Endocrine Abstracts

Sixty seven years old lady was admitted with profound weakness and weight loss for 3–4 months. She has background of Primary hyperparathyroidism, HTN and Osteoporosis.Examination revealed BP of 175/90 mmHg, slightly plethoric with proximal myopathy and bruising. CTTAP bilateral axillary and para aortic lymphadenopathy and right adrenal adenoma 32×26 mm. CT guided biopsy which showed CLL. She was worked up f...

Acromegaly prevalence is 2.8–13.7 cases per 100,000. Diagnosis at the early stages can be quite challenging and management is complex involving various specialties to achieve remission of the condition. September 2013, 49 year old lady presented to optometry with few months of bumping into things. She was later found to have superior bitemporal hemianopia. She later described having to change her wedding rings multiple times over the past year with increase in size of sho...