Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Acute pancreatitis is an inflammatory disease of the pancreas that can lead to necrosis of the pancreas and if infected could lead to multi-organ failure. Common cause of acute pancreatitis are gallstones and excess alcohol consumption. Hypertriglyceridemia is becoming an increasing cause of acute pancreatitis and is diagnosed with serum triglyceride levels >1.7 mmol/l. It is associated with high morbidity and mortality.Case presentatio...

Introduction: Pituitary adenomas are benign tumours of the pituitary gland with an estimated prevalence rate of approximately 17%. Around 1 in 600 people have macroadenoma (>1cm) that can present with variety of visual problems classically as bitemporal hemianopia due to compression of the optic chiasm.Case presentation: 50-year-old male was admitted with 3months history of worsening headache and 4months of visual disturbances. Initially he was seen ...

Background: Patients receiving radiotherapy for residual or recurrent pituitary adenoma require regular surveillance for the development of anterior pituitary axis deficit. Whilst the sequelae of hypopituitarism post cranial irradiation is well recognized, there are relatively varied incidences of new onset hypopituitarism post-conventional radiotherapy, reported in the literature. We aimed to investigate timing and frequency of the individual axis deficits in adults who have ...