Endocrine Abstracts

Background: The recommended first-line screening tests for Cushing’s syndrome (CS) are serum cortisol after 1-mg dexamethasone suppression test (FDST), urinary free cortisol (UFC), and late-night salivary cortisol (LNSC). CS is often diagnosed late: the clinical presentation of endogenous hypercortisolism overlaps with common clinical conditions.Methods: We analyzed the diagnostic test accuracy of FDST, UFC, and LNSC in patient...