Endocrine Abstracts

Paraneoplastic Cushing's syndrome is a rare disease and is usually associated with small lung cancer or bronchial carcinoid tumour. In this case report we present an unusual case of metastatic neuroendocrine tumour of the pancreas presenting with florid Cushing's syndrome. A 45-year-old female presented with four-month history of worsening blurred vision, dry mouth and lethargy. In the hindsight, for the past three ...

Paraneoplastic Cushing's syndrome is a rare disease and is usually associated with small lung cancer or bronchial carcinoid tumour. In this case report we present an unusual case of metastatic neuroendocrine tumour of the pancreas presenting with florid Cushing's syndrome. A 45-year-old female presented with four-month history of worsening blurred vision, dry mouth and lethargy. In the hindsight, for the past three ...

A 38 year old woman was admitted with three day history of right sided chest pain, right upper abdominal pain and vomiting. She has anti-phospholipid syndrome (APS) treated with long term lower molecular weight heparin (Dalteparin) for inferior vena cava thrombosis. On presentation, she was hemodynamically stable with haemoglobin of 154 g/l, CRP 170 mg/l, white cell count 15×109/l, platelet of 90×109/l and sodium of 136 mmol/l. CXR showed consol...

59-year-old gentleman with known succinate dehydrogenase complex subunit C (SDHC) gene mutation attended endocrine clinic with non-specific symptoms. Past medical history included glomus jugulare paraganglioma (PGL) surgically treated (1993, 2003) with residual disease, macroprolactinoma treated with cabergoline since 2010, and BPH treated with finasteride and tamsulosin. His brother has glomus vagale. Clinical examination was unremarkable. Plasma metanephrine ranged between 3...

Background: The management of craniopharyngiomas remains controversial.Objective: This study sought to examine temporal trends in the management of craniopharyngioma and their impact on long-term patient outcomes, with focus on endocrine consequences.Methods: This was a cross sectional, multicentre study. Patients treated between 1951 and 2015 were identified and divided into four quartiles based on the date of initial surgery. Pat...