Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Uncontrolled diabetes mellitus in ketoacidosis, as well as other kinds of metabolic acidosis, are major risk factors for mucormycosis. As the frequency of diabetes mellitus increase, so does the number of individuals at risk for this lethal infection. However, a lack of symptoms could lead to a delay in diagnosis. The aim of this paper is to study the clical features of otologic mucomycosis and to analysis the impact ketoacidosis the disease’s course.<p cl...

The goal of this study is to examine the role of surgery in the treatment of Graves’ disease and to assess the surgical outcomes.Methods: We present the results of a retrospective analysis of 31 Graves’ disease cases operated on in the ENT and cervico-facial surgery departments of Farhat Hached Sousse Hospital during a six-year period [2015-2021]. Our group consisted of 05 males and 26 women. The average age ranged from 12 to 70 years. Between ...

The goal of this paper is to analyze the factors that cause people to flee medical treatment and to put forth management guidelines. Materials and methodes: This is a retrospective analysis of 27 instances with Graves’ disease that were resistive to medical treatment after escaping from well-conducted medical treatment in the ENT and cervico-facial surgery departments at Farhat Hached Sousse Hospital over a six-year period [2015-2021]. Results: All of the patients were pu...

Background: To study the diagnostic difficulties, the clinical characteristics, as well as the therapeutic modalities of this entity.Material and method: Report a case of oncocytic carcinoma of the thyroid of aggressive evolution collected in the ENT department and CCF Farhat Hached in Sousse. Result: This is a 54-year-old patient, with no notable history, who was operated on in 2012 for a large goiter evolving for 3 years previous...

Background: Obesity is significantly associated to several reproductive disorders in women. However, the molecular mechanisms involved in this association are complex and still not completely understood. The aim of our study was to determine the prevalence of reproductive disturbances in a group of women with morbid obesity.Methods: We conducted a cross sectional study in 50 women with a body mass index (BMI) ≥40 kg/m2 collected in the e...

Background: Obesity is an increasingly common health problem which has been found to affect female reproductive function in several aspects. The aim of our study was to determine the ovarian ultrasound features in women with morbid obesity.Methods: We performed a cross sectional study in 50 women with a body mass index (BMI) ≥40 kg /m2 collected over a period of 6 months (October 2017–March 2018). For each woman, a sus-pubic ultraso...

Introduction: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common disorder in women. Hyperandrogenism and chronic oligo-anovulation are the prominent clinical features. The aim of our study was to determine the prevalence and the predictive factors of PCOS in a group of women with morbid obesity.Methods: We performed a cross sectional study in 50 women with a body mass index (BMI) ≥ 40 kg /m2 collected over a period of 6 months (October 2017&#1...

Endometriotic tissues express oestrogen receptors and depend on oestrogen to proliferate, survive and cause symptoms, such as deep neuropathic pain, by recruiting neurones into the tissue. Raloxifene is an anti-oestrogen and so may prevent many of these effects and although the effect of raloxifene on endometriosis has not been directly assessed, low-dose use in a recent trial has been associated with a rapid return of pain symptoms. In this pilot study, pre-menopausal women w...

Introduction: Prolonged QT syndrome is defined as exceeding of the QT interval on the elecrocardiography (ECG) (> 450 ms in men and > 460 ms in women). It is either congenital or secondary to medication, electrolyte disturbances, heart disease. However, prolonged QT due to diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) was rarely described. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that QTc prolongation occurs during DKA and returns to normal with resolution of ketosis.<p class="abstex...

Introduction: The association of thyroid nodules and connective tissue diseases (CTD) is not uncommon. The purpose of our work was to describe the clinical, biological and ultrasound characteristics of thyroid nodules during CTD.Materials and methods: It was a retrospective study (2015–2019) including records of patients with CTD and thyroid nodule in an internal medicine department at Ben Arous regional hospital. Informations regarding thyroid fun...