Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Diseases of the hypothalamus/pituitary are complex and can be difficult to diagnose. Diagnostic possibilities are many and include sphenoid ridge meningiomas and aneurysms of the internal carotid artery as well as craniopharyngiomas, gliomas of the optic nerve, inflammatory and granulomatous disease.Case report: We present two cases to illustrate the complex differential diagnosis.The first patient presented with head...

Unfortunate consequences may result from an incompatible combination of medical illnesses.A 17 year old girl was investigated for recurrent neutropenia, incidentally detected during a bout of tonsillitis. Coincidently she presented to us with generalised malaise, dizziness and vomiting without any other symptoms. Physical examination revealed scar pigmentation. Systemic examination was unremarkable.Biochemistry revealed hyponatraem...