Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Up to 40% of cases with endocrinologically and surgically proven Cushing’s disease (CD) are MRI-negative1. With intraoperative transsphenoidal ultrasound 72% of microadenomas in CD were identified as hyperechogenic structure2. We report on the first 9 cases with intraoperative use of direct contact high-frequency ultrasound (hf-us) in patients with CD.Patients: All 9 cases (all female, age 31–71 years) reveal...