Endocrine Abstracts

A 67-year-old woman was diagnosed by her GP with hypothyroidism and referred to our department. During the first 2 years after diagnosis, the TSH remained elevated (16–19 mlU/l) with the free T4 ranging 11.1–31.9 pmol/l despite her insistence that compliance with therapy was good and on incremental doses of thyroxine. When seen in the nurse-led thyroid clinic for the first time, concerns were raised to the consultant endocrinologist. Interference with the TSH assay w...

Introduction: There is scarcity of information regarding the profile of patients with Pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma from India.Aim: To study clinical profile of patients with Pheochromocytoma (PHEO)/Paraganglioma (PGL) attending the AIIMS hospital.Methodology:: Study protocol was approved by the AIIMS ethics committee. Written informed consent was taken from patients (parents in case of children). Patients of PHEO & PGL at...

Background: Pheochromocytoma (PHEO) and paraganglioma (PGL) of abdominal origin secrete catecholamines which are metabolized to metanephrines. Head-and-neck paraganglioma (HNPGL) are considered as non secretary tumors.Objectives: To find the utility of plasma free metanephrine (MN), normetanephrine (NMN) and 3-methxytyramine (3-MT) for the differential diagnosis PHEO/PGL after excluding MEN2 and VHL patients.Methods: A total of 79 ...