Endocrine Abstracts

A 65 year-old male was evaluated at another hospital for frequent episodes of fainting preceded by sweating, palpitations fatigue and hunger over several years. There was no personal or family history of diabetes mellitus. Hypoglycaemia was confirmed on a supervised fast and, guided by some equivocal uptake on a dotatate scan, he underwent a distal pancreatectomy, but the symptoms persisted. He was referred to our centre. He reported relentless weight gain and a need to eat po...

Background: The incidence of neuroendocrine neoplasms (NENs) in younger populations (<50 years) is increasing and was 1.8 per 100,000 persons in 2011. There is limited data on NENs and pregnancy.Methods: A retrospective analysis was performed on pregnant women with NENs managed in an ENETS Centre of Excellence. The objectives of the study were to describe the tumour characteristics, pregnancy outcomes, treatment and the tumour behaviour intra-pregnan...

Introduction: The prevalence of gynaecomastia ranges between 40-60% and the majority of cases are asymptomatic, commoner among obese and is due to excess circulating oestrogen. Ovo-testicular disorders of sex development (OT-DSD) is one of the rarest disorders of DSDs and commonly presents with bilateral intra-abdominal gonads and ambiguous external genitalia.Case presentation: A 15 years old male presented with progressively worsening bilateral gynaecom...