Endocrine Abstracts

The diagnosis of subclinical hypercortisolism (SH) is a challenging issue, especially as the high prevalence of adrenal incidentalomas (AI) is increasingly recognized. The diagnosis of subclinical hypercortisolism relies on a combination of tests that include overnight (ODST) or low dose dexamethasone suppression (LDDST), plasma ACTH, and 24-h urinary free cortisol (UFC). Late night salivary cortisol (LNSC) has been successfully used in the diagnosis of Cushing’s syndrome...