Abstract

CABRERA GAMEZ, Maité  and  TURCIOS TRISTA, Silvia Elena. Subclinical hypercortisolism. Rev Cubana Endocrinol [online]. 2014, vol.25, n.3, pp. 237-242. ISSN 1561-2953.

Subclinical hypercortisolism is an alteration of the hypothalamus-hypophysis-adrenal axis in absence of classical symptoms and signs of excessive cortisol. It is an endocrine disease that affects up to 20 % of patients diagnosed with an adrenal tumor. The research studies indicate the hypothesis that this entity could be associated to chronic complications such as blood hypertension, diabetes mellitus, overweight/obesity and osteoporosis. The diagnosis and treatment of subclinical hypercortisolism has turned into a topic of growing interest and discussion nowadays, but the consensus is still pending. It is then necessary to perform prospective and randomized studies in order to confirm the suggested hypothesis, to determine the best way of making a diagnosis and to select the patients who are going to really benefit from a surgical treatment.

Keywords : subclinical Cushing.

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