Endocrine Abstracts

A 47-year-old man attending Endocrine services for the management of Cushing’s disease in remission, presented with resistant hypertension which warranted further investigation. He initially presented in 2013 with Cushing’s disease and underwent successful transsphenoidal surgery. Postoperatively he was diagnosed with ACTH deficiency, partial growth hormone deficiency, and diabetes insipidus for which he was prescribed hydrocortisone 10 mg daily and desmotab 0.2 mg n...

Primary aldosteronism (PA) is the most common cause of endocrine hypertension. Following biochemical confirmation of aldosterone excess, adrenal venous sampling (AVS) is the gold standard investigation to lateralise the source of aldosterone hypersecretion in patients deemed suitable for potential adrenalectomy. AVS has been performed for all suitable patients with a diagnosis of PA in Beaumont Hospital since implementation of a new protocol involving collaboration between End...