Endocrine Abstracts

35y woman presented to haematology with normocytic anaemia and extreme fatigue. Had borderline vitamin B12, but im hydroxocobalamin did not improve Hb. A trial of iv iron was also ineffective. Bone marrow biopsy showed hypocellular bone marrow with suppressed erythropoiesis. In the absence of underlying cause, commenced prednisolone with significant improvement in Hb from 117 to 134 g/l and she felt better. Prednisolone was continued at 5 mg od. Fatigue, musculoskeletal sympto...

35y woman presented to haematology with normocytic anaemia and extreme fatigue. Had borderline vitamin B12, but im hydroxocobalamin did not improve Hb. A trial of iv iron was also ineffective. Bone marrow biopsy showed hypocellular bone marrow with suppressed erythropoiesis. In the absence of underlying cause, commenced prednisolone with significant improvement in Hb from 117 to 134 g/l and she felt better. Prednisolone was continued at 5 mg od. Fatigue, musculoskeletal sympto...

Lymphoma can cause adrenal glands infiltration, but only a handful of cases of adrenal involvement have been reported in classical Hodgkin’s lymphoma. We present a case of 24y male of Indian origin presenting with B symptoms, AKI, breathlessness, and diarrhoea. CT CAP showed lymphadenopathy, enlarged kidneys and adrenal glands bilaterally. 18F-FDG PET CT showed PET avid lymphadenopathy and non-avid bilateral adrenal masses. Histology of axillary lymph node conf...

Introduction: We present a series of 10 cases of GD presenting with seemingly unrelated symptoms with limited features of thyrotoxicosis, where control of thyroid function tests (TFTs) led to complete normalisation of presenting symptoms. In all cases patients were shown to have Graves disease with thyroid antibodies.Case series review: 1. 82F with symptomatic hypercalcaemia and thymic hyperplasia on CT. Calcium normalised with standard therapy and remai...

Hyperthyroidism is common and in iodine-sufficient parts of the world the prevalence of overt hyperthyroidism is estimated to be 0.2% to 1.3%. The treatment options include antithyroid medication (ATD), thyroid surgery, or Radioactive iodine (RAI). The latter is increasingly used as a first line definitive treatment for hyperthyroidism. We reviewed the outcomes of patients who received RAI at our tertiary nuclear medicine department over a 4-year period (May 2015 to Dec 2019) ...