Endocrine Abstracts

A 65 year old government officer presented to ophthalmologist with sudden visual loss in the right eye. Noted to have a retinal haemorrhage and significantly elevated blood pressure. GP was asked to investigate further.For reasons unclear yet fortuitous, the initial imaging arranged was a CT CAP which demonstrated a large adrenal mass (9 cm well defined, heterodense, retroperitoneal right soft tissue mass of 40&#1...

A 65 year old government officer presented to ophthalmologist with sudden visual loss in the right eye. Noted to have a retinal haemorrhage and significantly elevated blood pressure. GP was asked to investigate further.For reasons unclear yet fortuitous, the initial imaging arranged was a CT CAP which demonstrated a large adrenal mass (9 cm well defined, heterodense, retroperitoneal right soft tissue mass of 40&#1...

A 51-year-old gentleman who has been diagnosed with bilateral pheochromocytoma at the age of 11 after developing classical symptoms of catecholamine excess and had bilateral adrenalectomy. At the age of 37, he underwent total thyroidectomy with preservation of the parathyroid glands for C-cell hyperplasia. Over the course of the years, it was presumed he had MEN2A syndrome, although no formal genetic testing was done. He does not have a family history of MEN syndrome and does ...