Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Vitamin D toxicity (VDT) is quite an uncommon condition which results from misperception between dosage regimens of vitamin D supplementation. VDT is diagnosed when Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels are higher than 375 nmol/l (150 ng/ml). Vitamin D supplementation is easily accessible as over-counter medication and online. This report describes a patient who presented with severe hypercalcemia and acute kidney injury (AKI). Further assessment revealed that patient...

Case History: A 51 year old man was brought in by ambulance with new confusion was found to have hypoglycaemia with a blood glucose of 1.8. He was treated by paramedics. His PMHx included a recent diagnosis of solitary pleural fibrous tumour, recent diagnosis of epilepsy. The patient had been admitted to hospital 10 weeks ago with recurrent confusions. Collateral history unveiled visual hallucinations. He had recently lost unintentional weight. Random blood glucose at first pr...

A usually fit 41-Year-old female was incidentally found to have a 9 cm left-sided adrenal mass during radiological investigations prior to an appendicectomy for acute appendicitis. She did not demonstrate any clinical features of adrenal hormone hyper- or hypofunction.Investigation: Further investigations were carried out to determine the nature of the mass and biochemically assess adrenal function. These revaled normal metanephrines: plasma metanephrine...

Background: Upto 5% of women will develop diabetes in pregnancy, which is increasing as a result of higher rates of obesity and older age. Diabetes in pregnancy is related increased risk to the mother and to the foetus.Aims: To assess the management of diabetes in pregnancy and monitor outcomes.Methods: This was a retrospective study that included 92 pregnant females, who were diagnosed with gestational diabetes following and oral ...

Introduction: Pituitary metastases (PM) are an uncommon manifestation of Neuroendocrine neoplasms (NENs) and are rarely reported. We report two cases of PM with different clinical lessons.Case 1: A 37-year-old female underwent surgical resection for a high grade poorly differentiated neuroendocrine carcinoma of the cervix (Ki67 90%). Serial follow-up surveillance assessments revealed disease progression (local, liver, lung, and bone) for which she underw...