Endocrine Abstracts

Case history: Patient 1, a 78 year old male, was diagnosed five years ago with a metastatic NET with octreotide avid disease including ileocolic/right common iliac nodal metastases and a solitary segment VII liver lesion. He elected for watchful waiting and was asymptomatic. Interval imaging showed gradual local disease progression. He was diagnosed with motor neurone disease resulting in unilateral arm weakness. He re-presented four years after diagnosis with progressive weak...

Case history: 52 year old gentleman presented in 2013 with a 1 year history of abdominal pain. Imaging to screen for gallstones identified a large adrenal mass which was radiologically suspicious for adrenal carcinoma with probable inferior vena cava (IVC) involvement.Investigations: Overnight dexamethasone suppression test (ONDST) failed to suppress cortisol (324 nmol/l) with undetectable ACTH (<5 ng/l). Failure of suppression on low dose dexamethas...