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ea0025p138 | Diabetes, metabolism and cardiovascular | SFEBES2011

Hypogonadism with subsequent multi-organ involvement: a mystery solved

Mohandas Cynthia , Barnes Dennis , Harrington Derek , Haq Masud

A 53-year-old gentleman was seen following a recent diagnosis of type 2 diabetes in May 2009. He had suffered a subarachnoid haemorrhage in 1993 and remained under the local tertiary centre after developing secondary hypogonadism treated with testosterone replacement. The cause had never been established.The patient had previously been diagnosed with seronegative HLA B27 arthropathy and in December 2008 was admitted with acute cardiac failure and atrial ...