Screening for Cushing's syndrome in an era of epidemic obesity
Clutter, W.E.
Missouri Medicine 108(2): 104-106
2011
ISSN/ISBN: 0026-6620 PMID: 21568231 Document Number: 655391
Cushing's syndrome is a rare cause of several very common conditions, including obesity, diabetes mellitus and hypertension. Screening tests for Cushing's syndrome have generally high sensitivity and specificity, but if applied to unselected obese patients they have unacceptably high false positive rates. Only obese patients with more specific signs of the disorder should be screened for Cushing's syndrome.