Endocrine Abstracts

The high prevalence of thyroid disease necessitates efficient and effective monitoring. We expanded a hospital-based register to a managed clinical network for almost 10,000 patients with thyroid disease. Evaluation of our network compared to register data from 1991 demonstrates changing trends in treatment of hyperthyroidism. Use of radio-iodine significantly increased (58 percent v 44 percent; p less than 0.001) with a reduction in thyroid surgery (34 percent v 47 percent; p...

Background: Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) can rarely be associated with underlying endocrine disorders such as Cushing’s syndrome, hyperthyroidism or with administration of thyroxin or growth hormone. We describe a case of acute adrenal deficiency presented along with IIH.Case history: A 24-year-old Caucasian female (body mass index 21 kg/m2) presented with nausea, vomiting and collapse. She had several months of generalised ...

Lymphocytic adenohypophysitis (LA) is a rare inflammatory disorder of the pituitary, probably auto-immune in origin, usually affecting young pregnant women. Clinical features resemble a pituitary adenoma but differing in the hierarchy of endocrine loss, preferentially destroying ACTH and TSH secreting cells. A useful diagnostic feature is pituitary enhancement with gadolinium on MRI.A 39-year old female, with treated hypothyroidism, was referred to endocrinology out-patien...