Endocrine Abstracts

Homocystinuria is a rare autosomal recessive disorder of the transsulfuration or methylation pathway in methionine metabolism.We present a case of a 25 years old female, who presented with rapid onset loss of vision in both eyes and short-sightedness. She had a background of well-controlled epilepsy, normal mental and physical development. She had no family history of Marfan’s syndrome.On examinatio...

Homocystinuria is a rare autosomal recessive disorder of the transsulfuration or methylation pathway in methionine metabolism.We present a case of a 25 years old female, who presented with rapid onset loss of vision in both eyes and short-sightedness. She had a background of well-controlled epilepsy, normal mental and physical development. She had no family history of Marfan’s syndrome.On examinatio...

Introduction: Paraneoplastic endocrine syndrome such as hypercalcemia in malignancy is well-known. However, paraneoplastic insulin resistance is rarely described and its management is challenging.Case history: A 33 years old teetotal gentleman with BMI of 37.5 kg/m2 and histological diagnosis of desmoid tumour presented with osmotic symptoms, weight loss, hyperglycemia and normal ketones. He was hemodynamically stable with no clinical or bioch...

Objectives: The aim of the study was to evaluate the normal reference values for thyroid uptake using Technetium-99 m (Tc-99 m) pertechnetate.Methods: Sixty-seven euthyroid patients with primary hyperparathydism who underwent parathyroid imaging with Tc-99 m pertechnetate between January 2012 to April 2014 at the Nuclear Medicine department, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals was studied. Electronic medical records and biochemical thyroid functi...

Objectives: The aim of the study was to evaluate the normal reference values for thyroid uptake using Technetium-99 m (Tc-99 m) pertechnetate.Methods: Sixty-seven euthyroid patients with primary hyperparathydism who underwent parathyroid imaging with Tc-99 m pertechnetate between January 2012 to April 2014 at the Nuclear Medicine department, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals was studied. Electronic medical records and biochemical thyroid functi...

BackgroundAdvances in imaging techniques combined with the increase in the number of patients undergoing radiological investigations have contributed to the increased detection of adrenal nodules. Prior to the publication of the European Society of Endocrinology (ESE) guidelines on the management of adrenal incidentalomas in 2016, there was marked variability in the management of adrenal nodules. The objective of this study is to validate the diagnostic ...