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ea0016p15 | Adrenal | ECE2008

The prevalence of 21-hydroxylase deficiency in adrenal incidentalomas: hormonal and mutation screening

Lazurova Ivica , Wagnerova Hedwiga , Habalova Viera , Dudasova Daniela

The aim of the present study was to evaluate and compare the response of 17 OHP to ACTH stimulation in patients with various types of adrenal incidentalomas and to examine the occurence of germline CYP21 mutation in these patients.Subjects and methods: Forty patients (27 females, 13 males) with unilateral and bilateral masses were screened for five most common mutations of the CYP21 in peripheral blood DNA samples. A hormonal evaluation, i.e. baseline pl...