Endocrine Abstracts

A 79-year-old lady presented with a 6 months history of confusion and slurred speech and was found to have recurrent spontaneous hypoglycaemia (plasma glucose 1.3, 1.8 and 2.6 mmol/l). Pituitary and adrenal function were normal, and raised insulin (102 pmol/l) and C-peptide (630 pmol/l) levels confirmed the diagnosis of insulinoma, which was identified as a solitary 2 cm mass in the head of pancreas. Treatment with diazoxide 100–150 mg tds led to normalisation of g...

We present a 52-year-old female with a 26-year history of type-2 diabetes mellitus who has been difficult to treat owing to the development of multiple insulin allergies. She initially developed local hyperpigmentation and itchy swellings at the injection sites of her Humulin I in 2016, with similar symptoms occurring when she was switched to NovoRapid. Additionally, she developed one severe, systemic reaction to Humulin I. All insulin treatment was stopped, and she was left s...

Insulin induced hypoglycaemia is a life threatening complication in T1DM. Sub-optimal counter regulatory response, with hypocortisolemia, threatens the recovery from insulin induced hypoglycaemia. We present a 28-year-old man with polyglandular autoimmune syndrome type 2 and life threatening hypoglycaemia, whose severe hypoglycaemic events were improved following introduction of CSII.The patient was diagnosed with Addison’s disease in 2000 and T1DM ...

Aims: Within Imperial College Healthcare Trust, St Mary’s Hospital has a large one-stop shop thyroid service. On average, 700 encounters have been recorded per annum in the St Mary’s thyroid nurse-led service since its inception in June 2017. We aimed to critically evaluate the role of the specialist nurse within safe and robust monitoring clinical parameters, to determine the conditions managed in the nurse-led service and assess attendance rate.<p class="abstex...

Section 1: Case history: A 50-year-old woman presented to the HIV clinic after suspecting adverse effects following two intra-articular triamcinolone injections to her left hip, administered three and seven months prior. She complained of ongoing leg pain, generalised weakness and lethargy. Her past medical history included HIV infection, mild asthma for which she took inhalers only and had never required oral steroids. Her antiretroviral medications included dolutegravir, dar...