Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Short synacthan test is a first line endocrine test for diagnosing adrenal insufficiency except in situations like Pituitary surgery or Pituitary apoplexy within the last 2 weeks when this may give a false positive result and this is well known in literature. Here we discuss lesser reported clinical situations seen in two of our patients having good adrenal response to SST with only GST identifying adrenal insufficiency.Case Report: Two pat...

Introduction: Carbimazole is a first line antithyroid drug for thyrotoxicosis management in UK. Its main but rare complications include allergic reaction and risk of neutropenia. Here we discuss the lesser reported situation in which a thyrotoxic patient who is in a remission from Aplastic anaemia was treated with Carbimazole.Case Report: Out patient was seen in Ambulatory care with symptoms of heart failure along with tachycardia. Thyroid blood test sho...

FNA of the thyroid is used for fast and early assessment of thyroid nodules, however it is sensitivity as a useful diagnostic test depends largely on the technique, experience of the aspirator and expertise of the cytologist. We undertook a retrospective audit of FNA to evaluate our results and compliance with the national guidelines.We examined 121 patients had FNAs at Pinderfields Hospital from October 2000 to June 2007. The cohort was comprised of 106...