Endocrine Abstracts

Pituitary abscess is very rare accounting for 0.2 – 0.6% of all pituitary lesions. Only around 210 case reports have been described so far. We report a case of pituitary abscess presented as pituitary mass lesion with hypopituitarism.A 51 year old man was admitted with headache and found to have severe hyponatraemia. Past medical history included paranoid schizophrenia. Clinical examination was normal.Relevant investigations: ...

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...

Case history: A male patient presented to the Endocrine clinic age 64, with an 18-year history of erectile dysfunction. He was treated under Urology with phosphodiesterase inhibitors and Nebido injections for hypogonadism. Notably the cause of hypogonadism had not been established. The patient was concurrently reviewed by Oral Medicine due to a 2.5-year history of xerostomia, and Dermatology for a non-healing, erythematous, pruritic lesion on his right lower leg and several wh...