Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: The prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is increasing worldwide. Since its earliest descriptions, NAFLD has been associated with the metabolic syndrome and its components.Objective: To assess the relationship between Controlled Attenuation Parameter (CAP) values and the various components of metabolic syndrome.Materials and methods: We carried out a longitudinal study including 161 patients with no...

Introduction : Obesity is becoming increasingly common in the world’s population. Its pandemic nature has made it the leading cause of chronic liver disease especially non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).Objective: To develop a simple blood screening tests to predict the risk of NAFLD in the obese patient.Methods and Materials: This is a cross-sectional study including 208 patients who consulted at the Human Obesity Rese...

Introduction: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) represents the most common and fastest growing liver disease. Its incidence is associated with the global obesity epidemic.Objective: To develop a simple score to predict the risk of NAFLD in the obese patient.Methods and Materials: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study including 95 patients who consulted at the Human Obesity Research Unit of the National Institute of Nu...

A 32 year old emirati patient is evaluated in the endocrine clinic because of symptoms of hypogonadism in the form of reduced sexual desire and erectile dysfunction. On further history taking he confenssed that he was abusing anabolic steroids over the last 3 years but has stopped 3 months prior to his evaluation. On physical exam he appears musculinized, his BMI is 27 kg/m2. He has acne on his face. Testicular size is around 15 ml bilateral. Has ...

A 32 year old emirati patient is evaluated in the endocrine clinic because of symptoms of hypogonadism in the form of reduced sexual desire and erectile dysfunction. On further history taking he confenssed that he was abusing anabolic steroids over the last 3 years but has stopped 3 months prior to his evaluation. On physical exam he appears musculinized, his BMI is 27 kg/m2. He has acne on his face. Testicular size is around 15 ml bilateral. Has ...

A 29 year old lady with a background Hx of asthma came to the Ambulatory clinic with palpitations in the mid of Dec 2022. She was found to have an elevated heart rate of 120/min, regular and EKG showed Sinus Tachycardia. BP was Normal and weight was stable. She was also complaining of loose Bowls for the last few months. She denied any eye signs. She was a smoker and was not pregnant (She was not planning pregnancy in the near future). Her Bloods were Normal with stable U&...

Primary adrenal lymphoma is an extremely rare type of lymphoma. There have been only about 200 cases described in the literature so far. About a half of patients can present with adrenal insufficiency. We report a case of a 70- year-old previously fit and well patient referred to Endocrinology services after a CT scan of her adrenal showed bilateral adrenal masses right measuring 6 cm and left measuring 9 cm. CT was performed as she complained of 9 kilograms weight loss in las...

Adrenal Leiomyomas are very rare tumours. 20 cases have been reported to date. Their management remains difficult and challenging. They tend to present with flank or abdominal pain and have very little biochemical activity, if any.Case presentation: We present a case of a young 44 year old female. She was referred to Endocrinology services with a history of 2 weeks abdominal pain. She underwent an ultrasound organised in primary care which was suspicious...

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disorder is common among diabetics. Few studies have shown that there is association between type of diabetes treatment and prevalence of NAFLD.Materials and methods: The prevalence of NAFLD has been evaluated in 236 diabetic patients and the association between type of diabetes treatment and NAFLD was surveyed.Results: Patients of 63.3% were female. Average age was 50.83±11.21 years. Average weight wa...

Obesity is accompanied by chronic diseases including cardiometabolic diseases. Obesity is also an independent factor of renal risk that deserves to be taken into account. The aims of our work were to determine the prevalence of chronic kidney disease related to obesity independently of all other usual risk factors and to describe its epidemiological characteristics in our population. We conducted a prospective descriptive and analytic study over a period of 12 months in 38 pat...