Endocrine Abstracts

A 59-year-old gentleman presented to the Medical Admission Unit with facial and ankle oedema following a dog bite. He did not have any significant past medical history. Initially, he was treated for angioedema. His oedema worsened to anasarca, blood pressure rose and was found to be hypokalaemic. Echocardiogram showed a normal left ventricular ejection fraction. Urine protein creatinine ratio was <0.5 g/24 h. Vasculitic and autoimmune screen were negative. Eight weeks late...

Introduction: Insulinoma a neuroendocrine tumour is diagnosed by inappropriately raised Insulin concentrations during a spontaneous or induced episode of hypoglycaemia. A provocative 72-h supervised fast is done to evaluate suspected inappropriate insulin secretion. Our aim is to see if it is feasible for a shorter duration of fast is enough to confirm Insulinoma.Method and results: In our Trust we analysed retrospectively in the last 10 years, ...