Endocrine Abstracts

Total pancreatectomy for chronic pancreatic pain is often deferred because it leaves the patient with unstable insulin-dependent diabetes. NICE (2008) has recently approved pancreatectomy with simultaneous islet autotransplantation and we here describe our first case. A 49-year-old female with a 6-year history of intractable, opioid requiring abdominal pain had become depressed to the point of suicide attempts. Imaging showed pancreatic atrophy and duct irregularity (subsequen...

Background: The BTA guidelines for the use of thyroid function tests recommend the measurement of TSH receptor antibodies (TRAb) when investigating hyperthyroidism of uncertain aetiology, in suspected Graves’ ophthalmopathy and in pregnant women with Graves’ disease. An in-house TSH receptor autoantibody ELISA assay (TRAb) was introduced in 2008. This study has audited the assay performance and evaluated its clinical usefulness in a tertiary centre.<p class="abst...