Endocrine Abstracts

Normal range glycemia towards higher side has been shown to have a higher risk than lower range of glycemia(1).People with impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) with better glycemic control would be an ideal step towards prevention of coronary heart disease CHD.Prevalence of undiagnosed diabetes remains high(2). Diagnosis of diabetes is made too late in too many patients. By the time diagnosis is made complications have already settled ...

We report the case of a 42-year-old transsexual with Di-George syndrome (DGS) presenting in adulthood with profound hypocalcaemia and personality disorder. The patient had multiple hospital admissions with episodes of deliberate self-harm and recurrent seizures. Routine investigations revealed hypocalcaemia secondary to hypoparathyroidism. The diagnosis of DGS was delayed until six years later. The clue to the underlying condition was the finding of DGS in the patient’s d...

Behavioural restrictions observed following Radioiodine therapy(RAI) administered for management of hyperthyroidism are becoming more stringent. Over the last two years we have administered a fixed 400 MBq RAI dose after performing a 24-hour RAI uptake test with a view to reducing post RAI restrictions e.g. for patients with a 50% uptake, restrictions applicable to 200 MBq were advised. The aim or our study was to compare the restrictions as advised by this method with what wo...