Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Therapeutic education (TE) on injection techniques and zooning is a key step for any insulin-treated patient. Our study’s objective was to evaluate the role of ET and the number of sessions required to prevent lipodystrophies (LD).Materials and methods: We conducted a prospective study including any diabetic insulin-treated patient for more than 6 months, followed in our unit between February 2015 and June 2017. Patients responded to a...

Introduction: A good injection technique is crucial to ensure that insulin is properly administered into the subcutaneous tissue and then released at the right time, to avoid some common complications such as lipodystrophies (LD). The objective of our study is to evaluate injection techniques in Moroccan diabetic patients.Materials and methods: We conducted a prospective study including any diabetic insulin-treated patient for more than 6 months, followe...

Introduction: Changing needles and syringes when injecting insulin is often included in recommendations on injection techniques and in education sessions. The objective of our study was to evaluate the rate of insulin needle reuse and its consequences.Materials and methods: We conducted a prospective study including any diabetic insulin-treated patient for more than 6 months, followed up at the service between February 2015 and June 2017. Patients respon...

A 44-year-old women without personal or familial pathological history, presented 8 months before her admission a paroxystic symptomatology made of palpitations, headache and profus sweat associated with major abdominal pain, evolving in a context of alteration of the general state. Clinical examination objectified high blood pressure and tachycardia. Laboratory testing confirmed the diagnosis of pheochromocytoma. A computed tomography of the abdomen revealed a bilateral adrena...

Introduction: Association between primary hyperparathyroidism and nodular thyroid disease is well recognized, this is mainly due to the high prevalence of this disease. However, association between thyroid carcinoma and primary hyperparathyroidism is less common.Observation: Fifty-two years old patient with a history of renal colic and upper limb spontaneous fracture was followed for multinodular goiter evolving for 20 y...

Introduction: Paragangliomas are rare neuroendocrine tumors usually Benign, developed at the expense of sympathetic ganglia, and whose treatment is essentially surgical. We report the case of a patient presenting a cervical paraganglioma hospitalized to the endocrinology department of diabetology and metabolic diseases of Ibn Rochd University Hospital in Casablanca.Observation: A 57 years old women, not known hypertensive, presenting a mandibular mass ev...

Introduction: Diabetic foot problems are generally poorly understood by patients, yet they represent a major health problem. The aim of this study was to assess diabetes patients’ knowledge of preventive foot care before and after a diabetic foot day.Patients and methods: It was a prospective and descriptive study conducted in the service from January to December 2018, including 108 type 2 or type 1 diabetic patients, at risk of podiatry grade 1, 2 ...

Introduction: Thyroid disorders are quite common during pregnancy complicated by diabetes mellitus.Objective: The aim of our study was to detect thyroid disorders in a group of diabetic pregnant women.Patients and methods: Rétrospective study involving 243 pregnant women with diabetes followed in consultation or hospitalized in Endocrinology and Diabetology department of Ibn Rochd University Hospital of Casablanca, over a peri...

Introduction: Grave’ disease is associated with extra thyroid auto-thyroid manifestations such as basal ophthalmopathy and/or. We report the case of two patients presenting with extrathyroid manifestations of the basic illness hospitalized at the department of diabetic endocrinology and metabolic diseases of Ibn Rochd University Hospital of Casablanca.Case 1: This is a patient aged 53 years, chronic smoking at 20 years, for low weight disease since ...

Introduction: The screening of patients at diabetic foot risk and the implementation of prevention measures are justified by the frequency and severity of amputations.The aim of this study was to:– Screen diabetic feet at risk.– List the risk factors associated with the diabetic foot at risk.– Present the methods of management of diabetic foot at risk in our service.<...