Endocrine Abstracts

Case history: 66 year old male referred with a thyrotoxic biochemistry. History was in favour of a subacute thyroiditis with a painful neck and short-term elevation of fT3 and fT4 which have improved to lower limits of normal without any treatment at the time of first clinic visit. He was monitored for thyroiditis and the biochemistry gradually changed and patient started to complain of tiredness. Investigations and treatment: Morning Pituitary profile i...

Case history: 61 year old female with a history of inherited dilated cardiomyopathy was referred with abnormal thyroid functions not improving with Levothyroxine. She has been on Levothyroxine 100 mg which she has discontinued 5 months prior to the review but her thyroid function abnormality persisted. She had no family history of thyroid abnormalities.Investigations: Negative TSH receptor antibodies.Treatment and follow up:<table boarder="1" cellpad...

Case history: 30-year-old female presented with subfertility for a year. She has had menarche at the age of 13 and regular periods for 2 years prior to commencing on hormonal contraception (initially COCP and then implant). Off contraception her menstrual cycles resumed after 6 weeks with a regular cycle length of 24 days. She has also suffered from generalised excessive body hair since young.Investigations: Treatment and follow up: Foll...

Case history: Twenty-one year-old female with Di-George syndrome, genetically confirmed at the age of 6 years, was on 1-alfacalcidol for chronic hypoparathyroidism. Her initial presentation was with Seizures in childhood. She has been seizure free with treatment of hypocalcaemia. Her serum calcium levels have been fluctuating with intermittent hypercalcaemia over the years.Investigations: Initial results on 1.5 mcg of 1-alfacalcidol OD:<p class="abst...