Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: To study the effect of alemtuzumab used in Reduced Intensity Conditioning prior to hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) on thyroid function.Methods: This retrospective case review of 13 patients (9 male, 4 female) who underwent HSCT and had alemtuzumab based conditioning regimen. 5 patients had Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, 3 severe a plastic anaemia, 1 acute myeloid leukaemia, 1 congenital bone marrow failure, 1 chronic granulomatous di...

Background: Emergency staff are under pressure to assess and refer within tight targets. Two adolescents presented to A&E with psychiatric symptoms, were referred to Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH), but fortunately came to our attention and were diagnosed with thyroid disorders.Case 1: Fifteen-year-old boy presented with a two week history of disturbing auditory hallucinations and was referred to CAMH. He was commenced on antipsychotic medi...