Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Definitive treatment of hyperthyroidism with Radioactive Iodine (RAI) ablation therapy has been associated with weight gain from RAI induced hypothyroidism. Literature on weight data of post-RAI patients following normalisation of thyroid function is equivocal.Objective: We undertook a retrospective study to evaluate the effect of RAI on weight in Hyperthyroid patients in University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (UHL). <p class="abst...

Background: When seeing patients with gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumours (GEP-NETs) in clinic, we noticed that a significant proportion of our patients also had additional primary malignancies. This observation was also raised by patients at our local NET Patient Foundation support group. The idea that patients with GEP-NETs are more prone to additional malignancies is supported in the literature therefore we wanted to determine the proportion of our patients who ha...

Introduction: Following the recent publication of The Endocrine Society Clinical Practice guideline for Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH), we performed an evaluation of the service provided for adults with CAH to assess how well we are meeting the guideline standard and to make recommendations for service improvement.Methods: We performed an audit of adults with CAH under the care of the University Hospitals of Leicester. We undertook a cross-sectiona...

Case: A 62 year old man was admitted acutely with right sided abdominal pain. A CT scan with contrast showed an acute right-sided adrenal haemorrhage with adjacent necrotic lymphadenopathy and multiple pulmonary nodules. An MRI, requested to further define the lesion, reported a malignant looking 7.4 cm right adrenal mass with direct focal invasion into the liver and inferior vena cava however no further liver lesions were identified. The images were discussed at the multi-dis...

Objectives: To evaluate outcomes post radioiodine (I-131) therapy for hyperthyroidism at a tertiary hospital in a two-year period.Method: The local database (Leicester Clinical Workstation) was used to identify patients with hyperthyroidism who had received radioiodine therapy (RAI) between January 1st 2010 and December 31st 2011 and their records were retrospectively analysed.Results: 84 patients were identif...

Background: Pituitary adenomas commonly present with palsies involving the cranial nerves in the cavernous sinus. It is unusual, however, for other cranial nerve palsies to co-present and to have biochemical results that do not fit with the clinical picture.Case: A 47 year old man was admitted with 3 days of headache, vomiting, right sided facial paraesthesia and facial droop. He had no symptoms suggestive of endocrine disturbance. Neurological examinati...

Clinical presentation: This 32 year old lady was referred with a history of weight loss, sweating, tremor and anxiety and biochemical hyperthyroidism; fT4 41 pmols/l (9.00–25.00 pmols/l) TSH <0.05 miu/l (0.30–5.00 miu/l); strongly positive TPO antibodies (1600 IU/ml.). She was toxic clinically, had subtle left sided proptosis and a palpable left sided thyroid nodule. She was started on carbimazole 20 mg and the initial differential diagnosis was between Grave&#14...

A 9-year-old boy presented to his local hospital having had a respiratory arrest at home. He had a background of a chromosomal microdeletion, and there had been several days of cough and coryza. CPR was underway and upon arrival in A&E he was resuscitated and retrieved to PICU. The working diagnosis was lower respiratory tract infection.On day 4 of his PICU stay, with progressive signs on his chest X-ray, an ultrasound scan was performed. Th...

Background: A large proportion of patients who attend the Endocrine clinic have thyroid dysfunction, usually thyrotoxicosis. These patients require regular thyroid function tests (TFTs) and advice on medication dose alteration, usually through frequent clinic appointments. At our University Teaching Hospital, we have a nurse-led system whereby TFT monitoring and advice is managed virtually, with patients usually attending clinic annually for review. We call this the Thyroid Sh...

Introduction: An insulinoma is a rare neuro-endocrine tumour originating in the pancreatic beta-cells with unregulated secretion of insulin resulting in profound hypoglycaemia.Methods: A search of electronic hospital records identified all patients with a primary diagnosis of insulinoma. Clinic and discharge letters, radiology investigations, laboratory investigations and case notes were reviewed to highlight the presentation, investigations and laborato...