Searchable abstracts of presentations at key conferences in endocrinology

ea0019p238 | Pituitary | SFEBES2009

CSF rhinorrhoea – a rare complication of medical management of giant prolactinomas

Kalavalapalli Shyam , Gnanalingham Kanna , Kearney Tara

We present a 35-year-old male who was incidentally found to have a large macroadenoma when he presented with left sided weakness three months ago. He had no headaches or visual disturbances. His prolactin at presentation was >100 000 mU/l (86–324 mU/l). Magnetic resonance imaging confirmed an invasive macroadenoma. His Humphrey’s visual field tests were normal.Rest of the endocrine profile revealed a normal T4 of 14.3 (12–22...

ea0011p834 | Thyroid | ECE2006

An audit of radioiodine treatment for thyrotoxicosis in Cambridge

Andreou H , Kalavalapalli S , Gurnell M , Simpson H , Wood DF , Balan KK , Chatterjee VKK

Radioiodine (RAI) is widely used for the treatment of thyrotoxicosis. The efficacy and hypothyroidism rate following a single dose of RAI is variable and the optimum administered dose – sufficient to achieve remission but with an acceptable low hypothyroidism rate, is still debated.Our audit sought to compare the results of local practice with published rates of success and hypothyroidism following RAI. We also examined the relationship between trea...

ea0003p127 | Endocrine Tumours and Neoplasia | BES2002

Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN-1) with two different pancreatic tumours

Kalavalapalli S , Barakat M , Jackson J , Todd J , Williams G , Meeran K

A 29 year old woman was admitted to her local hospital with haematemesis, and found to be hypercalcaemic. A peptic ulcer was confirmed and she was commenced on omeprazole. There was biochemical evidence of primary hyperparathyroidism and a single-gland parathyroidectomy was performed. During her admission, a diagnosis of gastrinoma was suspected, but an attempt at measuring fasting gut hormone concentrations off omeprazole therapy resulted in gastro-intestinal perforation. She...