Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: 90-95% of patients with primary hypothyroidism respond well to levothyroxine (L-T4) therapy. A minority remain symptomatic despite optimised L-T4 therapy. There is limited evidence supporting the role of liothyronine (L-T3) in this subgroup of patients. By looking at 3- and 6-month trials, we aim to review our practice of L-T4/l-T3 therapy.Method: We reviewed medical and pharmacy records of all patients receiving L-T4/l-T3 therapy from Janu...

Pheochromocytoma is a rare disorder of chromafin cells and can be incidentally found in 20% of adrenal masses. It can be malignant in upto 10% of the cases. Metastatic disease poses a great challenge and no definitive cure is yet established to treat these tumors.We report a case of 54-year-old male patient with past medical history of anxiety who presented with acute left sided abdominal pain to the urology department at Norfolk and Norwich University H...