Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Rhabdomyolysis coexisting with Addison’s disease is a rare condition and the mechanism is not clearly defined. We report a patient presenting with sever rhabdomyolysis which resolved after steroid replacement therapy.Case report: A 33-year-old man without accompanying comorbidity, presented with progressive myopathy and fatigue. He was hypotensive (RR 90/70), hypovolemic with hyponatremia (125 mmol/l, range 137–146), elevated seru...

Introduction: The metabolic syndrome is increasingly recognized as a powerful predictor of patient risk for developing cardiovascular and cerebrovascular complications. It is viewed as the phenotypic confluence of atherogenic dyslipidaemia, hypertension, central obesity and insulin resistance (with or without type 2 diabetes) resulting from dysregulated gene expression and lifestyle behaviours.Aim: Because insulin resistance is a core defect in type 2 di...