Endocrine Abstracts

A 60-year-old engineer was reviewed in the Endocrinology clinic on 07/05/2021. He reported weight loss, palpitations, disturbed sleep, and fatigue over the previous four (4) months. He denied any neck pain or swelling. There were no symptoms consistent with thyroid eye disease. He had no pre-existing history of thyroid disease. TFT’s in March 2021 confirmed primary hyperthyroidism (TSH < 0.004 (0.35- 4.94 miu/l), FT4 19.8 (9-19 pmol/l), FT3 7.4 (2.9- 4.9 pmol/...

A 28-year-old female presented to ED with one week history of flu-like symptoms, palpitations, increasing breathlessness, and productive cough with copious sputum, of two days duration. There was h/o some weight loss over the last year, with episodic palpitations over the last 8-10 years that increased in frequency over the last one year. She had a family history of hyperthyroidism paternally and maternally. On examination, there was mild lid-lag and proptosis. She was tachypn...