Endocrine Abstracts

A32 year old lady was admitted with symptoms of palpitations, tremors, insomnia, heat intolerance, weight loss and excessive perspiration for 4 weeks. Worsening of these symptoms with vomiting prompted the admission. She had similar episode 7 yrs ago following the birth of her child when a provisional diagnosis of postpartum thyrotoxicosis was made but lost follow up with in 2 weeks. She works as a carer looking after mentally handicapped children. Her mother suffers from hypo...

Case: A 43-year-old Caucasian lady presented with an acutely painful, cold left leg to the vascular surgeons. She was being treated for respiratory tract infection in the community. She has been investigated for palpitations 7 years ago with no cause identified and headache 3 years ago with normal CT head. Her peripheral vascular examination was unremarkable, including a normal ankle brachial pressure index. She was admitted for further investigations to rule out an underlying...