Endocrine Abstracts

A 52-year-old man was referred in June 2009 with weakness, unsteadiness, diarrhoea and weight loss of 14 kg in the last 4 months. His past medical history included hypertension, ischaemic heart disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He was a heavy smoker and admitted to drinking heavily for the past 9 months. His serum sodium was 126 mmol/l, serum potassium 2.0 mmol/l, serum bicarbonate 31 mmol/l. His chest X-ray was normal. He had had persistent hypokalaemia for 4...