Endocrine Abstracts

A 45 yr lady;presented with lethargy and tiredness, amenorrhea with 2 stone weight loss 3 months after delivery of her baby. Her thyroid functions were done showing low free T4 (0.28 mu/l) as well as low TSH (07 pmol/l). (Thought to be cooling off period of post-partum thyroiditis). She was started on Thyroid hormone replacement (levothyroxine 150 mg once a day) Reviewed again after a month in endocrine clinic, she still feeling tired, lethargic and unwell still not having per...

30 yr/F, presented with C/O of palpitations, heat intolerance, significant unintentional weight loss with bulging of eyes and diplopia on extremes of vision. She had a background history of asthma, PCOS, obesity and difficulty in conceiving. OE, there was a smooth painless goiter. TFTs at diagnosis: TSH <0.05, T4=83, T3 >30.8 and TSH receptor antibody level (TRAB) of 9.0. She developed skin reaction to both Carbimazole and PTU, hence treated with total thyroidectomy wi...