Endocrine Abstracts

A 24 year old man was admitted by the Surgeons with left sided abdominal pain. He was febrile and tachycardic and found to have raised inflammatory markers. Abdominal CT scan revealed a 6 cm left adrenal haemorrhage with no evidence of an underlying lesion. Initial endocrine investigations were unremarkable for Cushings, Conn’s and adrenal insufficiency. Norepinephrine levels were high but settled subsequently. He had a coagulopathy and evidence of reactivation of EB viru...