Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Phaeochromocytoma is a rare neuroendocrine tumour, with serious and potentially lethal cardiovascular complications. Cerebral haemorrhage is an unusual complication of phaeochromocytoma with <40 cases reported worldwide.Case: We report the case of a 29-year-old woman who presented with sudden onset of headache and collapse. CT Brain showed right sided frontal haemorrhage, her BP > 200/100, LVH on ECG and Echocardiography suggesting ...

Seventy six year old man presented with sudden onset headache for 3 days. He was seen by the GP and treated for migraine. But no improvement in his headache and he developed drooping of left eyelid and blurring of vision. No other neurological symptom.On examination left ptosis with normal visual fields to confrontation method. Initial differential diagnosis was isolated 3rd nerve palsy probably due to posterior communicating artery aneurysm. He was on a...

An 18-year-old male referred to endocrine department 3 years ago with symptoms of tremor in both hands and query thyrotoxicosis. Presenting TFTs showed raised T3 and T4 levels with normal TSH (FT4 – 45 pmol/l, FT3 – 3.3 pmol/l and TSH of 1.4 mU/l). There was family history of thyroid disease with both the patient’s father and grandmother diagnosed with overactive thyroid. Patient’s TFTs were reproduced with differ...