Endocrine Abstracts

Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is a cliniconeuroradiological entity characterized by seizures (91.7%), headache (83.3%), visual disturbance (62.5%),encephalophathy (29.2%), and paralysis (8.3%). Co-morbidities included systemic lupus erythematous (29.2%), kidney disease (20.8%), eclampsia(20.8%), renal artery stenosis (12.5%), Takayasu arteritis (4.2%), Sheehan's syndrome(4.2%), and acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) (4.2%). We report a 31-year-old woman w...

A 26-year-old man presented with a 3-month history of polydipsia, polyuria and nocturia. Physical examination was unremarkable. Random blood glucose was 5.1 mmol/l, sodium 147 mmol/l, serum osmolality 297 mOsm/kg, urine osmolality 81 mOsm/kg. A water deprivation test confirmed cranial diabetes insipidus. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of his pituitary gland revealed nodular thickening of the pituitary stalk suggestive of inflammatory or neoplastic aetiology. He also complain...

Background: There is a close association between low testosterone and metabolic syndrome. Testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) has beneficial effects on cardiovascular (CV) risk factors in men with hypogonadism.Aim: This is a retrospective audit of CV parameters in hypogonadal men treated with testosterone undecanoate (Nebido) in standard clinical practice.Methods: Patients with hypogonadism on testosterone undecanoate injections...