Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Pituitary apoplexy is a rare clinical syndrome secondary to abrupt haemorrhage or infarction of the pituitary gland. It complicates 2-12% of pituitary tumour, most commonly in the setting of non-functioning adenomas 1. We are reporting a case on the evolving apoplexy. A 28-year-old male with sudden onset stabbing type frontal headache at night. He described this as the worst headache in his life. CT scan of head at presentation showed a 1.9 m lesion in the pituit...

57 year old female physiotherapist, diagnosed with osteoporosis following a fibula fracture from a low impact stretch and a wedge vertebral fracture at age 51 with a metatarsal fracture age 54. With associated history of easy bruising, increase abdominal girth although her weight remained stable at 48.5 kg with BMI 19.9 and proximal myopathy. Blood pressure was constantly normal. Investigations: Early morning random Cortisol 564 and ACTH 6.6 (2–11), cort...

Background: The University Teaching Hospital Trust has a regional neuroendocrine tumour (NET) service that requires a database exclusively for NET patient information. UK and Ireland NET Society (UKINETS) guidelines for gastroenteropancreatic (GEP) NETs recommend plasma Chromogranin-A (Cg-A) and 24 h urinary 5-hydroxyindoacetic acid (24 h Ur 5-HIAA) as baseline investigations. This audit investigated both guideline adherence and the value of these tests in making the diagnosis...