Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) is the most common cause of hypercalcemia, often caused by a single adenoma (85%) or four-gland hyperplasia (15%). Brown tumors are rare erosive bony lesions caused by localised rapid osteoclastic turnover resulting from hyperparathyroidism.Case presentation: A 28-year-old lady presented to the Emergency Department with a 3-day history of fever, dry cough and generalized body aches. She reported sudden ons...

Post-prandial hypoglycaemia (PPH) can be associated with debilitating symptoms. Causes include altered physiology post-bariatric and upper gastrointestinal (GI) surgery and rarely noninsulinoma pancreatogenous hypoglycemia syndrome and insulin antibodies. We present a case of 49y female with no prior GI surgery presenting with debilitating hypoglycaemia with blood glucose falling to 2.8 mmol/l responding to glucose. Freestyle Libre monitoring confirmed hypoglycaemia 2-3 h post...