Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Odontogenic facial cellulitis (OFC) is a soft cellulo fatty tissue infection of lesser resistance in different spaces, delimited by the musculoaponeurotic insertions on the maxillary and mandibular bone cortices. when patients have underlying diseases such as diabetes mellitus (DM) or cancer, compromised immune systems may lead to the opportunistic progression of seemingly minor infections. We report the case of a patient who presented an inaugural diabetic ketoa...

Introduction: Primary aldosteronism (PA) is widely recognized as the most common form of secondary hypertension (1). PA, also known as Conn syndrome, is a group of pathological conditions associated with an aldosterone secretion inappropriate for sodium intake, that is relatively autonomous from renin–angiotensin system activity and potassium levels.Clinical Case 1: Thirty two year-old patient, diagnosed since 11 months with arterial hypertension wi...

Introduction: Paragangliomas (PGL) are rare neuroendocrine tumors of the chromaffin cells of the sympathic and parasympathic ganglia. They are responsible for catecholaminergic hypersecretion syndrome. Clinical presentation and malignant potential are variable and closely linked to the genetic profile.Clinical Case 1: Fifty three year old patient, diagnosed with diabetes and high blood pression for 4 years, she reported a Menard’s Triad evolving for...

Introduction: Craniopharyngioma (CP) is a rare epithelial tumor of the sellar and suprasellar region, histologically of low grade (WHO grade I). Significant locoregional invasion explains the frequency of recurrence, mainly due to incomplete surgical resection. We report two cases of craniopharyngioma in children, in order to outline the therapeutic difficulties encountered during management.Case 1: Eleven years-old patient reported frontal headache with...

Introduction: Thyroid storm (TS) is a severe manifestation of thyrotoxicosis, (1). It is most commonly seen in Graves’ disease and can occur due to a non-compliance to anti-thyroid medications Management includes both addressing end organ damage and attaining a euthyroid state. We report the case of a patient who presented a thyroid storm complicating a grave’s disease and unmasking, during its management, a corticotropic insufficiency.Clinical...

Introduction: Compared to normal population, patients with neurofibromatosis are at higher risk for the development of benign and malignant tumors. Pheochromocytomas are relatively rare in neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), and malignant ones are even rarer.Aim of the presentation: Our aim was to report a malignant pheochromocytoma with multiple metastases in a patient with NF1.Case report: A male patient aged 23 years old, with lapar...

Introduction: Pheochromocytomas are catecholamine producing tumors which arise from chromaffin cells within the adrenal medulla. Silent pheochromocytomas are rare entities that do not present with the classical symptoms commonly seen in catecholamine-secreting tumors. Case report: We report a case of 70-year-old-woman patient who presented with left sided abdominal pain and discomfort for 6 months. A preoperative Computed tomography (CT) scan showed a hu...

Introduction: Pheochromocytomas are rare catecholamine-producing neuroendocrine tumors that are usually benign, but which may also present as or develop into a malignancy. Predicting such behavior is notoriously difficult and there are currently no curative treatments for malignant tumors.Case Report: A male patient aged 23 years old who was investigated for headaches, flushing and palpitations. The patient presented with classic clinical features of NF-...

Introduction: The COVID pandemic was a challenge in terms of physiopathology and therapeutics. Diabetics represent more than 40% of patients hospitalized for COVID. There was many new cases of diabetes declared during or after a COVID. The purpose of this report is to raise the link between Sars-Cov-2 infection and the appearance of glycemic disorders and new cases of diabetes.Case Presentation 1: A 28-years-old man who had a serious COVID-19 a month ago...

Introduction: Diabetic osteoarthropathy (D.O) commonly referred to as Charcot’s foot is a complication secondary to neuropathic and inflammatory osteolysis, occurring in a setting of old and/or poorly controlled diabetes. Its pathophysiology remains poorly understood and its diagnosis must be systematically evoked in the presence of any inflammatory sign that localised to the foot or ankle occurring on a background of diabetic neuropathy.Clinical ca...