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Introduction <p>This Position Statement presents the recommendations of the Italian Society of Endocrinology (SIE) to identify patients with Cushing’s syndrome in specific clinical settings.</p> <p>We set two overarching research questions:</p> <p>1. Which subjects should be screened (“who” should be screened)?</p> <p>2. Which is the most appropriate first-line test (“how” to screen) for screening?</p> <p>All suggestions/recommendations are evidence-based and directed at endocrinologists and other physicians who deal with patients who have presumptive Cushing’s syndrome.</p> Methods <p>The recommendations, developed by a SIE committee, were formulated based on eight short-reviews commissioned to experts of the SIE Pituitary and Adrenal Clubs. These short reviews, published in a special issue of the Journal of Endocrinological Investigation, reported a comprehensive review of the literature, and each of them answered the two research questions (who and how to screen for hypercortisolism) in a specific population: (1) patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus or obesity; (2) patients with arterial hypertension; (3) children and adolescents; (4) women with hyperandrogenism and/or menstrual irregularities; (5) patients with osteoporosis and/or fractures; (6) patients with mood disorders; (7) patients with adrenal and pituitary incidentaloma; (8) patients with unusual infections or thrombotic events. Finally, 24 recommendations were formulated, based on the quality of available evidence.</p> Conclusions <p>The evidence-based Position Statement provides clear and pragmatic advice regarding “who” and “how” to screen for Cushing’s syndrome. The suggestions/recommendations are developed for all health care providers, not only endocrinologists, to raise awareness on the diagnosis of Cushing’s syndrome.</p>

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Who and how to screen for Cushing’s syndrome: the position statement of the Italian Society of Endocrinology

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    2025年12月9日

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  • Filippo Ceccato,
  • Massimo Terzolo,
  • Federico Gatto,
  • Salvatore Cannavò,
  • Antonio Bianchi,
  • Andrea M. Isidori,
  • Annamaria Colao,
  • Diego Ferone,
  • Gianluca Aimaretti,
  • Francesca Pecori Giraldi,
  • Giorgio Arnaldi,
  • Carla Scaroni

摘要

Introduction

This Position Statement presents the recommendations of the Italian Society of Endocrinology (SIE) to identify patients with Cushing’s syndrome in specific clinical settings.

We set two overarching research questions:

1. Which subjects should be screened (“who” should be screened)?

2. Which is the most appropriate first-line test (“how” to screen) for screening?

All suggestions/recommendations are evidence-based and directed at endocrinologists and other physicians who deal with patients who have presumptive Cushing’s syndrome.

Methods

The recommendations, developed by a SIE committee, were formulated based on eight short-reviews commissioned to experts of the SIE Pituitary and Adrenal Clubs. These short reviews, published in a special issue of the Journal of Endocrinological Investigation, reported a comprehensive review of the literature, and each of them answered the two research questions (who and how to screen for hypercortisolism) in a specific population: (1) patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus or obesity; (2) patients with arterial hypertension; (3) children and adolescents; (4) women with hyperandrogenism and/or menstrual irregularities; (5) patients with osteoporosis and/or fractures; (6) patients with mood disorders; (7) patients with adrenal and pituitary incidentaloma; (8) patients with unusual infections or thrombotic events. Finally, 24 recommendations were formulated, based on the quality of available evidence.

Conclusions

The evidence-based Position Statement provides clear and pragmatic advice regarding “who” and “how” to screen for Cushing’s syndrome. The suggestions/recommendations are developed for all health care providers, not only endocrinologists, to raise awareness on the diagnosis of Cushing’s syndrome.