Endocrine Abstracts

A 29-year-old man presented with an 18-month history of reduced libido and lethargy. His symptoms started after cessation of anabolic steroids for three years. His childhood and development history were unremarkable with normal onset of puberty and development of secondary sexual characteristics. He had no past medical or family history of note. Clinical examination demonstrated normal BMI, musculature, distribution of body hair, testicular volume, and genital size. Biochemica...

An 85-year-old woman attended the endocrine clinic with hypercalcaemia and raised PTH levels. Her background included breast cancer treated with bilateral mastectomy and hormone therapy 3 years previously, with no evidence of disease on imaging 2 years previously. On attendance, her clinical examination was unremarkable, with no palpable neck mass. Biochemical investigations showed: Adj Ca 3.12 mmol/l, PTH 45.0 pmol/l, PO4 0.94 mmol/l, ALP 119U/l, Alb 45g/l, 25-OH Vit D 15.7 n...