Endocrine Abstracts

Background: ACTH-independent Cushing syndrome (CS) accounts for 15–20% of endogenous CS. Approximately 10% of these patients have bilateral adrenal lesions where the differential diagnoses are primary bilateral adrenal macronodular hyperplasia (PBMAH), primary pigmented nodular adrenal disease (PPNAD), bilateral cortisol producing adenomas or a unilateral cortisol producing adenoma with a contralateral nonfunctioning adenoma. Also, the prevalence of subclinical CS is high...

Background: The Swedish Pituitary Registry is a national quality registry founded in 1991 by the Swedish Pituitary Group.A total of 89 such national quality registries exist in Sweden (2011) that provide important data in the continuous quality assessment and improvement work within the Swedish health care system.In 2011, a nurse network was started for nurses working with the registry.Purpose: The purpose of...