Endocrine Abstracts

The new patient with Thyrotoxicosis and neutropenia is not uncommon and requires focussed deliberations on avoidance of iatrogenic neutropenic injury and raises a clinical dilemma when treating patients with pre-existing neutropenia.There is a paucity of published experience on the safety of Carbimazole and Propylthiouracil in defined neutropenic Thyrotoxic patient’s preparation for definitive ablative RAI therapy or thyroidectomy.<p class="abst...

A 43 year-old presented with a first seizure in 1990 and a history of three distinct episodes of expressive dysphasia over the last 27 years. His CT scan showed a large middle cranial fossa tumour. He underwent urgent craniotomy and the tumour at resection was noted to be friable and covered with a number of small blood vessels. Frozen section was reported as angioblastic meningioma. He remained well for six years after which he presented with local recurrence of his tumour. T...

77-year-old male presented with a 1 year history of lethargy, anorexia, abdominal discomfort, weight loss since September 2011. He has a background of psoriasis, primary hypothyroidism (TPO normal), cataract, glaucoma and in 2003 testicular lymphoma treated with CHOP14, intrathecal methotrexate and orchidectomy.GP assessment showed upper abdominal fullness, mild anaemia elevated ESR, ferritin and LDH hence the haematology referral. Total body CT describe...

Adult endocrine specialist nursing (ESN) is a highly specialised role and in recent years nurses have expanded their roles according to local need (Kieffer.V, et al. 2015). As an Endocrine team we review our practice, striving to provide the highest standard of research based, patient centred care. This involves ensuring the best use of resources and service provision in an ever more demanding environment. A new initiative lead by the ESN with consultant supervision w...