Endocrine Abstracts

A 79-year-old female patient, with a background history of hypertension and ischaemic heart disease was brought by ambulance to hospital with near collapse episode associated with capillary blood glucose (CBG) of 2.1 mmol/l. Her regular medications include Ramipril, clopidogrel and atorvastatin. She had no history of diabetes. While inpatient, it was observed that majority of low capillary blood glucose readings (CBG) were late night or early mornings. At venous glucose of 1.9...

Case: A 61 year old female, presented to ENT in July ’17 with 6 month history of left sided neck swelling, gradually increasing in size over the last 1 month prior to presentation. She complained of tenderness over the swelling and pain and discomfort around her left shoulder. She denied any problems with her voice, breathing or swallowing. Her past medical history consisted of recurrent UTI’s, renal stones and medullary sponge kidney. She smokes 15 cigarettes per da...

Background: The accuracy of thyroglobulin (Tg) as a tumour marker following lobectomy for differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) remains controversial. A Tg (<10 µg/l) looked promising in identifying those without clinically apparent recurrence after median 51 months of follow-up. Longer term follow up allows assessment of the diagnostic utility of thyroglobulin in predicting relapse.Methods: Ninety-nine patients who underwent lobectomy for DTC wer...

The short children have lower social competence and show more social problems than children with normal stature. The physical appearance has consequences in terms of how short stature children are judged and treated by others as they can be teased or bullied due to short stature, which may affect future prospects of finding a job or a spouse. These psychosocial stressors are risk factors for the psychological adjustment for children of short stature. Stress responses are activ...