Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Hypercalcemia has wide spectrum of diagnosis. Hyperthyroidism is known cause of parathyroid hormone independent cause of hypercalcemia. Increased osteoclast activity with excess bone resorption is underlying cause. Thyrotoxicosis associated hypercalcemia is usually asymptomatic, mild to moderate hypercalcemia is seen in 20% of patients, but severe hypercalcemia is rare. We report a case of young male who presented with abdominal pain, vomiting se...

Generally, after an initial active phase TED rarely reactivates. However, epidemiological evidence is scant. The following cases highlight the propensity for Graves’ orbitopathy to reactivate many years later.Case 1: A 69-year-old woman had Graves’ disease aged 29, and was reviewed in the TED clinic (ophthalmology, rheumatology and endocrinology), with reactivation of orbitopathy 40 years after initial disease. She was an ex-smoker, had hyperte...