Regional Clinical Cases: Midlands

Programme

Monday 8 December

12.30 - 13.30

Registration, lunch & poster viewing

13.30 – 14.15

Adipose tissue and pathogenesis of diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer

P Scherer (Dallas, USA)

14.15 - 15.30

Clinical case presentations:  Diabetes, obesity and metabolic syndrome

14.15

An unexpected adrenal-gonad connection; Isolated glucocorticoid deficiency and hypospadias in an adult patient due to mutant Steroidogenic Acute Regulatory protein (StAR)

M Karamat1,2, L Lin3, J Achermann3, N Krone1,2, J Tomlinson1,2 & W Arlt1,2

Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham1, Institute of Biomedical Research, School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Birmingham2, Developmental Endocrinology Research Group, UCL Institute of Child Health, University College London3

14.30

Adrenocortical carcinoma with extension in to inferior vena cava and right atrium : report of 3 cases

S Rajasekaran1, N Karavitaki1, G Sadler2, R Mihai2 & J Wass1

Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Churchill Hospital, Oxford1, Department of Endocrine Surgery, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford2

14.45

Biochemically silent metastatic periadrenal paraganglioma due to an exon 1 deletion of the succinate dehydrogenase subunit B (SDHB) gene

M Sherlock1, S Bramhall2, E Porfiri3, A Stirling4, S Stewart5, T Cole5, S Hübscher6 & W Arlt1.

Departments of Endocrinology1, Hepatobiliary Surgery2, Oncology3 and Pathology6, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust; Department of Spinal Surgery, Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Birmingham4; Clinical Genetics Unit, Birmingham Women’s Hospital, Birmingham5

15.00

Not so functional after all - a case of an adrenal tumour

J Logue & M Wallace

Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Glasgow Royal Infirmary

15.15

Postmenopausal hyperandrogenism: is oopherectomy justified?

K Ashawesh, K Padinjakara, N Murthy, S Sankar & H Randeva

Diabetes and Endocrinology Centre, University Hospital of Coventry and Warwickshire, Coventry

15.30 – 16.00

Tea

16.00 – 17.15

Clinical case presentations:  General endocrinology

16.00

Challenges and pitfalls in the management of gender dysphoria

K Padinjakara, K Ashawesh, N Murthy, A Anwar & H Randeva

University Hospital of Coventry and Warwickshire

16.15

Autoimmune hypothyroidism in the presence of TSH secreting pituitary adenoma: a case report

A Tahrani, J Ayuk, S Ranagan, M Karamat, R Mitchell, N Gittoes & J Franklyn

The Centre for Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism, School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Birmingham

16.30

Successful medical treatment for Hyperprolactinaemia with Pituitary enlargement without using a dopamine agonist

S Mongolu & P Mansell

Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham

16.45

“…….but I’m a bloke!”

J Lloyd

County Hospital, Hereford

17.00

A case of paraganglioma with germline mutation

K Jadoon & S Olczak

Pilgrim Hospital Boston

17.15 – 18.00

Outcome of patients with pituitary diseases

J Wass (Oxford)

18.00 – 18.15

Wine Reception

There will be a short reception following the meeting at which two oral communication prizes of £250 and £150 and two poster presentation prizes of £100 each will be awarded for the best presentations by authors below the grade of consultant.

Please note:  The Clinical Cases meeting will be preceded by a closed meeting organised by the Midlands Endocrine Club.