Endocrine Abstracts

Diabetic nephropathy is a major cause of end stage renal failure requiring haemodialysis. Diabetes patients undergoing haemodialysis are at a high risk of adverse cardiovascular outcomes and therefore require close follow-up and ongoing monitoring which involves clinical staff working on dialysis units, GPs and diabetic nurses/specialists. We conducted an audit to assess service provision given to dialysis patients at Doncaster Royal Infirmary as per JBDS guidelines. This was ...

Introduction: Incidental Coeliac artery dissection (CoAD) is an uncommon presentation of abdominal pain akin to post-prandial pain of mesenteric ischemia. Risk factors include hypertension, smoking, dyslipidaemias, pregnancy, atherosclerosis, trauma, or fibromuscular dysplasia. Imaging features of CoAD include an intimal flap, aneurysmal changes, mural thrombus, and (or) fat stranding. We report 2 novel cases of CoAD in patients with small bowel NETs with mesenteric masses.</p...