Endocrine Abstracts

A 51 year old woman was referred for investigation of goitre. The patient described weight loss, sweating and hot flushes for 3 years. A bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy had been performed 14 years prior to presentation but the patient had been off HRT for 12 years.On examination the patient was thin, nervous and sweaty with a sinus tachycardia and a smooth goitre, but no signs of thyroid eye disease.Thyroid hormone levels were elev...