Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Hypoparathyroidism (HypoPT) is characterized by low calcium and parathyroid hormone (PTH), often secondary to thyroid surgery. Treatment consists in activated vitamin D and calcium supplementation. Such treatment may be difficult in patients with malabsorption as calcium usually requires an acid environmental to dissolve, while calcitriol needs an intact intestine for a full absorption.Case report: A 36-year old woman had a history of sleeve ...

Background: Endogenous and exogenous factors may cause biochemical interferences with thyroid function immunoassays. Interference can be caused by many mechanisms including heterophilic antibodies, drugs and rheumatoid factors. Moreover, assay-specific interference has been described, such as antithyroid hormone antibodies resulting in falsely elevated or lowered concentrations depending on the assay.Case Presentation: We describe a case of a 38-years ol...