Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Common Variable Immunodeficiency syndrome (CVID), the most common symptomatic immunodeficiency in aduIts, is characterized by diminished levels of IgG, IgA and/or IgM, and recurrent bacterial infections. The gastrointestinal (GI) manifestations of CVID are rare and variable. We herein report the case of a patient with a severe hypocalcemia secondary to digestive tract involvement of the CVID syndrome.Case report: A 32 year-old female patient ...

Introduction: Papillary thyroid carcinomas (PTC) represent up to 87% of all thyroid cancers with an incidence that has doubled over the past 30 years. Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (HT) and Graves’ disease are two autoimmune thyroid diseases representing the most common causes of hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism, respectively. Although PTC with coexisting HT has been reported in literature, its association with GD is not a common condition. Herein, we report three cases ...

IntroductionThyroid hemiagenesis is defined as the absence of one lobe of the thyroid gland. It represents a rare congenital abnormality with a prevalence of 0.05 to 0.2%. The left lobe is more commonly affected than the right lobe. Thyroid hemiagenesis is incidentally found during a routine thyroid screen. Herein, we report a thyroid hemiagenesis revealed by a compensatory hypertrophy of the contralateral thyroid lobe in an adolescent girl with euthyroi...

Introduction: Insulin resistance is classically a feature of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D). It may also develop among patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D) increasing the risk of cardiovascular mortality. Metabolic syndrome (MS) reflects a state of IR. The aim of this study was to assess the frequency of MS in a population of young adults with T1D and compare it to healthy controls.Methods: We conducted a case control study including 68 T1D patients and 6...

Introduction: Insulinomas are rare pancreatic endocrine tumors causing severe hypoglycemia in non-diabetic patients. We report a case of a rare association between insulinoma and type 2 diabetes.Presentation of the case: A 65-year-old diabetic patient presented with a one year history of recurrent hypoglycemia even after the withdrawal of antidiabetic drugs. First, a functional hypoglycemia was suspected and an oral glucose tolerance test showed hypoglyc...