Endocrine Abstracts

A 38-year-old lady was referred to our endocrinology department with headache, elevated prolactin concentration and intolerance to cabergoline by the gynaecologist. She was found to have elevated prolactin whilst investigating for secondary amenorrhoea. She described her headaches to be worse on cough, sneezing and laughing. There was no evidence for raised intracranial pressure clinically and no visual field defect was identified. Prolactin was 3194 miu/l, however there was n...

Pituitary gland has an influence on erythropoiesis. Anaemia is thought to be due to loss of thyrotrophic and adrenotrophic hormones. Testosterone is also known to stimulate erythropoiesis. Here we present a patient with long standing iron deficiency anaemia, which corrected with management of hypopituitarism.A 72-year-old gentleman was under regular review at the diabetic clinic with type 2 diabetes mellitus. He had a background medical history of COPD, ...

Dumping syndrome is a common complication following gastric bypass surgery. Rapid gastric emptying in dumping syndrome triggers an inappropriate hyperinsulinaemic response which leads to hypoglycaemia. This can be very disabling and challenging to manage in clinical practice. Here we present a lady with dumping syndrome whose post meal hypoglycaemia improved with metformin.A 42-year-old female presented with eight months history of increasing mood swings...

Full replacement dose of thyroxine should not be administered initially to elderly hypothyroid patients, those with a history of coronary artery disease and to patients with long-standing severe hypothyroidism. Here, we present a 27-year-old lady with profound longstanding hypothyroidism, who developed cardiac failure on a small dose of thyroxine.She presented to her General Practitioner with longstanding symptoms of lethargy, poor concentration, constip...