Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Adrenal haemorrhage (AH) carries high mortality and morbidity. It can be unilateral or bilateral (BAH), trauma or non-trauma (NT) related. The predisposing factors include adrenal tumours, anticoagulation, thrombocytopenia, sepsis, thromboembolic disease, pregnancy, liver transplant and vaccine-induced-immune-thrombocytopenia-and-thrombosis. BAH can result in an adrenal crisis in up to 15%. BAH is usually associated with conditions contributing to adrenal vein sp...

Introduction: Glycogen Storage Disease Type VI (GSD VI), typically diagnosed in childhood, is rarely identified in adults. This case highlights a 48-year-old woman with adult-onset non-diabetic hypoglycemia, who was ultimately diagnosed with GSD VI. Case Description: A 48-year-old woman presented with a ten-year history of intermittent, episodic symptoms including overnight sweating, cramps, morning fatigue, mood swings, and worsening migraines. Initial ...

Post-prandial hypoglycaemia (PPH) can be associated with debilitating symptoms. Causes include altered physiology post-bariatric and upper gastrointestinal (GI) surgery and rarely noninsulinoma pancreatogenous hypoglycemia syndrome and insulin antibodies. We present a case of 49y female with no prior GI surgery presenting with debilitating hypoglycaemia with blood glucose falling to 2.8 mmol/l responding to glucose. Freestyle Libre monitoring confirmed hypoglycaemia 2-3 h post...

Aims: The aim of this project was to conduct a service review of phaeochromocytoma management and to benchmark local practice against national guidelines and recommendations defined in the ‘Getting It Right First Time’ (GIRFT) national report.Methods: Electronic patient records were searched for patients referred to our centre, within our catchment area and from peripheral centres, with phaeochromocytoma between 2017 to February 2023. ...