Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Amiodarone is a class III antiarrhythmic agent widely used in the treatment of atrial and ventricular arrhythmias.Amiodarone is known to cause thyroid dysfunction in three ways; amiodarone induced hypothyroidism, amiodarone induced thyrotoxicosis (AIT) type I and type II.We present a case of a patient with AIT type II who subsequently developed hypothyroidism.Case presentation: A 43-year-old man...

A 37-year-old woman presented with a short history of left arm pain. X-ray indicated a lytic lesion of the scapula. Calcium was elevated at 3.25 mmol/l (normal 2.2–2.6) with parathyroid hormone (PTH) 936 pg/ml (5–70). Upon questioning she reported nocturia, polydipsia and dyspepsia. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed brown tumours in the scapula, clavicle and hand. A superior parathyroid adenoma was excised with normalisation of calcium. Bone biopsy of the scapular ...

An adrenal incidentaloma is defined as an adrenal mass >1 cm diameter, discovered serendipitously on radiological imaging done for another reason. They are important because a percentage will turn out to be malignant or secrete excess hormones. The aim of the current study was to ascertain if these lesions were being investigated and followed appropriately compared to American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists guidelines. All imaging reports for the calendar year 20...