Endocrine Abstracts

Case: A 44-year-old lady was diagnosed with Acromegaly (IGF-1 of 1315 ng/ml, prolactin 498 mu/l). She was also thyrotoxic clinically and biochemically with T4 29 pmol/l (normal 9-26), total T3 3.24 nmol/l (normal 0.9–2.2) but high TSH of 3.50 mu/l (normal 0.35–3.5). Further work-up with TRH testing and α-subunit measurement confirmed a TSHoma. Pituitary MRI scan showed a macroadenoma displacing optic chiasm and extending into cavernous sinu...