Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: The use of highly active antiretroviral therapy in 1996 helped greatly reduce the morbidity and mortality in patients infected by HIV. Very quickly, secondary metabolic complications to this same treatment have been described. Dyslipidemia occupy a large part of these complications and give the patients an atherogenic profile favouring the occurrence of acute coronary events. We report a case that illustrates the lipid abnormalities associated with anti retrovira...

Introduction: The diabetic patient is vulnerable to infection compared to the general population. This is due to the deleterious effect of hyperglycemia on the basis of chemotaxis, phagocytosis and bactericide neutrophils → What weakens the defenses of the diabetic person to infections. Infections of the upper limb in diabetics are not uncommon, and are often characterized by severity and often unfavorable developments. The objective of this work: determine the prevalenc...

Introduction: The pseudo-tumoral lymphocytic adénohypophysitis is an autoimmune disorder responsible for anterior hypophysis insufficiensy.It is a rare cause of pituitary hypofunction which predominantly affects young women in the peripartum period. We report the case of a patient in whom the pseudo-tumoral lymphocytic adénohypophysitis was the cause of a pituitary failure.Case presentation: The patient was a 44 year-old woman, who presented wi...

Introduction: The association of a thyroid storm and diabetes ketoacidosis is relatively rare. We report two cases.Observations: The first one is a 20 years old woman, with no history of diabetes, who came with ketoacidosis, a history of non medicated thyrotoxicosis, and she was complaining about fever, a thyrotoxicosis syndrome, a vascular goiter, and exophtalmos. Her general condition had improved significantly after the treatment in emergency and unde...

Introduction: Hypothyroidism is a common disease in Morocco because of the iodine deficiency frequency. The metabolic and nutritional effects of hypothyroidism are known in the literature. The hypothyroidism is classically described among the causes of secondary obesity. The aim of the study is to evaluate the nutritional status and anthropometric parameters in patients having hypothyroidism.Patients and methods: Patients were recruited from the out-pati...

Background: Diabetic retinopathy represents a major cause of the blindness worldwide. A variety of risk factors has been identified in several population, but to date, comprehensive data concerning our particular risk factors are lacking. The aim of the study was to determine the risk factors of diabetic retinopathy in Moroccan type 2 diabetic patients and to determine the threshold of HbA1c predicting retinopathy.Materials and methods: All patients 18 y...

Introduction: Type 1 diabetes (T1D) represents 5.3% of all types on diabetes. Its incidence is increasing around the world as it is in the Middle East and North Africa Region, where the incidence is at 1/100 000. T1D touches young subjects and is then established in a growing body. Transitional period is a crucial phase with physical and emotional distress. In Moroccan context, psychosocial difficulties are an additional challenge for these young patients.<p class="abstext...

Introduction: Musculoskeletal manifestations of endocrine disorders are a heterogeneous group of disease, often giving rise to various clinical or radiological individuals. Osteoporosis is a not uncommon complication of endocrine disease. It may even be accompanied by endocrinopathy.Aim of study: Determine mineral bone density profile of patients with endocrinopathy and define the characteristics of osteoporosis and osteopenia in these patients.<p cl...

Introduction: The syndrome of familial isolated pituitary adenomas (FIPA) or predisposition to pituitary adenomas (PAP) is characterized by the presence within the same family of at least 2 isolated pituitary adenomas without any other type of associated endocrine tumor. We report the case of a prolactinoma attached to the pituitary stalk as part of FIPA, revealed by erectile dysfunction.Case report: A 40 year old man presented with eretile dysfunction s...

Introduction: Fahr syndrome is a rare disease, characterized by bilateral and symmetrical intracerebral calcifications, localized in the central gray nucleus and by the classic association with hypoparathyroidism. We report a case of Fahr syndrome associated with postoperative hypoparathyroidism.Case report: A 58 year old female patient with a history of total thyroidectomy 18 years ago. She complained of chronic paresthesia, muscle cramps complicated so...