Endocrine Abstracts

A 46-year-woman was admitted with decreased appetite, weight loss, nausea, constipation, poor concentration, cough and shortness of breath on exertion. She had long standing history of low backache and had been taking paracetamol and codeine in combination, amitriptyline, tramadol, stemetil, diclofenac, and calcichew D3 one tablet/day On examination, blood pressure was elevated, erythematous nodules seen over right shin. Initial investigations showed normocytic anemia, elevate...

Fourth-two years old female patient was diagnosed with carcinoma left breast in 2003. She had mastectomy of left breast and axillary clearance followed by adjuvant radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Histology showed ER positive. She was commenced on anastrozole. She suffered from back pain in 2005. Investigations revealed she had spinal metastases as well as left ureteric stone and hydronephrosis of left kidney. She had a left ureteric stent and her back pain was relived. USG kidn...