ea0070aep741 | Pituitary and Neuroendocrinology | ECE2020
Rosset Arza
, Greenman Yona
, Shefer Gabi
, Osher Etty
, Stern Naftali
, Tordjman Karen
Background: True Cushing’s syndrome (CS) is an exceedingly rare condition, thus to avoid unnecessary and costly testing, a diagnostic investigation should only start based on solid clinical suspicion. The current obesity epidemic has become a hurdle in discriminating subjects at real risk for CS from those with the metabolic syndrome. Moreover, many CS patientsrecently diagnosed do not fit the typical clinical profile of ‘at risk subjects’.<p class="abste...