Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Transgender women and gender diverse individuals with functioning testicles who are eligible for estrogen-based hormone therapy need to use antiandrogens in addition to estrogen to achieve adequate desired physical changes and suppress testosterone to cisgender women levels. Sublingually administered estradiol can achieve higher serum estradiol levels than traditionally administered oral estradiol, but may require multidaily dosing (1). We present a case of trans...

Objective: Data on gender comparisons of diagnosis, management and prognostic factors in Cushing’s disease are very limited, however, there is no such a comparison in ectopic ACTH syndrome (EAS) in the literature. The aim of this study is to compare clinical and hormonal data, neuroendocrine tumor (NET) localization, treatment and survival outcomes in Cushing’s syndrome due to EAS by gender.Material-Methods: Eleven experienced centers from our ...

Purpose: To evaluate the relationship between basal dehydroepiandrosterone-sulfate (DHEA-S) levels and other tests used in the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of Cushing’s Syndrome (CS) among the patients with pathologically confirmed CS.Methods: In this multicenter study, the data of 623 patients with CS were evaluated retrospectively. The patients were classified as Group 1 (n = 353 Cushing’s disease;CD), Group 2 (n</e...