Información para Médicos de Atención Primaria, para facilitar el diagnóstico precoz del Síndrome de Cushing

HEALTHCARE MATERIAL

English

This brochure outlines key clinical signs (e.g., purple striae, muscle weakness, central obesity) and provides primary screening protocols using 24-hour urinary cortisol, late-night salivary cortisol, and low-dose dexamethasone suppression tests, emphasizing that abnormal results warrant referral to an endocrinologist due to limited specificity of these tests.

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Este folleto describe los principales signos clínicos (por ejemplo, estrías violáceas, debilidad muscular, obesidad central) y proporciona protocolos de cribado primario mediante cortisol urinario de 24 horas, cortisol salival a última hora de la noche y pruebas de supresión con dosis baja de dexametasona, destacando que los resultados anormales requieren derivación a un endocrinólogo debido a la especificidad limitada de estas pruebas.

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Information from ERCUSYN The European Register on Cushing’s Syndrome.


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