Asma Naseem
SAT-372 Correlation of Serum Dexamethasone and Cortisol Concentrations Post Dexamethasone 1 Mg in the Overnight Dexamethasone Suppression Test in Patients with Unilateral and Bilateral Adrenal Incidentalomas
Naseem, Asma; Mason, Oliver; Ensah, Grace; Keevil, Brian; Hanna, Fahmy W F; Fryer, Anthony; Issa, Basil
Authors
Oliver Mason
Grace Ensah
Brian Keevil
Fahmy W F Hanna
Professor Anthony Fryer a.a.fryer@keele.ac.uk
Basil Issa
Abstract
Background: The most common functional abnormality in adrenal incidentalomas (AI) is autonomous cortisol secretion. Most guidelines recommend a 1 mg overnight dexamethasone suppression test (ONDST) as a screening test for this abnormality. There is some evidence that simultaneous measurement of post dexamethasone serum dexamethasone (SD) with serum cortisol (SC) improves the accuracy of the ONDST. We have therefore been routinely measuring SD in our unit to ensure adequate concentrations when interpreting the results of this test. Aim: To measure the correlation between SD and SC concentrations and SD with the decrement in serum cortisol levels from baseline (9 am the day before the test) to the post dexamethasone level (DSC) in the ONDST. Method: We examined the results of 57 patients with unilateral or bilateral adrenal incidentalomas who underwent a 1 mg ONDST on our unit. Using linear regression analysis, we correlated SC and SD concentrations and serum SD concentration with the DSC. We also examined whether lower levels of SD were associated with adequate suppression of SC following ONDST. Results: SD levels range <0.3 to >16, median 7.656 nmol/L. SC range <22 to 780, median 39 nmol/L and baseline cortisol range 51 to 570, median 314 nmol/L. There was no significant correlation between SD and SC (P=0.059, R squared 0.09). There was also no significant correlation with DSC (P=0.082, R squared 0.07). However, we did note adequate suppression of SC following ONDST even when the SD levels were at the lowest measurable levels (<0.3 nmol/L). Conclusion: There does not appear to be a significant correlation between SD concentrations SC or DSC in an ONDST in patients with AI. However, this small retrospective analysis indicates that even at low levels of SD, adequate suppression of SC can be observed.
Citation
Naseem, A., Mason, O., Ensah, G., Keevil, B., Hanna, F. W. F., Fryer, A., & Issa, B. (2019). SAT-372 Correlation of Serum Dexamethasone and Cortisol Concentrations Post Dexamethasone 1 Mg in the Overnight Dexamethasone Suppression Test in Patients with Unilateral and Bilateral Adrenal Incidentalomas. Journal of the Endocrine Society, 3(Supplement_1), Article SAT-372. https://doi.org/10.1210/js.2019-sat-372
Journal Article Type | Conference Paper |
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Conference Name | ENDO 2019 Abstracts - 101st Annual Meeting of the Endocrine Society; March 23 – 26th, 2019 |
Conference Location | New Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
Online Publication Date | Apr 30, 2019 |
Publication Date | Apr 15, 2019 |
Deposit Date | Jun 27, 2023 |
Journal | Journal of the Endocrine Society |
Print ISSN | 2472-1972 |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 3 |
Issue | Supplement_1 |
Article Number | SAT-372 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1210/js.2019-sat-372 |
Keywords | Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism; Cortisol Excess and Deficiency |
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