Endocrine Abstracts

Serum alkaline phophatase (ALP) may be released from various sources, including liver, bone, thyroid, intestine and placenta. Herein, we describe a rare case of an isolated serum ALP rise initially dismissed, and later resulting in an incidental finding of a mediastinal seminoma.A 56-year-old gentleman was referred to the Endocrinology Outpatients by his general practitioner, with a 1-month history of presumed post-viral fatig...

Serum alkaline phophatase (ALP) may be released from various sources, including liver, bone, thyroid, intestine and placenta. Herein, we describe a rare case of an isolated serum ALP rise initially dismissed, and later resulting in an incidental finding of a mediastinal seminoma.A 56-year-old gentleman was referred to the Endocrinology Outpatients by his general practitioner, with a 1-month history of presumed post-viral fatig...