Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Hyperparathyroidism is a frequent endocrinopathy, often diagnosed in the stage of asymptomatic hypercalcemia. The revelation by a bone or renal complication has become increasingly rare dominated by osteoporosis and brown tumors giving a blown aspect of the cortices exposing to pathological fractures. We report 2 cases of primary hyperparathyroidism revealed by a brown tumor and pathological fracture.Observation 1: This is a 52 year old fem...

Introduction: Hypothyroidism-related anasarca is due to the capillary permeability disorders associated with hypothyroidism. It is a rare mode of revelation especially when associated with ascites, which is an exceptional localization. We report the case of a deep hypothyroidism revealed by an ascites of great abundance. Observation: Our patient is 73 years old with a history of 2 daughters followed for Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. He consults for abdom...

Introduction: The occurrence of vesicular carcinoma in Graves’ disease is exceptional. It is most often a papillary carcinoma rarely vesicular. We report the case of a vesicular carcinoma discovered at the anatomopathological study of a total thyroidectomy in a patient followed for Graves’ disease.Observation: This is a 61-year-old female patient with type 2 diabetes, on SGLT2 inhibitor. There isn’t any family history of thyroid cancer or ...

Testicular cancer represents 1% of male tumors. The bilateral testicular tumors are very rare (1 to 2% of cases), with a histological predominance of 90–95% of germ cell tumors. The objectives of this case report are to describe the clinical, paraclinical and the management of a rare neoplasic disease of the testicle; the bilateral Leydig tumor of the testicles. It is a 57-year-old patient with a family history of different neoplasms, including ovarian and breast cancer i...

Introduction: High waist circumference and triglyceride (TG) disturbances are two important and diagnostic components constituting the metabolic syndrome. This study was designed to investigate whether herbal medicine, Anethum graveolens (dill) extract, is capable to improve abdominal obesity presented by high waist circumference and triglyceride in patients with metabolic syndrome.Design: A total of 24 mens and womens who met the criteria of metabolic s...

Introduction: Maternal thyroid deficiency can induce serious adverse events on both mother and fetus during the whole period of pregnancy. The purpose of this study was to determine various epidemiological aspects of thyroid dysfunction among persian pregnant women.Methods: Four hundred-eighty pregnant women with a mean age of 26.9±5 regardless of their gestational age were registered. After recording their medical history, serum samples were collec...

Introduction: Middle ear disease in Turner syndrome (TS) is common, often resulting in troublesome temporary hearing loss, and more rarely to serious suppurative disease with cholesteatoma formation. We have examined the prevalence and pattern of middle ear disease in our TS clinic in relation to age and karyotype.Methods: Case note review of all girls with TS attending clinic 1989–2012, scoring the most serious middle ear problem for each as: none ...

Background and objectiveThere are few studies showing the association between vitamin D deficiency and COVID-19 severity and mortality. This study designed to investigate the relationship between vitamin D deficiency and the severity and mortality of COVID-19.MethodsThe present cross-sectional study was conducted on 48 COVID-19 patients with positive PCR test results. Patients were divided into three groups a...

Introduction: Turner syndrome (TS) is a rare genetic disorder characterized by an aberration of the X chromosome, most commonly associated with various comorbidities, such as metabolic disorders, particularly dyslipidemias. The aim of this study is to determine the frequency of dyslipidemias associated with TS and to evaluate the impact of growth hormone (GH) treatment on lipid metabolism.Methods: This is a descriptive and retrospective study of 22 patie...

Introduction: Diabetes distress, a term used to describe negative emotions associated with diabetes, is the key factor responsible for the elevated risk of psychological burden and compromised self-management. The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of diabetes-related distress among adolescent patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D) and to ascertain various factors associated with it.Materials and methods: In this cross-sectional study, 102 T1D...