Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Cushing’s syndrome (CS) is caused by endogenous cortisol excess and is associated with significant morbidity. Twenty-four-hour urinary cortisol is one of the most useful tools to diagnose CS although it has limitations, especially in “mild” and “subclinical” forms of cortisol excess. We hypothesized that given the diurnal rhythm of physiological cortisol secretion, night-time urinary glucocorticoid excretion should be lower than day-time ex...

Introduction: Fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (18F-FDG PET) is an innovative method for the detection of primary tumours or metastases of thyroid cancer; however, recurrence or metastases of medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) are still difficult to detect.Aim: The objective of this study was to evaluate the clinical use of 18F-FDG PET in patients with MTC.Patients and methods: We enr...

Background and aims: Recommendations for the management of pregnancies in patients with adrenal insufficiency (AI) are scarce. The aim of this study was to analyse current clinical approaches in seventeen specialized centers across Europe with a particular focus on maternal and fetal outcome.Patients: 95 pregnancies in 86 patients with AI of different aetiology [Addison’s disease (n=37), secondary AI (n=22), congenital adrenal hype...