Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: To study the differences in the metabolic profile of patients with non-functioning adrenal adenomas (NFA) and autonomous cortisol secretion (ACS).Methods: 143 patients diagnosed of adrenal incidentaloma (AI) between 2010 and 2018 were retrospectively analyzed. AI was defined as an adrenal mass≥1 cm, accidentally discovered by radiologic examination. ACS was confirmed by serum cortisol post-dexamethasone suppression test (Nugent)≥3 ...

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the sensitivy of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in the detection of pathological parathyroid gland in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism in comparison to the 99m-MIBI-SPECT scintigraphy.Methods: 29 patients consecutive (22 female, 7 male) with biochemically confirmed primary hyperparathyroidism, who underwent preoperative imaging with Technetium 99m-MIBI-SPECT scintigraphy and CEUS and subsequent...

Introduction: Primary aldosteronism (PA) is the most common cause of secondary hypertension. Guidelines recommend a confirmatory test in the majority of suspected cases: oral sodium loading, saline infusion test (SIT), captopril challenge test (CCT), or fludrocortisone suppression test. The SIT and CCT are most commonly used in clinical practice to study autonomous aldosterone secretion.Objectives and Methods: We compared the CCT’s diagnosis perform...