Endocrine Abstracts

A 53-year-old gentleman was seen following a recent diagnosis of type 2 diabetes in May 2009. He had suffered a subarachnoid haemorrhage in 1993 and remained under the local tertiary centre after developing secondary hypogonadism treated with testosterone replacement. The cause had never been established.The patient had previously been diagnosed with seronegative HLA B27 arthropathy and in December 2008 was admitted with acute cardiac failure and atrial ...

Introduction: The telephone endocrine clinic (TEC) was established as an adjunct to the face-to-face endocrine clinic to follow and monitor the progress in a selected group of patients after they were seen in main endocrine clinics. This model of care has been tried successfully in other specialities but not as widespread in endocrinology. We audited the effectiveness of TEC and patient satisfaction. Methods: A retrospective analysis of records of all patients contacted in TEC...

Background: Gonadotroph adenomas usually present as non-functioning pituitary adenomas.We describe a patient with a functioning gonadotroph adenoma presenting with ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome: an exceptionally rare presentation of pituitary disease.Case history: A 26-year-old female presented with a 10-year history of worsening lower abdominal pain, bloating, dysmenorrhea and irregular periods in 2006. She was found by ultrasound to have multiple o...