Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Adrenal crisis is a life-threatening condition and an absolute medical emergency, requiring prompt diagnosis and treatment to prevent grave morbidity and mortality. We describe a case that posed significant diagnostic dilemma due to incongruity of history and clinical findings.Case Report: A 9-year-old girl presented acutely with loss of consciousness, GCS of 5/15. This was preceded by a 3-day history of abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrho...

Introduction: Hypercalcaemia in Williams-Beuren syndrome (WBS) is usually mild and transient, but may be severe in about 5% of new presentations. Often some children will not respond well to traditional therapies.Case report: We describe three cases of acute hypercalcaemia and their management in a regional Paediatric unit. Case 1: A 16-month-old known WBS girl, presented with irritability, reduced feeding. Corrected serum calcium was 4.51 mmol/l. She wa...