Endocrine Abstracts

Case report: A 52-year-old woman presented with an 11-month history of increasing hirsutism and deepening voice. She had a past history of total abdominal hysterectomy (ovaries preserved) with adjuvant chemotherapy and radiotherapy for cervical carcinoma. She was on no medication. Examination revealed evidence of virilisation with no other abnormality.Investigations: Total testosterone=10.7 nmol/l (<2.9).FSH=31.7 U/l (37–1...

Background: Hypothyroidism is reported to be associated with mild insulin resistance though severe insulin resistance is rare. We report the case of a man presented with reversible severe insulin resistance in hypothyroidism.Case report: A 23-year-old obese man with autism was presented with poor responsiveness (GCS 7/15). He had general malaise for 2 days prior to admission. On admission, his test results showed random glucose – 60.8 mmol/l, potass...