Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Diabetes is a disease affecting quality of life of millions of persons worldwide. Instagram is one of the most successful social media network. It influences, via its posts, thoughts, emotions and decision making of many topics, including health related ones. The aim of this review to analyse the emotional sharing content of diabetes related posts in Instagram.Methods: An Instagram query using the search term “diabetes” i...

Introduction: Glucagonomas are rare functioning pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours that secrete glucagon. Gastrinomas are neuroendocrine tumours that secrete gastrin and are rarely located in the stomach. We report an extremely rare case of concomitant gastric gastrinoma and glucagonoma.Case presentation: A 64-year-old-man with a history of digestive haemorrhage and gastrectomy presented with weight loss, asthenia, anorexia and abdominal pain. Esophagogas...

Introduction: Diabetes is a chronic, progressive disease characterized by elevated levels of blood glucose. In type 1 diabetes, some patients experience a “honeymoon period” shortly after diagnosis, wherein insulin needs decrease significantly and a few studies have demonstrated that drug-free glycemic control can be achieved in type 2 diabetes. We describe 2 unusual cases of endogenous hyperinsulinism and diabetes remission.Case presentation 1...

Introduction: Diabetic muscle infarction (DMI) is a rare complication of long-standing, poorly controlled diabetes, and it’s more common in patients with micro-vascular complications. Herein, we present a case of DMI occurring in patient on hemodialysis.Case presentation A 44-year-old man on maintenance hemodialysis presented with an acutely painful and swelling in his left calf. He had a 21-year history of poorly controlled type one diabetes, with micro-vascular complica...