Endocrine Abstracts

A 73 year old male presented to his optician with reduced vision in his right eye. He was found to have a right sided visual field defect and referred to Opthalmology. An MRI scan was arranged which showed a 29 x 22 x 17mm pituitary fossa mass, elevating and flattening the optic chiasm. He was therefore referred urgently to Endocrinology. He denied any symptoms other than some lethargy, a mild headache and erectile dysfunction. His anterior pituitary function tests are display...

Case history: A 16 month old boy was referred to Community Paediatrics with developmental delay. Bloods taken as part of a developmental delay screen, revealed a raised calcium, with an inappropriately normal parathyroid hormone (PTH) and a normal vitamin D. There was no family history of hypercalcaemia. Blood tests in the boy’s mother and grandmother also showed hypercalcaemia.Investigations: Calcium was raised at 3.46 mmol/l. A urinary calcium cre...