Endocrine Abstracts

A 41-year-old woman presented to her optician 3 weeks post-partum with frontal headaches and visual blurring. On examination, a bitemporal hemianopia was found.She had previously been under our care with autoimmune hypothyroidism diagnosed 3 years earlier on the basis of symptoms and confirmatory biochemistry – TSH 10.9 mU/l, T4 10.6 pmol/l, TPO 66 (<50). This had been adequately replaced throughout pregnancy, which had been uneventful until the...

We present a case of a 71-year-old Jamaican man who presented with a 4 weeks history of backache, lethargy, night sweats, decreased appetite, and weight loss. There was no significant medical history.Physical examination revealed tachypnoea, sinus tachycardia with evidence of short QT interval on the ECG, generalised lymphadenopathy with firm, rubbery glands up to 3×3 cm in diameter. Arterial blood gases were consistent with type 1 respiratory failu...

Introduction: Hypocalcaemia is a rare presentation of thyrotoxicosis. We describe a patient with severe life-threatening hypocalcaemia and suggest pathogenic mechanisms.Case report: A 66-year old lady with long-standing insulin-treated type 2 diabetes presented acutely with generalised weakness and a collapse at home. Prior to admission, she had been treated for an infected neuro-ischaemic plantar ulcer with broad-spectrum antibiotics. She had developed ...