Endocrine Abstracts

It is estimated that one episode of severe hypokalaemia will occur each week, in a hospital serving a population of 150 000. Proper management of hypokalaemia is important as severe forms may cause fatal cardiac dysrhythmias. However, recognition of hypokalaemia may be difficult as it is mild in the majority and also asymptomatic. We present a patient who was had asymptomatic hypokalaemia, with an identical twin with a similar problem.A 45-year-old previ...

Introduction: The commonest metastases to the thyroid are from renal cell carcinomas (RCC) and 23–48% of all thyroid metastases are RCCs. They may occur many years after RCC excision, the longest reported latent period being 20 years. Sunitinib (SUN), a multiple targeted anti-cancer drug, is increasingly used for RCC therapy but may cause thyroid dysfunction in some – usually hypothyroidism. We report a patient who presented with thyroid metastases 21 years after RCC...