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ea0032p696 | Neuroendocrinology | ECE2013

Evaluation of the efficacy of midnight salivary cortisol plus dexamethasone suppression test as screening for the diagnosis of hypercortisolism within an at-risk population

Leal-Cerro Alfonso , Madrazo-Atutxa Ainara , Garcia-Arnes Juan , Lamas-Oliveira Cristina , Boronat-Cort Mauro , Lillo Juan A , Fajardo Carmen , Urgell-Rull Eulalia , Salvador Javier , Salinas Isabel , Bernabeu Ignacio , Paramo Concha , Webb Susan , Torres-Vela Elena , Diaz Angel , Aller Javier , Leon-Justel Antonio

Introduction: Endogenous Cushing’s syndrome (CS) is a rare, infradiagnosed and severe disease that carries high morbidity and mortality. Delays in treatment initiation reduce reversibility of symptoms and increase mortality rate. Current gold standard for screening, 24 h urinary free cortisol, has a low reproducibility and specificity, and sampling is complicated. Midnight salivary cortisol (MSVC) determination is considered an easy and cheap test. We intend to assess its...