Endocrine Abstracts

From a patient's perspective thyroid eye disease is the predominant symptom, and often the eye disease does not revert back to normal even after treatment of the thyrotoxicosis.Thyroid eye disease - is this a life sentence? A patient's experience and viewpoint and an open discussion....

History: A 63 year old female presented with nausea, vomiting and loss of balance. She had no other symptoms. An MRI of the brain revealed a large incidental pituitary lesion occupying both the sella and suprasellar region, causing distortion of the optic chiasm and tracts. She had no headache, visual disturbance, tiredness, thirst or daytime frequency although she had long standing nocturia.Examination: Visual fields showed mild bitemporal desaturation ...

We report the case of a 26 year old man who presented to his GP with infertility; biochemical investigations revealed elevated serum free thyroid hormones (FT4 41 pmol/l (12–22); FT3 13.4 pmol/l (2.8–7.1); and a normal TSH (2 pmol/l (0.27–4.2). He was referred to the endocrine department.On examination, he was found to be clinically well though thin (BMI 18), anxious and tremulous. His heart rate was 110 bpm and blood pressure was normal. ...

We report the case of a 53 year old woman with a history of refractory focal epilepsy with complex partial and secondary generalised seizures. She has been on multiple anti-epileptic drugs since childhood. At 42 years of age she was referred to the Endocrinology Department complaining of capital hair loss and hirsutism. At this time her epilepsy was controlled on phenytoin and carbamazepine.A diagnosis of congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) was made, wi...

IAS is a very rare condition in which anti-insulin antibodies carry high concentrations of insulin in suspension in circulation. Hypoglycaemia occurs when insulin is released from the antibodies during fasting or post-prandially.We present two cases. Patient-A is a 52-year old Thai obese female, with acanthosis nigricans and a strong family history of T2DM. Patient-B is a 28 year-old normal- BMI Caucasian female with an unremarkable history. None of the ...

Insulin Autoimmune Syndrome (IAS)/Hirata disease is a very rare condition in which anti-insulin antibodies result in accumulation of high circulating concentrations of insulin in complexes. Hypoglycaemia in IAS occurs when insulin is released from the antibodies during fasting. We present two contrasting cases of Hirata disease. Both patients presented with symptomatic hypoglycaemia. Patient-A is a 52-year old obese Thai female, with acanthosis nigricans and a strong family hi...