Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Lipohypertrophy is by far the most common skin-related complication of insulin therapy. Less common dermatological complications of insulin injections include lipoatrophy, localized allergic reaction, subcutaneous abscess, localized amyloidosis and hyperpigmentation of the skin at the site of injection. We describe the Koebner phenomenon in an insulin requiring type 2 diabetic patient during a psoriasis flare-up.Case report: A 56-year old w...

Adjuvant treatment for post-menopausal women with early breast cancer (BC) includes aromatase inhibitors (AI), known to decrease bone mineral density (BMD). In this study, we investigate whether denosumab is a valid second option for patients unable to receive standard adjuvant i.v. zoledronic acid (ZA). In total, 212 patients have been evaluated after they did not receive ZA. Of those 194 were included. After evaluation by an endocrinologist, all patients were offered ZA as t...

Coeliac disease is more common in people who have Type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM) because of their autoimmune co-existence. Between 4 and 9% of people with Type 1 DM will also have coeliac disease. The updated NICE guideline (NG 20 coeliac screening) recommends that adult with Type 1 DM should be tested for coeliac disease at diagnosis and retested if any symptoms of coeliac disease develop.Study method & Result: Newly...

Aim: We aimed to undertake a population-based approach to describing the prevalence and incidence of chronic hypoparathyroidism. There are very few reports on the epidemiology of this condition.Methods: Data linkage of all biochemistry, hospital admissions, prescribing and death records was undertaken in Tayside Scotland (population 400,000) from 1988 to 2015. Patients with at least 3 serum calcium concentrations below the reference range f...

Aim: We aimed to investigate mortality and morbidity in patients who were identified with primary hypoparathyroidism, post-surgical and non-surgical hypoparathyroidism.Methods: The patients who were previously identified with hypoparathyroidism, were linked to hospital admission dataset, renal registry, biochemistry dataset and prescribing dataset. In this study, death and 6 morbidities; cataract, circulatory system, infection, fracture, me...

Coeliac disease is more common in people who have Type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM) because of their autoimmune co-existence. Between 4 and 9% of people with Type 1 DM will also have coeliac disease. The updated NICE guideline (NG 20 coeliac screening) recommends that adult with Type 1 DM should be tested for coeliac disease at diagnosis and retested if any symptoms of coeliac disease develop.Study method & Result: Newly...

Aim: We aimed to undertake a population-based approach to describing the prevalence and incidence of chronic hypoparathyroidism. There are very few reports on the epidemiology of this condition.Methods: Data linkage of all biochemistry, hospital admissions, prescribing and death records was undertaken in Tayside Scotland (population 400,000) from 1988 to 2015. Patients with at least 3 serum calcium concentrations below the reference range f...

Aim: We aimed to investigate mortality and morbidity in patients who were identified with primary hypoparathyroidism, post-surgical and non-surgical hypoparathyroidism.Methods: The patients who were previously identified with hypoparathyroidism, were linked to hospital admission dataset, renal registry, biochemistry dataset and prescribing dataset. In this study, death and 6 morbidities; cataract, circulatory system, infection, fracture, me...

Gonadal dysgenesis with DAX1 duplication as the cause of XY disorder of sexual development is a rare condition. Duplication of this causes male to female sex reversal while mutation or deletion can cause adrenal hypoplasia congenita with hypogonadotropic hypogonadism. We present a case of 37-year-old lady who was referred to endocrine clinic with ongoing symptoms of fatigue. She was diagnosed with 46 XY gonadal dysgenesis when she presented with groin swelling at the ...

Pseudohypoparathyroidism (PHP) is a group of rare hereditary diseases caused by tissue resistance to parathyroid hormone (PTH), there are two main types I and II. Type I is divided into subtypes. The authors present a case of PHP Ib, with hypocalcemia (level of total calcium 1.41 mmol/l), accidentally detected at childbirth. After the unsuccessful treatment of hypocalcemia, the etiology was considered, but the confirmation of the diagnosis were not adequately tightened. Due to...