Endocrine Abstracts

A 43 year-old presented with a first seizure in 1990 and a history of three distinct episodes of expressive dysphasia over the last 27 years. His CT scan showed a large middle cranial fossa tumour. He underwent urgent craniotomy and the tumour at resection was noted to be friable and covered with a number of small blood vessels. Frozen section was reported as angioblastic meningioma. He remained well for six years after which he presented with local recurrence of his tumour. T...

Case history: A 72 year old gentleman from Zimbabwe presented to clinic with MRI pituitary findings of 1.5×1.4×1 cm pituitary macroadenoma. This had been discovered incidentally during outpatient investigation for severe headaches refractory to standard analgesia at another hospital. The mass was in contact with but not compressing the optic chiasm. He did not describe any visual loss. He had an unintentional weight loss of 10 kg in the last 2 months. He described de...