Screening for non-classic congenital adrenal hyperplasia in women: New insights using different immunoassays.

Context: The 250µg-cosyntropin stimulation test (CST) is used to diagnose non-classic congenital adrenal hyperplasia (NCCAH). The current recommendation is to perform CST when follicular 17-hydroxyprogesterone (17OHP) is 6-30 nmol/L, a cutoff derived from radioimmunoassay (RIA). Recently, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) has replaced RIA.

Cushing's syndrome in women: age-related differences in etiology and clinical picture.

Objective: To evaluate the clinical presentation, biochemical profile, and etiology of Cushing's syndrome (CS) in women stratified by age.

Methods: Retrospective study of patients with CS, treated at Rabin Medical Center from 2000 to 2020, or Maccabi Healthcare Services in Israel from 2005 to 2017. Disease etiology, presentation and biochemical profile were compared according to age at diagnosis: ≤ 45, 46-64, or ≥ 65 years.

Clinical Study and Systematic Review of Pituitary Microadenomas vs. Macroadenomas in Cushing's Disease: Does Size Matter?

: Reports on clinical and biochemical differences between adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)-secreting pituitary microadenomas and macroadenomas are limited and inconsistent. Compare clinical and biochemical characteristics of patients with corticotroph microadenomas and macroadenomas and assess predictive factors for biochemical response to dynamic testing for Cushing's disease (CD) in a clinical trial and a systematic review. A second aim was to evaluate differences between macroadenomas with and without cavernous and sphenoid sinus invasion.

Pheochromocytoma: Positive predictive values of mildly elevated urinary fractionated metanephrines in a large cohort of community-dwelling patients.

The diagnostic utility of different thresholds of elevated urinary fractionated metanephrine (UFM) for pheochromocytoma-paraganglioma (PPGL) was evaluated in 10 164 community-dwelling subjects (2012-2017). Levels were ≥1.5× the upper normal limit (UNL) in 276 subjects (2.

Cushing's syndrome: comparison between Cushing's disease and adrenal Cushing's.

Purpose: The most common etiology of Cushing's syndrome (CS) is an ACTH-producing pituitary adenoma (pitCS), reported as 2-3 times more frequent than primary adrenal CS (adrCS). We aimed to analyze and compare features of patients with pitCS and adrCS.

Methods: A retrospective file review of 196 consecutive patients (age 46.

Incidence of Cushing's syndrome in patients with significant hypercortisoluria.

Objective: To investigate the incidence of Cushing's syndrome (CS) in patients with significant hypercortisoluria and the performance of urinary free cortisol (UFC) screening.

Design: Retrospective file review.

Methods: The computerized database of a publicly funded health maintenance organization (HMO) in Israel was searched for all patients who underwent 24-h UFC testing in 2005-2014 with a result of more than twice the upper limit of normal (ULN).