Endocrine Abstracts

64 y/o male was being investigated for raised PSA. Following an MRI and biopsy, he was diagnosed with high grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia requiring close PSA surveillance. Incidentally, he was found to have bilateral adrenal lesions, measuring 6.4 cm on the left and 4 cm on the right. Prior to review in endocrine clinic, adrenal workup and CT adrenals were performed. CT showed both adrenal masses contain fat and calcification and are thought to be bilateral adrenal ...

Swyer-James syndrome or 46, XY female is an unusual condition, characterized by pure gonadal dysgenesis in a phenotypic female patient. Successful pregnancy is even rarer as these patients will require oocyte donation program. We present a 39 year old lady with 46, XY pure gonadal dysgenesis who had a successful pregnancy through in-vitro fertilization by oocyte donation.At her original presentation in 1984, our patient’s main complaint was primary ...

Pituitary carcinoma is rare and diagnosis requires demonstration of cerebrospinal and/or systemic metastasis. We present case of a 64-year-old lady who presented with widespread spinal metastasis from a pituitary adenoma diagnosed 36 years ago. Our patient presented in 1971 with visual failure, headache and oligomenorrhoea. Imaging confirmed pituitary macroadenoma and she underwent transcranial hypophysectomy. Histology revealed chromophobe adenoma. Post operatively her vision...