Endocrine Abstracts

A 74-year-old gardener developed progressive dysphagia for solids and liquids over 15 months. He lost five stone in weight and became increasingly weak. There was nothing significant in his past medical and drug histories. He is married, never smoked and drank little alcohol.He had an acute medical admission via A&E in April 2008 for profound dehydration and cachexia. His weight was 41.5 kg. There were no gross neurological deficits but he had hoarse...