Lithium-associated primary hyperparathyroidism:: An evaluation of screening and referral patterns in a southeastern veteran population.

Background: Long-term lithium therapy has a well-established but under-recognized association with primary hyperparathyroidism. Rates of hypercalcemia, screening for primary hyperparathyroidism, and referral for parathyroidectomy were evaluated among United States veterans on long-term lithium therapy.

Methods: Patients undergoing chronic long-term lithium therapy (>12 months) were identified from 1999 to 2022.

The endocrinopathies of anorexia nervosa.

Objective: To describe the hormonal adaptations and alterations in anorexia nervosa.

Methods: We performed a PubMed search of the English-language literature related to the pathophysiology of the endocrine disorders observed in anorexia nervosa, and we describe a case to illustrate these findings.

Results: Anorexia nervosa is a devastating disease with a variety of endocrine manifestations.

Multiple pyogenic liver abscesses associated with occult appendicitis and possible Crohn's disease.

Pyogenic liver abscesses (PLA) are important entities that require rapid diagnosis and treatment because of the significant associated morbidity and mortality. The epidemiologic, clinical, and prognostic features of PLA have changed over time since the advent of antibiotics, advances in noninvasive imaging techniques, and surgical and non-surgical treatments. Certain predisposing factors have been recognized such as age greater than 50 years, presence of hepatobiliary disease, and systemic illness such as diabetes mellitus and malignancy.