Endocrine Abstracts

79 year old male had been admitted due to multiple falls within a space of 24 hours. On admission, he had a full set of bloods which showed hypercalcaemia and no other significant abnormality. His past medical history included Prostate Cancer, Type 2 Diabetes and Urinary retention for which he had a long-term catheter in situ. His current medications were Linagliptin, Apixaban, Bicalutamide and simple analgesia. Initially, he was fluid resuscitated, which seemed to im...

TSH receptor antibodies (TRAb) are autoantibodies directed against the TSH receptor, predominantly located on the thyroid epithelial cell surface. Two types of TSH receptor antibody have been found to exist in patients with autoimmune thyroid disease: thyroid stimulating antibodies (TSAb) and TSH-stimulation blocking antibodies (TSBAb). It has generally been felt that patients with positive TSAbs develop Graves’ hyperthyroidism and those with TSBAb antibodies develop hypo...