Endocrine Abstracts

Hypercalcaemia is a commonly encountered problem. Though primary hyperparathyroidism and malignancy account for greater than 90% of cases other rare causes need to be considered. We present an unusual but significant cause of hypercalcaemia.Of 87-year-old gentleman presented with acute abdominal pain and a severe hypercalcaemia with corrected serum calcium of 4.36 mmol/l (2.1–2.6). Significant dehydration was associated with acute renal failure (Tab...

Index case and aimsA 26 year old woman was referred to our endocrine clinic with infertility and raised testosterone levels. Clinical examination was completely normal, with no hirsuitism or virilizing features. She had normal gonadotropin and SHBG levels, but had elevated testosterone (6.6 nmol/l (0.5–2.8) and dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate (DHEA-S) levels (13.5 umol/l (1.4–11.1)). To exclude the possibility of interference in our direct assa...