Endocrine Abstracts

Case history: 66 year old male referred with a thyrotoxic biochemistry. History was in favour of a subacute thyroiditis with a painful neck and short-term elevation of fT3 and fT4 which have improved to lower limits of normal without any treatment at the time of first clinic visit. He was monitored for thyroiditis and the biochemistry gradually changed and patient started to complain of tiredness. Investigations and treatment: Morning Pituitary profile i...

Case history: 61 year old female with a history of inherited dilated cardiomyopathy was referred with abnormal thyroid functions not improving with Levothyroxine. She has been on Levothyroxine 100 mg which she has discontinued 5 months prior to the review but her thyroid function abnormality persisted. She had no family history of thyroid abnormalities.Investigations: Negative TSH receptor antibodies.Treatment and follow up:<table boarder="1" cellpad...

Case history: 30-year-old female presented with subfertility for a year. She has had menarche at the age of 13 and regular periods for 2 years prior to commencing on hormonal contraception (initially COCP and then implant). Off contraception her menstrual cycles resumed after 6 weeks with a regular cycle length of 24 days. She has also suffered from generalised excessive body hair since young.Investigations: Treatment and follow up: Foll...

A 77 year old man with a background of Crohns disease requiring ileostomy, pernicious anaemia and hypertension, presented with a 4month history of dysphagia to solids, hoarseness of voice, anorexia and marked weight loss of 30 kg. He was initially referred to gastroenterology, who performed an endoscopy which was normal. Subsequently he was referred to the ENT and speech and language therapy departments. A video fluoroscopy confirmed severe oropharyngeal dysphagia with effortf...

A 27 year old lady with a background of Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) presented to endocrinology clinic for investigation of thyrotoxicosis. At the age of three years old, she presented with a rash on her forehead, which on biopsy revealed Langerhans cell histiocytosis. She was also noted to have symptoms consistent with diabetes insipidus, for which she remains on desmopressin therapy. At the age of six she received pituitary radiotherapy and 6 years ago developed secon...

A 60year old gentleman was referred to endocrine team with new onset hyperthyroidism. He had developed tubulointerstitial nephritis secondary to carbamazepine resulting in ESRF 3 years previously. Four months prior to presentation he received a live-unrelated renal transplant including a single dose of Alemtuzamab post-operatively for induction of immunosuppression. Thereafter his immunosuppression was maintained with tacrolimus. Other medical history included bipolar disorder...