Endocrine Abstracts

A 38-year-old farmer presented to Orthopaedics Department with backache and progressively increasing difficulty in walking for a year. MRI spine showed multiple central vertebral fractures suggestive of possible metabolic bone disease/oncogenic osteomalacia; he was hence referred to Endocrinology Department.He was in pain. No previous history of trauma, no gastrointestinal or urinary symptoms. He however reported erectile dysfunction. On...

Parathyroid-adenoma is a rare cause of primary-hyperparathyroidism in children. We report a case where in a 15-year-old girl presented with acute necrotising pancreatitis as its sole manifestation.This high-school girl presented with 2-month history of nausea, vomiting, upper abdominal pain, and weight-loss. An episode of severe acute abdomen led to her hospitalisation. At admission, she was tachycardic, dehydrated and had tenderness in peri-umbilical ar...

Parathyroid carcinoma is an uncommon cause of PTH-mediated hypercalcaemia, accounting for 0.5–5% of patients with primary hyperparathyroidism. We describe a case of parathyroid carcinoma where the usual pre-operative features of this condition were absent, and hence diagnosed on histopathology.A 72-year-old woman was referred to endocrinology with incidentally noted hypercalcaemia. Past medical history included hypothyroidism and essential hypertens...