Endocrine Abstracts

A 75-year-old lady presented with hypertension, weight gain, ankle oedema and proximal myopathy. She had clinical features of Cushing’s syndrome. Blood pressure was 180/99 mmHg. Her visual fields were normal. Investigations confirmed Cushing’s syndrome with high 24-hour free urinary cortisol levels (2264 nmol/l and 3295 nmol/l; normal range 40–305) and a high serum cortisol level following overnight dexamethasone suppression test (serum cortisol 1,550 nmol/l). F...