Endocrine Abstracts

A 34-year-old male with two decades of gender identity issues considered gender reassignment and attended pre-orchidectomy sperm-banking when he was found to be azoospermic. He described a history of difficulty learning to play the piano and of deep-vein thrombosis at 19 years. He was 187 cm tall with a span of 189.7 cm, and exhibited L-sided undescended testis, R testis 1.8×2.5×3.7 cm, bilateral prominent gynaecomastia, a female body habitus, micropenis, bimanual sy...

Case History: A 69-year-old gentleman was admitted having lost consciousness. This episode was preceded by typical hypoglycaemic symptoms which, in retrospect, he had experienced for four decades with increasing frequency and severity over the past year. He was hypertensive. There was no family history of endocrinopathy or diabetes.Investigations: A supervised inpatient fast was undertaken along with cross-sectional and radio-isotope imaging.<p class...

Background: Hyponatraemia is the commonest electrolyte abnormality in clinical practice, and may be a biochemical manifestation of different diseases including malignancy. Uterine neuroendocrine tumours causing hyponatraemia are rare and can cause a diagnostic challenge.We present a case of 68 years widow who presented with 3 weeks history of nausea, occasional vomiting, confusion, increased urinary frequency, urinary incontinence, chronic constipation, ...