Endocrine Abstracts

We report a 29-year old primiparous woman, presenting 3-days post vaginal delivery with a severe frontal headache of gradual onset but particularly severe whenever she tried breastfeeding and accompanied by vomiting. She was conscious, mildly dehydrated and apyrexial. Reflexes were globally brisk and besides for neck stiffness the rest of her central nervous system and major systemic examination was normal. FBC and clotting were normal, C-reactive protein 35 (normal <5). G...

We report a 26 year old Asian lady referred to our clinic with secondary infertility and a raised testosterone. She had miscarried at 6 weeks a year earlier. Over the last 6 months her periods had become irregular (every 6–8 weeks) had gained 9 kilograms in weight despite an unchanged diet. Along with this she had noticed an increase in facial and body hair. Testosterone checked by her GP was markedly elevated at 5.2 nmols/L (N<2.8).Prolactin 214 mu/L (0–650), ...