An uncommon occurrence in which Graves disease (GD) coincides with autonomous functioning thyroid nodules (AFTNs) is termed Marine-Lehnhart syndrome (MLS). While hyperfunctioning nodules in MLS are commonly benign, there exists a rare potential for malignancy. A 41-year-old male patient was initially managed conservatively upon being diagnosed with MLS type 1.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Endogenous Cushing's syndrome (CS) is a severe condition, often diagnosed at a late stage. To reduce mortality, early diagnosis plays an important role. Two screening tools for early identification of patients with CS have been developed in multicentric cohorts, but have not yet been validated in cohorts with different geographic backgrounds.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Moderately elevated plasma normetanephrine (NMN) levels are frequent among patients with suspected pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma (PPGL). Clonidine suppression testing (CST) is recommended to distinguish patients with from those without PPGL. We aimed at evaluating the diagnostic outcome of CST in patients with moderate NMN elevations.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Benign adrenal tumors are commonly discovered on cross-sectional imaging. Mild autonomous cortisol secretion (MACS) is regularly diagnosed, but its effect on cardiometabolic disease in affected persons is ill defined.
Objective: To determine cardiometabolic disease burden and steroid excretion in persons with benign adrenal tumors with and without MACS.