Endocrine Abstracts

Primary thyroid lymphoma accounts for <5% of thyroid malignancies. The most common (up to 70%) and clinically aggressive sub-type is non-Hodgkin’s B-cell lymphoma. Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma is less common (up to 30%) and clinically more indolent. Females are more frequently affected than males (4-8:1) with onset in 6th and 7th decades. A strong association with Hashimoto’s disease (>90%) is recognised. A 66 year old male presented with...

Opiate use is a well-recognised cause of hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism. Adrenocorticotrophic hormone and growth hormone deficiencies are much rarer.A 56-year-old female presented with weight loss, lethargy, and nausea of ~3 years duration. She had received treatment with morphine sulphate 100 mg twice daily for ~15 years for back pain due to disc prolapse and osteoarthritis. A 0900 h cortisol of 110 nmol/l requested by her general practitioner had resul...

Primary adrenal failure is a rare disorder with a prevalence in developed countries of 93–140 per million and an incidence of 4.7–6.2 per million. Autoimmune adrenalitis is the main cause (80%) followed by tuberculosis (15%). The remaining 5% of cases represent rare disorders with bilateral adrenal haemorrhagic infarction secondary to primary antiphopholipid syndrome being very rare (0.5%).A 57-year-old female presented with a 3-week history of...

A 68-year-old female was found to have a supra sellar mass on CT scanning for investigation of long-standing tremor. She had experienced thirst, polydipsia, polyuria, nocturia and malaise for 1 year. Primary hypothyroidism had been diagnosed 5 years earlier. A left temporal visual field defect found 3 years earlier had been attributed to a structural anomaly of the optic nerve head. MR scanning confirmed the presence of a mass lesion of the infundibulum with displacement of th...