Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Antithyroid drugs (ATD) are usually the first-line treatment for Graves’ disease (GD). It represents an effective treatment with good compliance. This therapeutic modality can be the cause of adverse effects including hematological, cutaneous and hepatic complications. The aim of our study is to evaluate the efficacy of ATD as well as its tolerance in patients with GD.Methods: It is a retrospective study that included 76 patients, with...

Introduction: 21-hydroxylase deficiency represents 95% of congenital adrenal hyperplasia. The non-classical form manifests in women mainly by hirsutism, menstrual disorders, or infertility. We present three patients’ cases.Observations: Patient N.C., 17 years old, who presented with hirsutism beginning at the age of 8 years and progressively worsening after puberty. The patient had her menarche at the age of 9 years, with short and irregular menses....

Introduction: Uncontrolled hyperglycemia in diabetes is a common cause of microvascular complications, including diabetic nephropathy (DN). Despite improvements in the management of type 2 diabetes (T2DM), diabetic nephropathy is still associated with high morbidity and mortality. The objective of our study is to evaluate the predictive factors of DN in adults with T2DM in order to prevent its development.Patients and Methods: A retrospective study, incl...

Introduction: Werner syndrome is a rare genetic disease affecting the WRN gene, of autosomal recessive inheritance.Case-presentation: We report the case of a 34-year-old patient who presented with erectile dysfunction and asthenia. His brother underwent surgery for meningioma. He was also diagnosed with hypogonadism, suffered from bilateral cataract and diabetes, and died following acute Leukemia at the age of 35 years. Our patient is from a second-degre...

Introduction: Professional athletes commonly use anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) to enhance performance. AAS include testosterone and its numerous synthetic analogs. AAS have numerous adverse effects among which central nervous system effects that include psychosis, delirium, mania and depression. Trenbolone is an AAS medication which is used in veterinary medicine for cattle muscle growth. What makes Trenbolone interesting is that it’s also capable of inducing Selecti...

Introduction: Cushing’s disease (CD), a hypercorticism caused by an ACTH-secreting pituitary adenoma, was associated with a 5-year survival of only 50%. Although advances in management have significantly reduced mortality, the results of transsphenoidal surgery, the gold standard in the treatment of CD, vary from patient to patient.Objective: The aim of our study is to evaluate the results of transsphenoidal surgery in CD (evolution, complications) ...

Introduction: Hirsutism is defined as excessive pilosity development in women in androgen-dependent areas. It is the main revealing sign of hyperandrogenism. It is a frequent reason for consultation in Endocrinology.Methods: This is a retrospective study of 82 records of patients hospitalized for exploration of hirsutism in the endocrinology department of Farhat Hached Hospital in Sousse, over a period of 20 years from 1997 to 2017.<p class="abstext"...

Introduction: It has been generally accepted that adrenal function might be impaired in patients with primary hypothyroidism. A transitory low glucocorticoid production has been identified in cases with severe hypothyroidism. We tried to evaluate adrenocortical glucocorticoid function using the low-dose Synacthen test, in patients with primary hypothyroidism. The primary endpoint was to contrast the cortisol response to low-dose Synacthen before L-T4 replacement and after norm...

Introduction: Contrary to type 2 diabetes, type 1 often occurs in young people, without obesity or cardiovascular or metabolic diseases. The association of type 1 diabetes with an authentic metabolic syndrome including obesity is very rare, though possible, with a mixed clinical picture. The goal of our study is to evaluate the association of type 1 diabetes with the metabolic syndrome.Material and methods: This is a retrospective cross-sectional study b...

Introduction: Celiac disease (CD) is an immune-mediated small intestinal disorder that occurs in genetically susceptible people. It is significantly associated with other autoimmune disorders represented mainly by type 1 diabetes and autoimmune dysthyroidism.Material and methods: We report 23 observations of patients with autoimmune endocrinopathies associated with celiac disease.Results: There are 23 patients with an average age o...