Question 47

47.  Which of the following are necessary regarding confirming Cushing Syndrome?

A.  Need two first line tests to confirm the presence of Cushing Syndrome
B.  Late night salivary cortisol and urinary cortisol, and low dose dexamethasone suppression test are first line tests
C.  Urine cortisol should be twice the upper limit of normal to rule in Cushing Syndrome
D.  Need to rule out other causes that could represent pseudo Cushing Syndrome

Answer 46

46.  Choice C is the correct answer.  Incidentalomas are silent, benign tumors.  They are non functional tumors.  Pheochromocytomas, adrenocortical adenomas, and adrenal carcinomas are functional tumors.  

Question 46

46.  Which of the following is the most common type of benign silent adrenal tumors?

A.  Pheochromocytoma
B.  Adrenocortical Adenomas
C.  Incidentalomas
D.  Adrenocortical Carcinomas