Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) in patients with background Graves’ disease (GD) has been associated with a higher risk of post-operative tumour recurrence. We present a case and review the literature for possible explanations.Case presentation: A 55-year-old gentleman with GD treated with carbimazole presented 1 year after initial diagnosis with a 3 cm palpable thyroid nodule. Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) was suggestive for ...

Introduction: We report a patient with hypokalaemia secondary to Cushing’s syndrome (CS) to reinforce this commonly forgotten association.Case report: A 57 years old lady with newly diagnosed hypertension, hyperlipidaemia and diabetes mellitus presented with persistent hypokalaemia for evaluation. She had tinea corporis but otherwise did not look Cushingoid. Investigations: K 2.6 (RI: 3.50–5 mmol/l), HCO3 35 (RI: 19–31 mmol/l), ...

Introduction: Primary thyroid lymphoma (PTL) is rare and constitutes 2–5% of thyroid malignancies. The risk however increases with background Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. (HT) We report a patient with HT complicated by thyroid lymphoma and did a literature review on this topic.Case presentation: A 61-years-old Chinese lady with background HT on levothyroxine presented with an enlarging goitre of 6 months duration. There was weight loss of 3–4 ...