Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Psychiatric disturbance is a recognised complication of glucocorticoid therapy. Patients on a daily dose of 40 mg of prednisolone or its equivalent are at risk of developing steroid psychosis. Psychotic reactions with replacement doses of glucocorticoid are uncommon. We describe a patient with newly diagnosed hypopituitarism who developed severe steroid induced psychosis with low dose hydrocortisone.Case report: A 72-year-old lady presented...