Endocrine Abstracts

IntroductionPancreatitis is an inflammatory condition of the pancreas, which has known an increased incidence over the last years. Gallstones and alcohol abuse are the most common causes. But many risk factors are associated with pancreatitis, including Type 2 diabetes who has an estimated risk of pancreatitis at nearly three times the risk of non-diabetics. The aim of our work is to study the relationship between these two entities.<p class="abstext...

Introduction: Inslinomas are the most common cause of hypoglycemia resulting from endogenous hyperinsulinism. Although rare, they have the potential to produce metabolic derangements, necessitating early diagnosis. The aim of our study was to determine the clinical manifestations, diagnostic methods, treatments used and results of patients with insulinoma.Patients and methods: It’s a retrospective study including 9 patients with insulinoma, diagnose...

Introduction: Autoimmune polyglandular syndrome (APS) is an autoimmune disorder that affects many endocrine glands. Until now four categories of APS are identified: APS-I includes at least two out of: mucocutaneous candidiasis, hypoparathyroidism and adrenocortical failure. APS-II, the most frequent, comprises of Addison’s disease, autoimmune thyroid disease and/or type 1 diabetes. APS-III is defined by the presence of autoimmune thyroid disease and other autoimmune disor...

IntroductionIn Tunisia, obesity is a public health problem. In fact, it has been considered as a complex disease including alteration of the nutritional, somatic and psychological functioning of the individual. Various psychological disorders have been associated with it such as social phobia (SP). In this context, our study was conducted to determine the psychological profile in terms of SP in obese adults.Methods<p class="abs...

INTRODUCTIONType IV hypertriglyceridemia (HTG IV) or endogenous HTG is a rare inheriteddisorder of the lipoprotein metabolism due to increased hepatic triglyceride synthesis(TG). Although HTGIV is not usually expressed until adulthood, it might be unmasked earlier. We report the case of an early and severe HTGIV complicated with chronic pancreatitis.Case reportA 6-year-old childwith no particular history was ...

IntroductionDeQuervain’s subacute thyroiditis (DST) is a rare pathology, defined by the involvement of the thyroid gland by an inflammatory process probably of viral origin, not suppurative and not autoimmune. In this context, we report 4 cases of TSD followed up in the endocrinology department over a period of 23 years, to highlight diagnostic and therapeutic particularities.ResultsThe average age was 3...

Introduction: Multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) is a group of inherited syndromes of autosomal dominant transmission characterized by the development of endocrine tumors.Materials and methods: It is a retrospective study collecting data of 9 patients with MEN, during a 30-year period.Results: The mean age at diagnosis was 34.6 years with a clear female predominance. The majority of our patients were from Gabes (4 cases). Seven pat...