Endocrine Abstracts

A 41 year-old gentleman, known case of type 2 diabetes, presented to the emergency department after a witnessed episode of jaw clenching followed by unresponsiveness. The patient was amnesic to the event. He was noted to have a lateral tongue bite. He also reported a similar episode 8 months previously. Initial blood investigations including a random blood glucose were normal. A sulphonylurea induced hypoglycaemia was excluded. Brain imaging by means of a Computed Tomography (...

A 41 year old female, followed up closely by cardiology in view of grown up congenital heart disease secondary to tricuspid atresia, pulmonary stenosis and atrial septal defect in infacy, and brittle paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF) was noted to be progressively lethargic and anorexic. She also developed bilateral lower limb oedema and was admitted for further investigation of decompensated congestive heart failure (CHF). Overt thyrotoxicosis was found on investigation. Sin...

A 52 year-old female, newly diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes during pre-operative assessment for cholecystectomy, was referred to Diabetes clinic. An initial trial of metformin was discontinued in view of intolerable gastrointestinal side effects and the patient was started on low dose gliclazide. The patient’s main concern was her struggle to lose weight despite lifestyle measures, a seemingly common issue faced by patients with diabetes on sulphonylureas. On further exami...

Aim: Retrospective survey on outcomes of 131I therapy in subjects with hyperthyroidism.Methods: We analysed the outcomes at 1 year, of 55 episodes of 131I therapy in 52 patients (36 males, 15 females) who were treated between January 2007 and January 2009.Results: At 1 year post 131I therapy, 31 (56.3%) subjects were hypothyroid (median age 54 years), 14 (25.5%) were euthyroid (median age 69 years) ...

Aims: A study looking at the incidence, presentation, diagnosis, management strategies and outcomes following anti-thyroid drug treatment and radio-iodine therapy in a cohort of patients presenting with hyperthyroidism.Methods: Retrospective longitudinal study of all patients (n=442) who received treatment for a new diagnosis of hyperthyroidism (Grave’s disease (GD), multinodular goitre (MNG), Toxic nodule) in a secondary care outpatient se...

Aim: The aim of this audit was to evaluate our adherence to current recommendations by Third International Workshop on the Management of Asymptomatic Primary Hyperthyroidism.Method: We audited 50 cases from our database of patients with PHPT diagnosed between 2007 and 2012.Results: 21/50 (42%) were referred for surgery with 19/21 operated. All referred patients had SESTA MIBI preoperative localisation scan. 19/21 had USS in additio...

Introduction: Di George’s syndrome is a rare congenital disease that is usually diagnosed in childhood due to its presentation with velo-cardio-facial abnormalities.Case report: A 42-year-old man was incidentally found to be hypocalcaemic (corrected calcium 1.71 mmol/l) during a ‘well-man check’. A subsequent parathyroid hormone (PTH) was inappropriately low at 0.8 pmol/l (reference range 0.5–4.4 pmol/l).He was ...