Endocrine Abstracts

Thyroid nodules are very common findings in clinical practice. Only a fraction of these thyroid nodules are malignant and reliably differentiating those remains a challenge. We present a case of a man who presented with an enlarging neck mass causing compressive symptoms. This was diagnosed as a multinodular goitre (MNG). However, histopathological analysis revealed it to be diffuse large B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (DLBCL). A 50-year-old male was referred to our endocrinology...

Case history: We present the case of a 59-year-old gentleman admitted to our hospital in February 2023 with severe hypercalcaemia. He had a background of mild intermittent hypercalcaemia since 2018 (highest 2.73 mmol/l), chronic kidney disease, hypertension, and a recently climbing prostate-specific antigen that had warranted a 2-week-wait Urology referral. On admission, his only symptom was constipation, without weight loss or constitutional symptoms. His parathyroid hormone ...