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...

Introduction: The coexistence of thyroid nodules and autoimmune thyroid disease (ATD) has been widely reported. The aim of our study was to retrospectively evaluate the incidence of thyroid nodules associated with autoimmune thyroiditis. Sibiu county is a well known mild iodine deficiency area from Romania.Material and methods: We retrospectively analysed data from 600 patients (25–79 years) with autoimmune thyroiditis in University County Hospital ...