Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: 3-β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (3BHSD) deficiency is a rare genetic disorder of steroid biosynthesis that results in decreased production of all three groups of adrenal steroids, which include mineralocorticoids, glucocorticoids, and sex steroids.Case presentation: An infant was born with ambiguous genitalia in 1975 to a conservative Muslim family and was registered as male. The child was hospitalised with addisonian crisis on the el...

Background: Radioiodine (RAI) has been used for the treatment of hyperthyroidism for over half a century without agreement about its dose or regime. Following our previously presented audit, over the last three years we have used a 400MBq fixed dose (FD) RAI regime for the management of patients with hyperthyroidism, replacing the calculated dose (CD) regime.Aim: To compare the cure rate following the use of a 400MBq fixed dose RAI regime with that achie...