Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: To study the metabolic profile of patients after surgery for pituitary tumors.Methods: This retrospective study included 1138 patients from 2000 to 2017. Those with prolactinomas, pituitary apoplexy and surgery elsewhere were excluded. The analysis included 525 patients, non-functional tumors (143), acromegaly (267), Cushing’s disease (113) and TSHoma (1). The patients’ blood pressure, blood sugar, lipid profile and body mass index (...

Introduction: Cushing’s syndrome(CS) is associated with high morbidity and mortality which warrants a good screening test that is less laborious. We explored the possibility of using urine spot cortisol:creatinine ratio (UCCR) as a new screening test for Cushing’s syndrome.Aims and objectives: To study the efficacy of UCCR as a screening test for patients with Cushing’s syndrome.To compare UCCR in patients with CS, o...