Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Vicinity and adherence of hypothalamic nuclei to craniopharyngioma explain the high rate of complications and difficulties of removal of these tumors.Subjects and methods: In this retrospective study 50 patients (10 adults and 40 children or adolescents) harboring craniopharyngioma were included. These patients were operated mainly by a frontal approach. We evaluated the frequency of sleep disorders secondary to hypothalamic damage and thei...

The diagnostic strategy in the face of stunted growth currently leaves an important place for brain imaging, which looks for growth hormone deficiency, a ‘craniopharyngioma’ tumor, or a malformation of the midline or pituitary region. The purpose of our work is to look for abnormalities of the pituitary area in case of stunted growth.Patients and methods: A retrospective descriptive and analytical study involving 69 patients (30 girls/9 boys) w...

Secondary osteoporosis accounts for 10–20% of the causes of osteoporosis in menopausal women. The search for a possible etiology should not be neglected before considering the therapeutic management of any osteoporosis. There is no consensus on the first-line biological tests to be prescribed.Goal: Determine biological abnormalities in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis.Patients/methods: Postmenopausal women are enrolled, ...

Osteoporosis is a worldwide public health problem, particularly in ageing subjectsThe objectives of this study were to screen a sample of postmenopausal women aged >45 years for osteoporosis and to identify its risk factors.Methods: This cross-sectional survey was conducted at the endocrinology department of the Bologhine hospital in Algiers, Algeria. A total of 1062 postmenopausal women participated in this study. Each subject...

Diabetes mellitus and osteoporosis are important comorbidities commonly seen in postmenopausal women. Diabetes can cause bone alterations that increases the risk of fractures. However, in patients with type 2 diabetes, bone mineral density (BMD) often appears not to be decreased, due to diabetes-induced increased weight and body fat mass, which can hamper densitometric assessment of osteoporosis and of fracture risks. The aim of the present study was to compare bone mineral de...

Introduction: Pathologies of the pituitary stem are very often revealed during diabetes insipidus. The introduction of MRI constituted, in this context, a major diagnostic contribution. We report 4 cases of thickening of the pituitary stem observations. These are 4 patients (3 women and one man) whose age varies from 30 to 47 years, the circumstances of discovery are represented by amenorrhea in women and polyuropolydipsic syndrome in men. Clinically, diabetes insipidus was fo...

Galactorrhea (G) is a frequent symptom in endocrinology when breast are systematically examined. In literature there is few works about aetiologies of G. The aim of our work is to evaluate prevalence of G and to study it’s cause in 170 subjects with nipple discharge.Our methodology is based on anamnestic history, clinical exam and a complete hormonal exploration. Women with normal cycle has a temperature curve, endometrial biopsy and progesterone ev...

Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) is a rare but relatively serious disease, whose prognosis depends on the stage of the tumor and the quality of the initial surgical treatment. The determination of the plasma calcitonin; cervical ultrasound, and fine needle aspiration biopsy are first line examinations; nevertheless they do not always make it possible to make a certain diagnosis in preoperative; moreover they do not define the MTC nodule in a multi nodular goiter and the metas...

Introduction: Vitamin D deficiency seems to be common in pregnant women and would be associated with an increased risk of maternal and fetal poor outcomes.Aim of the study: Determine the prevalence and the main risk factors for vitamin D deficiency in pregnant women living in a locality of Algiers.Material and method: It is a cross-sectional prospective and descriptive study. 310 pregnant women of west Algiers were followed during ...

Oncocytary cells adrenal adenoma or adrenal oncocytoma is an extremely rare tumor, mainly composed by oncocytomes. The diagnosis is exclusively confirmed on histological findings. There are about 50 cases published in the scientific reviews, of which only one case described a pregnant woman.We report an observation about a 31 years old patient, with no personal antecedent, explored in our unit for an adrenal masse, measuring 71×58×46 mm discove...