Endocrine Abstracts

A 20 year old Asian housewife presented with a history of irregular periods and six months subfertility. On May 1 2002 she had a prolactin of 2,200 mIU/L (normal range 63-211) and subclinical hyperthyroidism : thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) 0.3mIU/L (normal range 0.4-5.5) and free thyroxine (fT4) 12.6 pmol/L (normal range 10.3-23.2). At her first hospital visit on September 9 2002 she was 9 weeks pregnant. She did not have hyperemesis gravidarum. On examination, she was cli...

Most patients with vitamin D deficiency and osteomalacia have elevated parathyroid levels with normal or low serum calciums .This hyperparathyroidism is described as secondary hyperparathyroidism and resolves with correction of vitamin deficiency. We describe three cases where there was coexistant osteomalacia vitamin D deficiency, elevated parathyroid hormone and hypercalcaemia.Case 1A 40 year old Asian female presented with a six...