Searchable abstracts of presentations at key conferences in endocrinology

ea0019p23 | Clinical practice/governance and case reports | SFEBES2009

An unusual case of SIADH precipitated by chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy

Varadhan L , Newman P , Barton D

Hyponatremia is one of the commonest electrolyte abnormality. Various neurological conditions including Guillain Barre syndrome could precipitate it. Very few citations in literature report SIADH in CIDP.A 68-year-old gentleman was admitted with worsening confusion and unsteady gait following a flu like illness few weeks ago, with increasing drowsiness for 3 days. His past medical history included hypertension and benign prostatic hypertrophy, being trea...

ea0019p195 | Growth and development | SFEBES2009

Delayed puberty: an occult systemic cause

Manjunatha RS , Varughese G , Varadhan L , Clayton RN

We report a 17-year-old male who presented with symptoms of absent secondary sexual characteristics, decreased appetite and infrequent non-specific abdominal pain. He had no complaints of headache, altered sense of smell or colour blindness. His other siblings had normal growth.On examination, he had normal male body habitus, height (157 cm), no gynaecomastia, axillary and beard hair (tanner stage 1) pubic hair (tanner stage 2), testes (12 ml bilaterally...