Endocrine Abstracts

A 50-year-old peri-menopausal lady has had a background history of hypertension on single-agent antihypertensive medication (ACEI), chronic headache, recurrent collapses, and panic attacks for the past 14 years. She has been visited by her GP frequently and performed countless blood tests including FSH, LH, and TSH which confirmed that her symptoms were neither related to menopause nor hyperthyroidism. She also presented to the Emergency Department a dozen times and called par...

A 65 year old government officer presented to ophthalmologist with sudden visual loss in the right eye. Noted to have a retinal haemorrhage and significantly elevated blood pressure. GP was asked to investigate further.For reasons unclear yet fortuitous, the initial imaging arranged was a CT CAP which demonstrated a large adrenal mass (9 cm well defined, heterodense, retroperitoneal right soft tissue mass of 40&#1...

A 65 year old government officer presented to ophthalmologist with sudden visual loss in the right eye. Noted to have a retinal haemorrhage and significantly elevated blood pressure. GP was asked to investigate further.For reasons unclear yet fortuitous, the initial imaging arranged was a CT CAP which demonstrated a large adrenal mass (9 cm well defined, heterodense, retroperitoneal right soft tissue mass of 40&#1...

A 50-year-old peri-menopausal lady has had a background history of hypertension on single-agent antihypertensive medication (ACEI), chronic headache, recurrent collapses, and panic attacks for the past 14 years. She has been visited by her GP frequently and performed countless blood tests including FSH, LH, and TSH which confirmed that her symptoms were neither related to menopause nor hyperthyroidism. She also presented to the Emergency Department a dozen times and called par...