Endocrine Abstracts

A 71 year old lady presented to MAU with a recent onset of generalised weakness and a history of facial and periorbital swelling developing over seven years. She had also noticed hoarsening of her voice, cold intolerance, weight gain, constipation and reduced appetite. Admission blood tests showed marked hyponatremia of 113 mmol/l with severe hypothyroidism (TSH 45.24 mIU/l, fT4 1.1 pmol/l and TPO antibody 358 IU/ml). Subsequent tests confirmed SIADH (serum osmolali...

We look into total 67 patients with non-functioning pituitary adenoma and review their bone mineral density in association with age and gender, effect of radiotherapy and hormonal replacement.Age range: 5.97% (4 patients) are between 18 and 40 years, 43.28% (29 patient) between 41 and 60 years and 50.74% (34 patients) are between 61 and 86 years.Gender: 61.19% (41 patients) are male and 38.8% (26 patients) are female.<p class="...