Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: The recent advent of flexible ureteroscopy made endoscopic approach to kidney and proximal ureteral calculi evolve to a real effective procedure. However, this technique is not free of postoperative complications. The aim this study was to assess the predictive factors of septic postoperative complications following flexible ureteroscopy for upper urinary tract stones.Methods: This is a descriptive retrospective study concerning 92 patients...

Introduction: Emphysematous pyelonephritis is associated with high mortality rate. It is seen in patients with a long-standing diabetes. We report a case of a women presenting a septic shock following a severe acute right emphysematous pyelonephritis and requiring salvage nephrectomy.Case report: A 52-year-old female presented fever with right flank pain. She had a long history of uncontrolled diabetes. Physical examination revealed a with high fever (39...

Introduction: Primary hyperaldosteronism is the first cause of secondary hypertension during pregnancy. The diagnosis is too difficult due to the changes in the renin angiotensin system.Observation: We report the case of a 37 years old women with a history of pre-eclampsia during her pregnancy who consulted the emergency 20 days after delivery for severe hypertension (23/11) and severe hypokalemia (2.2 mmol/l ) resistant to intravenous treatment. The ald...

Introduction: The pituitary adenoma is the most frequent begnin pituitary tumor. They are labeled based on their size, tumors smaller than 1 cm called microadenomas and tumors bigger than 1 cm called macroadenomas. Moreover, they can be functional or non functional. Among the functional ones, gonadotroph adenomas represent 15 to 20%.ObservationWe report the case of a 27 years old women, who consulted for secondary amenorrhea for 1 ...

Introduction: Cardiothyreosis or thyrotoxic heart disease is the most dangerous complication of hyperthyroidism. This rare complication can be revealing and occurs mostly to fragile patients ; eldery or individuals with preexisting cardiac troubles.Observation: We report the case of a 59 years old male without medical history, who consulted the emergency for dyspnea and palpitations due to atrial fibrillation ( ACFA ) not well tolerated with both respira...

Introduction: Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency is the most common of the CAH, it is also the most common of the autosomal recessive diseases. Hypertension is generally absent, and its presence should lead to an investigation of another cause.Observation: We report the case of a 26-year-old young man, descendant from a second-degree consanguineous marriage with a family history of the death of a brother at the age of 2...

Introduction: Pseudohypoparathyroidism (PHP) is a part of a very rare heterogeneous group of endocrine disorders. It is caused by alterations in the PTH receptor, which is encoded by the GNAS1 gene inducing target tissue resistance to PTH. Pseudohypoparathyroidism typically gets discovered during early childhood, rare are the cases discovered in adulthood.Observation: Herein the case of a 35-year-old man, descendant of a non-consanguineous marriage, with...

Introduction: Diabetes increases the risk of high blood pressure, atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease and stroke. Therefore, People with diabetes have an increased cardiovascular risk. Arterial stiffness is a marker of cardiovascular risk and has been shown to have an independent prognostic effect on cardiovascular disease. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between cardiovascular risk and arterial stiffness in type 2 diabetes.Meth...

Introduction: Type 2 diabetes is an insidious and progressive disease; accounting for about 90% of all diabetes cases worldwide. Atherosclerosis is a common pathology in diabetes that involves a combination of fatty degeneration (atherosis) and stiffening of the arterial vessels (sclerosis), and the best tool to evaluate the arterial stiffness is the pulse wave velocity. The aim of this study is to evaluate the arterial stiffness in type 2 diabetic patients.<p class="abste...

Introduction: Microangiopathy is defined as damage to small blood vessels, and more particularly arterioles and arteriolar capillaries that supply organs. It can occur under different conditions and it represents a complication of diabetes. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between microangiopathic complications and arterial stiffness in type 2 diabetes.Methods: We conducted a prospective study including 249 diabetic patients without ...