Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Doxycycline is a broad-spectrum antibiotic that is used to treat gram negative, gram positive and atypical bacterial infections. It is a member of the second-generation tetracycline class of antibiotics.Case: We describe a case of a (non-diabetic) male patient who developed hypoglycaemia following treatment with doxycycline. A 73-year-old male presented to the emergency department following a witnessed collapse at 9am on the 4tho...

Introduction: Resolution of pituitary tumour without surgical intervention is rare. The mechanism of spontaneous resolution of pituitary adenoma is unclear but may be explained by either pituitary apoplexy or hypophysitis responding to steroids. Bray BP, et al(2021) reported the case of vanishing pituitary mass due pituitary apoplexy. Park SM, et al (2014) reported 22 cases of pituitary mass due hypophysititis which improved mostly with medical therapy.C...