Endocrine Abstracts

Case Presentation A 27 year old male presented with shortness of breath and sweating and on examination had signs of heart failure. An echocardiogram showed global akinesia and an ejection fraction of 15%. He was diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy secondary to viral infection and commenced on medical treatment. During a routine cardiology clinic visit he became hypotensive with a systolic BP of 60 mmhg and diaphoretic, his ECG showed sinus rhythm. He was admitted for invest...

Case History: 37 years old female, presented to Emergency department with worsening SOB over last 24 hours. On systemic enquiry, patient complained of epigastric pain after eating and admitted to un-intentional 22 Kg weight loss in last four months. She clinically appeared dehydrated, with mild epigastric tenderness and no other abnormal signs. She denied any alcohol ingestion or illicit drug use. She had treated Vitamin B12 deficiency and idi...

Case History: 37 years old female, presented to Emergency department with worsening SOB over last 24 hours. On systemic enquiry, patient complained of epigastric pain after eating and admitted to un-intentional 22 Kg weight loss in last four months. She clinically appeared dehydrated, with mild epigastric tenderness and no other abnormal signs. She denied any alcohol ingestion or illicit drug use. She had treated Vitamin B12 deficiency and idi...

Introduction: Parathyroid carcinoma (PTHCa) is a rare malignant tumour which, although associated with higher calcium and parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels at presentation and younger age group, can only be diagnosed on histological basis. Recent studies have shown a logarithmic formula (using Calcium, PTH and age) can predict PTHCa if it scores more than 5%, with a sensitivity and specificity of 100% and 30% respectively. We describe a case where application of similar formula...