Endocrine Abstracts

Background and Aims: The objective of our study is to evaluate the degenerative profile in diabetic patients and their glycemic controlMaterials and Methods: This analytical cross-sectional study for analytical purposes was conducted during the period from January 2022 to January 2023, within the department of endocrinology and metabolic diseases of the Military Hospital of Instruction Mohamed V of Rabat.Results: 215 patients were ...

Background and aims: The objective of our study is to evaluate the respect of Muslim diabetics for the contraindication of fasting and the control metabolic impact of fasting during the month of Ramadan. Materials and methods: This analytical cross-sectional study was conducted during the period from Mars to June of the year 2021, within the department of endocrinology and metabolic diseases of the Military Hospital of Instruction Moham...

Introduction: We report a case of malignant hypercalcemia complicated by acute pancreatitis, in a patient whose cardiac insufficiency obliged us to use an unconventional therapeutic means: calcimimeticsCase Report: Mrs. Halima, 74 years old, had a history of arterial hypertension complicated by ischemic heart disease at the stage of heart failure. She consulted the emergency room for typical pancreatic pain, the biological workup found a lipasemia at 30 ...

Introduction: Refractory hypothyroidism is a fairly common situation in the practice of any endocrinologist, being defined by the persistence of hypothyroidism despite adequate doses of replacement therapy with Levothyroxine, generally supraphysiological. We report the case of refractory hypothyroidism under high doses of Levothyroxine.Observation: she was a 54-year-old woman, diabetic Type2, followed for 06 years for papillary carcinoma of the thyroid g...

Introduction: We report the case of a patient with corticotropic insufficiency associated with diabetes insipidus who presented to the emergency room with profound hyponatremia; a complicated situation, whose solution was hidden in the galenic form of Desmopressin.Case report: Mrs Y. Amina, 37 years old, has been followed for 10 years for a non Langerhansian histiocytosis of pituitary location, complicated by a corticotropic insufficiency under hydrocort...

Introduction: Pituitary apoplexy is an acute infarction and/or hemorrhage of the normal or tumoral pituitary gland. It is a rare mode of revelation of pituitary adenomas, and the only situation where the pituitary adenoma can be complicated by a diabetes insipidus. Case report: Mrs Amina. Y, 54 years old, has been followed for 8 years for diabetes mellitus treated with metformin, and dyslipidemia under statins, presents in consultation for a severe polyu...

Introduction: Enzyme block is a rare disorder that can be discovered at birth by a severe, life-threatening disorder or in a more attenuated form in adulthood by a clinical picture of hyperandrogenism most often. The enzyme block most commonly suspected in high blood pressure is 11 B OH blockWe report the case of a young patient who was diagnosed with 21 hydroxylase enzyme block by secondary hypertension testing.Observation: This is a 32 year old patient...

Introduction: The revelation of primary hyperparathyroidism by acute pancreatitis is an exceptional situationCase report: We report the case of a 73 years old patient, hypertensive, having the antecedent of an ischemic cardiopathy complicated by cardiac insufficiency and atrial fibrillation, admitted to the emergency for an abdominal pain evolving since 10 days, associated with vomiting, the initial biological assessment showed lipasemia at 2543IU/l, kid...

Introduction: Digestive neuroendocrine tumors (DNETs) represent a heterogeneous group of tumors. This heterogeneity is manifested by the variable localization of these tumors but also by a great clinical and biological diversity. Thus, they occupy an increasingly important place in digestive oncology.NETs are very rare and represent about 1% of all digestive tumors, due to their slow evolution. The majority of them develop in the digestive tract (67.5%) ...

Introduction: Crohn’s disease is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease, most commonly affecting the terminal ileum and colon. In the other hand, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis is a chronic autoimmune inflammation of the thyroid gland. The association between the 2 diseases is rare. We report the observation of a patient with this association.Observation: A 23-year-old female patient who consulted for persistent diarrhea, rectorrhagia, abdominal pain, b...