Endocrine Abstracts

Aim: Diagnosis of Graves’ is generally based on clinical presentation and physical examination of thyroid gland. The general assumption is that the thyroid gland is usually normal or diffusely enlarged in Graves’ disease. The aim of our retrospective observational analysis was to establish the ultrasonographic morphology of the thyroid gland in patients with Graves’ disease.Methods: We analysed the case records and biochemical investigatio...

Case History: A 51 year old man was brought in by ambulance with new confusion was found to have hypoglycaemia with a blood glucose of 1.8. He was treated by paramedics. His PMHx included a recent diagnosis of solitary pleural fibrous tumour, recent diagnosis of epilepsy. The patient had been admitted to hospital 10 weeks ago with recurrent confusions. Collateral history unveiled visual hallucinations. He had recently lost unintentional weight. Random blood glucose at first pr...