Endocrine Abstracts

We report a 33 year old female who presented at 23 weeks gestation with rapid onset polyuria and polydipsia. Fluid input and output was approximately 12 litres per day. She denied any other symptoms. She did not have signs of hypopituitarism, Acromegaly or Cushing’s syndrome. Visual fields were normal to confrontation. Her standard glucose tolerance test, Hba1c, creatinine and calcium were normal. Gestational Diabetes Insipidus was (GDI) suspected. Given her pregnancy, a ...

We report a 32-year-old primigravida with type 2 diabetes and large uterine fibroid who was found to have incidental, asymptomatic, non-PTH driven hypercalcaemia of 2.67 mmol/l (NR 2.2-2.60 mmol/l) at 7 weeks gestation. Investigations revealed no evidence of malignancy. Interestingly, following initial blood test, her calcium normalised but with persistent complete suppression of PTH until 19 weeks gestation, when her calcium rose to 3.25 mmol/l. Her 1,25-dihydroxy Vitamin D w...

Introduction: Hyponatraemia is a common electrolyte abnormality seen among hospitalised patients. We describe below, an inpatient seen with severe hyponatraemia.Case description: 71yr old gentleman with no co-morbidities, admitted with acute confusion and slurred speech. Physical examination: Observations: Temperature 35C, heart rate 53/min, otherwise stable. GCS 15/15, no focal neurolo...