Endocrine Abstracts

We studied the practice of investigations for diagnosing and localising insulinoma in our hospital. We looked at the number of investigations performed before exact localisation of insulinoma.We identified 5 cases that were confirmed on clinical, biochemical or histopathological bases and were recorded on the histopathology and IT database as ‘insulinoma’ from 1986 to 2004. We looked retrospectively at the case notes of these cases.<p class...

A previously well 26-year old male developed polydipsia and polyuria in July 2002. Cranial diabetes insipidus was confirmed on water deprivation test and hormonal profile showed testosterone deficiency. MRI showed abnormalities of the pituitary stalk with lesions in the skull. On questioning, the patient had noticed painful swellings on his scalp. This raised suspicion of Langerhans’ cell histiocytosis (LCH) and skull biopsy confirmed diagnosis. He was commenced on vasopr...