Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Cushing’s syndrome (CS) is typically characterized by faciotronic obesity with signs of protein hypercatabolism, which may be iatrogenic or endogenous (adrenal or ATCH dependent). We report a case of CS of unusual presentation.Case Report: We report the case of a 45-year-old patient, referred for etiological assessment and management of an atypical cushing syndrome.– Symptomatology dates back to 2007, by the appearance of abdomina...

Introduction: Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is a rare disorder. It is an autosomal recessive hereditary ciliopathy, including: Multivisceral impairment, associated with obesity, learning disabilities, with or without intellectual deficit. We report the observation of 2 patients followed in our training for morbid obesity.Case Report: Case 1: O. Y. 17 years old, from a non-consanguineous marriage. Admitted for management of morbid obesity, BMI=70 kg/m2...

Introduction: Meningoencephalitis (ME) is defined as an inflammatory process of the brain and meninges, most often secondary to an infection, or more rarely to a dysimmune process. From a clinical point of view, ME is defined by the association of a neurological disorder (disorder of consciousness, convulsion) with a febrile meningeal syndrome.Case Report: The patient was 24 years old and had no previous medical history. He was admitted to the emergency ...

Introduction: Excess weight has become a major public health problem. Type 2 diabetes and obesity are known risk factors for kidney disease. The aim of this study is to determine the effect of obesity on glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and microalbiminuria in patients with diabetes.Methods: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted over three years in obese and type 2 diabetic patients hospitalized in the Endocrinology and Diabetology Depart...

Introduction: – Sheehan syndrome (SS), or postpartum pituitary necrosis, is a rare but potentially serious complication of postpartum. – SS remains an important cause of hypopituitarism in Morocco.– The aim of this study is to evaluate the metabolic profile of patients with SS.Materials and methods: – This is a retrospective descriptive study conducted in the endocrinology department, spread over a period of 12 years, between the year...

Introduction: Sheehan syndrome (SS), or postpartum pituitary necrosis, is a rare but potentially serious complication of postpartum. we describe a patient whose diagnosis of sheehan’s syndrome was delayed and revealed by a cardiovascular collapse.Case report: A 36 year old femele patient, admitted to the intensive care unit in a state of septic shock due to pyelonephritis, was intubated, ventilated and put on noradrenaline in SAP and antibiotic ther...

Introduction and Backgrounds: Pituitary adenomas emerge from the adenohypophysis and are confined to the region of the sella turcica, however, other sites may be involved as a result of extension infiltration, or ectopic location, the ectopic involvement of the sphenoid is rare. Case Report: Our case illustrated a woman patient with an ectopic invasive macroprolactinoma diagnosed as a chordoma of the skull base. In Our case, the first histological examin...

Introduction: The corpus callosum is the most important of the interhemispheric commissures, its fibers called callosal radiations have a transverse direction. They connect different points of the neocortex. The corpus callosum represents the neopallial commissure; it has indeed a phylogenetic development modeled on that of the neocortex. Hypoplasia of the corpus callosum is included in a rare polymalformative syndrome characterized by agenesis of the corpus callosum (CC), dis...

Introduction and Backgrounds: Myxedema coma is a severe life threatening form of decompensated hypothyroidism which is associated with a high mortality rate. Infections and discontinuation of thyroid supplements are the major precipitating factors. It’s characterized by a decreased mental status, hypothermia, bradycardia, hypotension, and hypoventilation. Very few cases of Myxedema coma have been reported till date, actual prevalence is unclear with the estimated incidenc...

Introduction: The prevalence of megaloblastic anemia in the adult population is poorly documented, but in the elderly, it has been clearly shown that the prevalence of macrocytic anemia increases after the age of 65 years especially in men. The most frequent etiology of vitamin B12 and folate deficiency is malabsorption. They have an action in the conversion of homocysteine to methionine: an increase in homocysteinaemia is currently considered a cardiovascular risk factor. Str...