Endocrine Abstracts

Radioiodine (RAI) is widely used for the treatment of thyrotoxicosis. The efficacy and hypothyroidism rate following a single dose of RAI is variable and the optimum administered dose – sufficient to achieve remission but with an acceptable low hypothyroidism rate, is still debated.Our audit sought to compare the results of local practice with published rates of success and hypothyroidism following RAI. We also examined the relationship between trea...

A 29 year old woman was admitted to her local hospital with haematemesis, and found to be hypercalcaemic. A peptic ulcer was confirmed and she was commenced on omeprazole. There was biochemical evidence of primary hyperparathyroidism and a single-gland parathyroidectomy was performed. During her admission, a diagnosis of gastrinoma was suspected, but an attempt at measuring fasting gut hormone concentrations off omeprazole therapy resulted in gastro-intestinal perforation. She...