Endocrine Abstracts

Case report: 21-year-old female patient visited the emergency department with repeated attacks of vomiting accompanied with continuous non radiating epigastric pain diagnosed as acute pancreatitis. She had three plasmapheresis sessions. She gave history of recurrent similar attacks for the last 5 years with frequent hospitalization she is known diabetic since the age of 15.Hypertensive for 1 year. Menarche at age of 14 with only one cycle. Upon admission, the patient was alert...

Background and aim: The normal range of thyroid functions during pregnancy differs between ethnic groups. The aim of this work was to assess the thyroid functions in normal pregnant Egyptian females in order to establish a population-specific reference range. Thyroid peroxidase antibodies (TPO Abs) and thyroid volume were also assessed.Methods: The study included 150 normal pregnant Egyptian females (with no history suggestive of thyroid...