Endocrine Abstracts

Acute fatty liver of pregnancy (AFLP) is a rare obstetric metabolic emergency (UK incidence 1/20.000 maternities) which typically presents in 3rd trimester or postpartum and has a high maternal and foetal mortality and morbidity (UK Maternal mortality 1.8%, perinatal mortality 104/1000 births). Diagnosis can be delayed due to lack of set diagnostic criteria, rarity and overlapping clinical presentation with many other obstetric metabolic pathologies. Urgent delivery...

Thyroid uptake scan is a widely used thyroid investigation that provides valuable information regarding the structure and function of the gland and helps in differentiating some of the common thyroid pathologies. We present a multicentre audit of thyroid uptake scans done for non-malignant thyroid pathologies and try to analyse the usefulness of this investigation in different situations.MethodsThis audit includes thyroid uptake sc...

We would like to report an interesting case of Graves’ disease which presented with thymic hyperplasia, bilateral generalised lymphadenopathy and hypercalcaemia, along with other typical manifestations of hyperthyroidism. A 53 year old lady was admitted following an opioid overdose as she was suffering from depression after a recent slipped disc injury which had resulted in poor mobility. She suffered an out of hospital respiratory arrest, underwent cardiopulmonary resusc...