Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Pituitary apoplexy is essentially bleeding into a necrotic area of the pituitary tumour, which has presumably outgrown its blood supply and caused infarction. Usually this is a haemorrhagic infarction but rarely a non-haemorrhagic infarction can cause marked pituitary swelling and presents as pituitary apoplexy. Our case represents a typical case of pituitary apoplexy with rapid evolving neurological deficit due to pituitary necrosis rather than haemorrhage.<...

A 45-year-old lady presented with two years history of galactorrhea and tiredness. The galactorrhea had been getting progressively worse. Initially it was on squeezing the breast but later on it came on spontaneously. She had to change her bra more than twice a day. She was also feeling unduly tired. She got occasional headaches but no visual disturbances. The period was regular and she was on no regular medications. She is married and has three children, the youngest is four ...

We would like to present this fascinating case in the forthcoming BES meeting as an oral or poster presentation.A 65-year-old retired teacher was found on routine check up by her GP to be severely hypothyroid biochemically (TSH 70.89 mU/l (0.4–5.0) and fT4 7.5 pmol/l (12.0–23.0)).There were no symptoms suggestive of hypothyroidism whatsoever. She was full of energy, not gaining weight, not cold intolerant, not constipated...

Obesity is almost invariably present in Cushing, but is of little diagnostic value because of its high incidence in the population as a whole , particularly in women between the age of 20 and 50 years who are the most likely to be suffering from Cushing’s Syndrome. Clinical acumen, however, is insufficient to establish the diagnosis, and confirmation depends on showing that cortisol production is in excess of normal. Because obesity is increasing at an alarming rate throu...