Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Cushing’s syndrome (CS) is a rare disease with incidence estimated 2-4 cases per million inhabitants per year. ACTH-dependent forms comprise up to 80% of all cases, of which 80% are central and 20% are ectopic, paraneoplastic forms of ACTH-dependent CS. Thymic neuroendocrine tumors (NET) are accounting for 0,4 - 3% of all NET’s with incidence of 0.02/100 000 inhabitants/year. Up to one third of them are hormonally active (secrete adrenocorticotropic hor...