Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Hypoglycaemia unawareness is thought to be due to very tight control of diabetes but may also be due to very longstanding slowly progressive hypoglycaemia. We describe a patient who had no warning of very severe hypoinsulinaemic hypoglycaemia.Case Presentation: A 65-year-old gentleman presented with recurrent hypoglycemia that responded to IV glucose. A chest X-ray revealed a space occupying lesion and furthe...

Background: Arginine Vasopressin Deficiency [AVP-D] can occur as consequence of any abnormality or injury at one or more of the sites involved in the Antidiuretic hormone [ADH] secretion. AVP-D is one of the presenting features of suprasellar lesions with panhypopituitrism. The natural course of the disease differs based on the underlying aetiology. It is likely to be transient post-operatively. Idiopathic DI is usually permanent however DI can be reversible w...