Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Mrs X had experienced severe right sided abdominal pain. Brought to hospital by ambulance from the residential home. In Accident and Emergency, she was confused and the accuracy of her history was difficult to confirm. Mrs X had a CT abdomen and pelvis with contrast. This had reported a 3.8 cm enhancing, well defined left adrenal mass, this needed to be assessed with adrenal protocol CT. Referred to Nurse-Led Adrenal Incidentaloma clinic for investigations.<p c...

Objective: Hyperprolactinaemia is one of the most common disorders of the hypothalamic-pituitary axis. Endocrine Society guidelines state that a single prolactin measurement in a blood sample obtained at any time of day is adequate to confirm hyperprolactinaemia. However, prolactin levels can be confounded by physiological stimuli, e.g sleep, stress or exercise. Our objective was to assess the clinical significance of prolactin level obta...

Objective: Hyperprolactinaemia is one of the most common disorders of the hypothalamic-pituitary axis. Endocrine Society guidelines state that a single prolactin measurement in a blood sample obtained at any time of day is adequate to confirm hyperprolactinaemia. However, prolactin levels can be confounded by physiological stimuli, e.g sleep, stress or exercise. Our objective was to assess the clinical significance of prolactin level obta...

Introduction: There is an increased number of referrals to endocrinology for adrenal nodules found on imaging. This is due to increased use and advancement in imaging modalities. Adrenal nurse-led clinics are cost-effective and safe. We established an adrenal nodule nurse-led clinic at Northwick Park Hospital in September 2022.Methods: Retrospective data collection and analysis of patients reviewed at the clinic between September 2022-2023.<p class="...