Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: COVID-19 is a novel pandemic affecting globally. It has led to an unprecedented global health crisis assessing health system’s preparedness to deal with health disasters. The aim of our study was to evaluate the impact of COVID-19 on the follow up care of diabetic patients.Methods: We conducted a retrospective study in 100 insulin-requiring diabetic patients. Data regarding treatment availability, weigh, glycemic control and follow up ...

Introduction: In Tunisia, the prescription of insulin analogs is increasingly « automatic » by practicians, convinced by this treatment superiority over human insulin in diabetes management. The aim of our study is to determine whether the analogs prescription modalities and advantages are known by the patients, and to assess the factors associated with this knowledge.Patient and Methods: We conducted a retrospective study including 65 diabetic...

Introduction: Darier disease, also known as dyskeratosis follicularis, is a rare autosomal dominant genodermatosis characterized by a persistent eruption of keratotic papules. It is caused by mutations in the ATP2A2 gene encoding sarcoendoplasmic reticulum Ca 2+ -ATPase isoform 2 in the endoplasmic reticulum. Since it is expressed in most tissues, other organs besides the skin may be involved in Darier disease. In this case, we report a patient treated for Darier disease who w...

Introduction: Parathyroid carcinoma is an uncommon cause of primary hyperparathyroidism. It is responsible of 0.4% to 5% of all cases of primary hyperparathyroidism. Parathyroid carcinoma has a high probability of local recurrence, regional node and distant metastasis and the preoperative diagnosis is challenging.Case presentation: We report a case of a 66-year-old female patient with medical history of hypertension and chronic kidney failure. She was di...

Introduction: Nowadays, social media has become a valuable source of health-related information which can have an important impact on people’s behaviors and decisions regarding their diseases. To improve management of diabetes, patients often seek health information in social media platforms, including Youtube. We aim in this review to analyse factors associated with the popularity of videos found on YouTube that adress diabetes management.Methods: ...

Background: The risk of myocardial infarction among patients with type 1 diabetes is, in addition to traditional cardiovascular disease risk factors, associated with duration of diabetes, reduced glycemic control and renal complications. However, the specific cardiovascular risk predictor models for type 1 diabetes mellitus are subject to many limitations and aggressive macrovascular disease can rarely happen at an early age.Case Presentation: We report ...

Introduction: Nowadays, social media has become a valuable source of health-related information which can have an important impact on people’s behaviors and decisions regarding their diseases. To improve management of diabetes, patients often seek health information in social media platforms, including Youtube. However, the nature of its content, which anyone can upload, isn’t always reliable and scientifically accurate, sometimes even misleading. The aim of this stu...

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...

Background: Insulinoma is a rare variety of endocrine neoplasm and is usually benign, solitary, and small in size. It is responsible of endogenous insulin secretion resulting in development of symptoms of hypoglycemia.Case presentation: We report 4 cases of insulinoma that were diagnosed and managed in the year 2022. Three women and one man aged respectively 76, 68, 60 and 42 years-old. All patients presented a long history of various adrenergic symptoms...

Background: Insulinoma is a rare neuroendocrine tumor that causes inappropriate secretion of insulin resulting in hypoglycemia. The diagnosis of insulinoma may be difficult. Recurrence after surgery is rare and it usually concerns tumors with high histological grade.Case presentation: We report a case of a 52-year-old woman with recurrent episodes of symptomatic hypoglycemia. The laboratory investigations showed high insulin (20 IU/ml) and C-peptide leve...