Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Hypercalcemia in patients with advanced chronic liver disease (CLD) without hepatic neoplasia is a rarely reported and poorly understood entity. CLD is usually associated with hypocalcaemia because of hypoalbuminemia. Hypercalcemia on the other hand is extremely rare and needs meticulous ruling out of other causes.Case Report: A 55-year-old male who was admitted with jaundice, weight loss and hypercalcaemia. He had a calcium that peaked at 3....

Background: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is commonly associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) though its prevalence is not well studied. This was a prospective study of prevalence and risk factors of NAFLD in patients with type 2 diabetes. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of NAFLD in patients with T2DM.Subjects and Methods: A total of 200 patients with T2DM fulfilling the criteria wer...

Background: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is commonly associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) though its prevalence is not well studied. This was a prospective study of prevalence and risk factors of NAFLD in patients with type 2 diabetes. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of NAFLD in patients with T2DM.Subjects and Methods: A total of 200 patients with T2DM fulfilling the criteria wer...