Endocrine Abstracts

Case: A 34 years old lady presented to the antenatal clinic at 7 weeks gestation with unplanned pregnancy. She had background history of HTN, poorly controlled T2DM and hypercholesterolemia . She continued taking metformin, gliclazide, sitagliptin and simvastatin which were stopped at the booking appointment . Metformin continued and started on insulin. Blood tests at booking showed HbA1c 126, Cholesterol 5.2 , Triglycerides 2.7. She was started on...

Objective: We present this case to emphasize the need to consider the uncommon causes of hypercalcaemia and the importance of history taking.Case report: A 79 year old man with multiple sclerosis was admitted with hypercalcaemia of 3.41 mmol/L, a suppressed PTH and AKI. He was investigated for non-PTH mediated hypercalcemia, having a whole host of investigation. He had normal serum ACE, with no radiological evidence of granulomatou...

Case: A 34 years old lady presented to the antenatal clinic at 7 weeks gestation with unplanned pregnancy. She had background history of HTN, poorly controlled T2DM and hypercholesterolemia . She continued taking metformin, gliclazide, sitagliptin and simvastatin which were stopped at the booking appointment . Metformin continued and started on insulin. Blood tests at booking showed HbA1c 126, Cholesterol 5.2 , Triglycerides 2.7. She was started on...

Objective: We present this case to emphasize the need to consider the uncommon causes of hypercalcaemia and the importance of history taking.Case report: A 79 year old man with multiple sclerosis was admitted with hypercalcaemia of 3.41 mmol/L, a suppressed PTH and AKI. He was investigated for non-PTH mediated hypercalcemia, having a whole host of investigation. He had normal serum ACE, with no radiological evidence of granulomatou...

Introduction: Idiopathic Pituitary atrophy is rare cause of pan hypopituitarism. Various hypotheses were proposed to identify aetiology of idiopathic pituitary atrophy. Still definite cause is not known. There are very few reported cases of pituitary atrophy. We present a case of pituitary atrophy that required complete replacement of pan hypopituirsm to alleviate her symptoms.Case report: About 64 year lady was referred for evaluation of hyponatraemia a...