Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Premature ovarian failure (POF) is defined as amenorrhea lasting more than four months before the age of 40 with a high level of gonadotropins in at least two separate samples. The aim of this work was to describe the etiological profile of a series of Tunisian women followed for POF.Patients and methods: It is a descriptive study of 42 cases of POF collected in the endocrinology department of Sousse between 2000 and 2017.<p class="abst...

Introduction: The therapeutic management of premature ovarian failure (POF) consists of a hormone replacement therapy that must be regular to avoid cardiovascular and bone complications as well as psychological management. The objective of this work was to study complications at 15 years of evolution of 42 tunisian women followed for POF.Patients and methods: It’s a retrospective study of 42 patients followed in the endocrinology department of Souss...

IntroductionThyroid carcinoma is the most common type of endocrine malignancy and the cancer with the largest annual increase in incidence in recent decades. They are classified as primary or metastatic. The most common thyroid cancer subtypes include papillary, follicular, medullary, and anaplastic. We aim to present 11 cases of exceptional thyroid malignancies managed in our department.Materiel and methodsA...