Endocrine Abstracts

Case History: We present a case of a 33-year-old woman who attended with heart failure whilst awaiting a surgical resection of phaeochromocytoma. She presented hours after an intravenous iron transfusion to treat her known iron-deficiency anaemia secondary to menorrhagia from massive uterine fibroids, for which she under the care of the gynaecology team. She was known to have a right-sided phaeochromocytoma, which was found incidentally on MRI in 2021, and was taking phenoxybe...

Case History: A 19-year-old female presented with painful left shoulder after slipping whilst doing press-ups. Plain x-ray showed a proximal humeral fracture, as well as a large bone cyst raising concerns of a pathological fracture. She had no past medical history and was not taking any regular medications. On further questioning she did complain of a 2 year history of bilateral painful shoulders and left knee pain. Family history was significant for her father suffering prima...

Aim: Acromegaly is associated with multiple co-morbidities including diabetes mellitus (DM), obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), arthropathy, cardiovascular events and malignancies. Early diagnosis and treatment, with an intention to cure or control the growth hormone (GH) exposure can reduce risk of these complications. The aim of this study is to assess the development of acromegaly-related complications amongst patients who have completed at least 10 years of follow up after ac...

Introduction: Pulmonary NENs account for around 2% of all pulmonary malignancy. They are classified histologically into 4 types typical and atypical carcinoids which are generally well differentiated and large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma (LCNEC) and small cell lung carcinoma (SCLC) which are poorly differentiated. Within the literature there are several reports regarding overall survival on small mainly surgical cohorts, but data for the UK population are lacking. Only a few...