Endocrine Abstracts

IntroductionThe most common causes of pseudo Cushing syndrome are alcoholism, chronic kidney disease, neuropsychiatric diseases, pregnancy, uncontrolled diabetes, and drugs. We present a patient who was operated on suspected Cushing syndrome based on abnormal results in overnight dexamethasone suppression tests.Case presentationA 49-year-old female patient was referred to our clinic for reoperation due to per...

IntroductionVarious direct and indirect mechanisms by which glucocorticoid (GC) excess and elevated adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) levels impairs bone metabolism have been described. In the literature, there are different factors described which affect the early outcome of pituitary surgery in patients with CD including preoperative ACTH levels and the clinical severity of the disease. Combining these data, we conducted a retrospective study to inves...