Endocrine Abstracts

An 87 year old lady with a background of longstanding cognitive impairment was referred to our service with biochemical evidence of primary hyperparathyroidism. The patient had past medical history of type 2 diabetes mellitus, osteoporosis, hypothyroidism, ischaemic heart disease and primary hyperparathyroidism (under observation in a neighbouring health board). There was no pharmacological cause for cognitive impairment identified. Following acute admission after a fall with ...