Endocrine Abstracts

Case history: A frail 79 years old lady with dementia presented with frequent falls since 2 years ago. Neurologist’s assessment had attributed her fainting episodes to migraine. She later was found to have biochemically evident recurrent hypoglycaemia requiring multiple admissions and eventually continuous glucose infusion to maintain euglycemia.Investigations: The severe spontaneous hypoglycaemia in this non-diabetic lady prompted investigations. T...

Introduction: Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is a widely adopted pre-operative investigatory tool for thyroid nodules. The British Thyroid Association (BTA) recently updated guidelines recommending that an FNAC that initially yields benign cytology (Thy2) should be repeated if there is any clinical or ultrasound (US) suspicion (1). We postulate that there is a tendency for a more conservative approach in older age groups with smaller thyroid nodules on US studies.<...