Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: It is rare for patients with morbid obesity to become pregnant without assisted reproductive support. Spontaneous conception of triplets and their successful delivery by caesarean section is hitherto unreported. We report the case of world’s heaviest mother to undergo caesarean section with good outcome for mother and the babies.Case history: A 24 year old lady was seen in the antenatal clinic at 11 weeks of pregnancy. She weighed 140 ...

Introduction: Dilated cardiomyopathy is an uncommon, but well recognized, manifestation of thyrotoxicosis. However, hyperthyroidism presenting with dilated cardiomyopathy is very rare. We describe an unusual case of dilated cardiomyopathy as the initial manifestation of Graves’ hyperthyroidism.Case: A 61-year-old man of Malaysian origin, with no significant past medical history, was admitted with two month history of worsening shortness of breath, o...

Objectives: To find out the proportion of patients with morbid obesity who may have co-existing eating disorders, using EAT-26 (Eating Attitude Test) Questionnaire.Method: All patients who attended the specialist morbid obesity clinic, between January 2005 and December 2007, at a university hospital were included in the study. EAT -26 questionnaires were given to the patients at the time of their referral. The specialist dietician took responsibility for...

Introduction: Heparin induced thrombocytopenia (HIT), a complication of heparin therapy, is a reaction that is triggered by the immune system in response to heparin and causes thrombocytopenia. In this report, we describe an unusual case of HIT induced bilateral adrenal haemorrhage with resultant hypoadrenalism.Case: A 60-year-old Caucasian man was admitted with ascending cholangitis secondary to gallstone and underwent an emergency laparoscopic cholecys...