Endocrine Abstracts

A 58-year-old man was diagnosed with subclinical hypothyroidism on routine biochemistry in primary care. His initial thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) was 10.7 mu/l, Free T4 (fT4) 24 pmol/l and thyroid peroxidase antibody negative. He was treated with levothyroxine and doses escalated due to elevated TSH (9.6–20.58 mu/l) and low fT4 (12.0–24.9 pmol/l). Despite good adherence to treatment his TSH was persistently raised and hence he wa...

Background: Thyroid cancer commonly presents as a new palpable thyroid nodule or increase in size of a pre-existing nodule. A multidisciplinary thyroid lump clinic was established in September 2008 enabling patients to have one-stop clinical, biochemical, radiological and cytological assessment for evaluation of thyroid nodules. This audit predates this period, aiming to provide background information for future audit.Aim: To evaluate the requests for th...