Endocrine Abstracts

Case Summary: A 53-year-old lady who was normally fit and well, presented with a 3 months history of polydipsia and excessive polyuria up to 13 litres a day. A water deprivation test confirmed a cranial diabetes insipidus, and she was started on desmopressin. Apart from hypothyroidism that was well controlled with levothyroxine replacement, the rest of her pituitary profile was unremarkable for a lady of her age. The rest of her investigations showed persistent increased infla...

Introduction: Gynecomastia is a condition characterised by the benign proliferation of breast tissue growth in males. Among variety of causes, 3% of cases are due to testicular tumours. [1]. We present a 35-year-old male, who had elevated estradiol levels and gynecomastia, who was found to have a Leydig cell tumour. Case Presentation: A 35-year-old male was referred to our clinic with 3 month history of bilateral breast growth. He had no significant medi...