, especially as the high prevalence of adrenal incidentalomas (AI) is increasingly recognized. The diagnosis of subclinical hypercortisolism relies on a combination of tests that include overnight (ODST) or low dose dexamethasone suppression (LDDST), plasma ACTH, and 24-h urinary free cortisol (UFC). Late night salivary cortisol (LNSC) has been successfully used in the diagnosis of Cushing’s syndrome...

Background and patients: The clinical significance and management of papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) is widely debated. The objective of this study was to assess the clinical presentation, tumor characteristics and the outcome of the disease in patients with PTMC. In this retrospective study we evaluated 286 patients who were followed for a minimum of three years.Results: Of the 286 patients with a mean age 48.9 years, 226 (79%) were females. Two...