Endocrine Abstracts

Background: In some patients with adrenal tumors cortisol regulation may be under the control of abnormal or ectopic hormone receptors. The objective of this study is investigate the presence of these aberrant receptors in subjects with adrenal incidentaloma and biochemical criteria of subclinical hypercortisolism.Patients and methods: We studied seventeen patients with adrenal incidentalomas, ten patients with a unilateral tumor (age 48–70, M/F: 4/...