Endocrine Abstracts

We report a case of Carney complex who demonstrated most of the disease-defining features and an unusual manifestation of choroidal malignant melanoma not previously reported in the literature.A 16-year-old female patient initially presented to the endocrinologists in 1991 with secondary amenorrhea and raised prolactin levels, diagnosed to have a pituitary microprolactinoma. Past history included episodes of vague syncope and palpitations treated as comp...

Mr GC aged 67 presented to the ophthalmologists in December 2008 with blurring vision and headaches. Visual acuity was 6/9, 6/24 and reassured. Two weeks later he returned as an emergency with severe visual loss of left eye to finger movements and temporal field defect right eye.Past history included cancer prostate, gleason score-7 (T2 N0). TURP performed in January 08 followed by hormonal therapy and external beam irradiation.Neu...

Multiple endocrine neoplasia 1 (MEN-1) is an inherited autosomal dominant tumour syndrome affecting mainly the parathyroid gland, pituitary and pancreas. Genetic defect appears to be deletion mutation of MEN1 gene coding for tumour suppression. We describe a case of MEN1 mosaic mutation never reported in the literature.The index case presented aged 52 in 1985 with headaches and dizziness when hypercalcemia of 3.2 mmol/l was noted. Past medical history in...

Bariatric surgery in people with morbid obesity results in effective long-term weight loss, and resolution or reduction in the severity of several co-morbid conditions. The majority of obese people with type 2 diabetes who undergo bariatric surgery, achieve remission of their diabetes or a significant reduction of their glucose lowering therapy in the long-term. We conducted a retrospective observational study to assess changes in body weight and glycaemic control in obese typ...