Endocrine Abstracts

Cushing’s syndrome is a rare endocrine disorder which the Royal College of Physicians/Society for Endocrinology Guidelines – Pituitary Tumours (1997) suggest should only be differentially diagnosed in centres with appropriate technical and enocrinological expertise. We conducted an audit against these guidelines of the management of Cushing’s syndrome in our unit (population covered 250, 000) over the 3-year period between January 2003 and January 2006. Aetiolog...

A previously well 46-year-old nulliparous woman presented with nausea, polydipsia, polyuria, nocturia, loss of appetite, weight loss of 3 months and secondary amenorrhoea of 9 months duration.Examination revealed the presence of a mass apparently arising from the pelvis, this being confirmed by CT scanning. Investigations: calcium 4.3millimols per litre, phosphate 0.8millimols per litre, albumin 45grams per litre, parathyroid hormone <0.6picomols per litre (1.6-6.9), gl...