Bhawna Attri, Alpesh Goyal, Mani Kalaivani, Devasenathipathy Kandasamy, Yashdeep Gupta, Shipra Agarwal, Shamim A Shamim, Nishikant Damle, Mehar Chand Sharma, Viveka P Jyotsna, Ashish Suri, Nikhil Tandon
We aimed to evaluate the utility of simple, cost-effective, and non-invasive strategies alternative to BIPSS and peripheral CRH stimulation in differential diagnosis of ACTH-dependent CS. We performed ROC analysis to evaluate the performance of various tests for differential diagnosis of ACTH-dependent CS in our cohort (CD, n=76 and EAS, n=23) and derived their optimal cut-offs. Subsequently, combining various demographic (gender), clinical (hypokalemia), biochemical (plasma ACTH, HDDST, peripheral CRH stimulation) and imaging (MRI pituitary) parameters, we derived non-invasive models with 100% PPV for CD...
December 28, 2023: Hormone and Metabolic Research