Endocrine Abstracts

A 68-year-old lady presented with a right-sided breast lump detected on routine mammography. Past medical history included type 2 diabetes, asthma, and hypothyroidism following radioactive iodine for toxic multinodular goitre. Staging CT showed 2 presumed metastases in the left lung, and one in the right lung. She was referred for biopsy and/or resection of these lesions. Histology of the left lower lobe lesion showed a typical carcinoid tumour with an adjacent neuroendocrine ...

Background: Prolactinomas are the major subtype (20–30%) of pituitary adenomas. Microprolactinomas (<1 cm) are commoner in females, whereas macroprolactinomas (>1 cm) occur mainly in men. Giant prolactinomas are rare (2–3% of prolactinomas) – features include size of ≥4 cm, with significant extrasellar extension and prolactin levels of >1000 μg/l.Case report: We report the case of a 35-year-old man with type 2 diabet...

Introduction: Unilateral proptosis may be due to thyroid eye disease (TED) or retro-orbital tumours. TED is an autoimmune process affecting orbital and periorbital tissue, and generally occurs in patients with Graves thyrotoxicosis. A small subset of patients with TED (5%) have normal thyroid function, but TED is rarer in hypothyroid patients.Case report: We report the case of a 57-year-old lady who initially presented to ophthalmology with diplopia. She...