TY - JOUR T1 - Endocrine abnormalities in lithium toxicity JF - Clinical Medicine JO - Clin Med SP - 434 LP - 436 DO - 10.7861/clinmedicine.17-5-434 VL - 17 IS - 5 AU - Gabriella Shanks AU - Vinita Mishra AU - Stanka Nikolova Y1 - 2017/10/01 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/17/5/434.abstract N2 - Lithium toxicity can manifest as a variety of biochemical ­abnormalities. This case report describes a patient ­presenting to the emergency department with neuropsychiatric ­symptoms on a background of bipolar disorder, for which she was prescribed lithium for 26 years previously. Cases of lithium toxicity are rare but can be severe and this case report ­demonstrates to clinicians that they must be thorough in investigating patients with lithium toxicity, as there are many potential abnormalities that can manifest concurrently. ER -