Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Chronic SIAD with its disabling impact is challenging to manage in elderly patients as fluid restriction or demeclocycline often has a limited success. Tolvaptan is a novel selective antagonist of vasopressin receptor (V2R) which is safely used in patients with SIAD and other conditions with hypervolemia. We report a case of longest Tolvaptan use with significant challenges amongst our case series which we had previously publishedMethod: A Ca...

A 36-year-old man from Romania was referred to the urology clinic with a two-year history of a painful left testicular swelling. On examination, both testes had multiple solid non-tender masses. An ultrasound scan of the testes showed bilateral, symmetrical infiltration of both testes, with scattered calcifications and enhanced blood flow. The differential diagnosis included testicular cancer, granulomatous diseases, leukaemia and adrenal rests. A CT scan showed no metastatic/...

Introduction: Acute Necrotising Pancreatitis caused by Hypercalcemia secondary to Primary hyperparathyroidism is a rare condition1. The prevalence of acute pancreatitis in patients with PHPT is estimated between 1.5% and 7%2. We report a case of male patient with severe necrotising pancreatitis associated with hypercalcemia secondary to primary hyperparathyroidism. Case Report: A 55-year-old man presented with sudden episode of seve...