Endocrine Abstracts

Anterior pituitary hyperplasia is known to occur with primary hypothyroidism mimicing a pituitary tumour. Massive ovarian enlargement is sometimes associated with juvenile primary hypothyroidism but rarely reported in adults. We report a case of a 23-year-old female who presented with features of a pituitary macroadenoma and bilateral ovarian enlargement which regressed completely with thyroxine therapy.A 23-year-old woman presented with nipple discharge...

Background: Non-Diabetic Hypoglycemia is a rare entity in Endocrinology. After the confirmation of hypoglycemia with Whipple’s triad and excluding drug induced hypoglycemia, identification of underlying etiology using appropriate and targeted investigations is fundamental to institute specific management. It is challenging in resource poor settings due to unavailability and high cost of some investigations such as insulin autoantibodies and insulin-like growth factr-2 (IG...