Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: The objective of our study was to identify maternal and biological factors associated with the use of insulin therapy in patients with GDM.Methods: Retrospective study including 100 pregnant women followed up for gestational diabetes during the year 2021. Information was collected from medical records and supplemented, if necessary, by telephone interviews with the patients.Results: The mean age of the patients was 32.7&...

Introduction: Primary hyperparathyroidism JawTumor Syndrome is a rare genetic disorder characterized by the synchronous or metachronous occurrence of primary hyperparathyroidism and an ossifying fibroma of the maxilla and/or mandible, associated with an increased risk of parathyroid carcinoma.Observation: We report the case of a 30-year-old young woman who consulted for a limp in walking,6 months after having been operated for a juvenile ossifying fibrom...

Wolfram syndrome is a rare, autosomal recessive entity characterized by several progressive neurodegenerative manifestations.Observation: We report the case of a 27-year-old patient from a Consanguineous marriage, followed for hypogonadism with delayed puberty and insulin-requiring diabetes since the age of 13 with negative autoantibodies. His diabetes is complicated after 5 years of a mainly vegetative neuropathy with neurogenic bladder complicated by b...

Introduction: Hypoparathyroidism (HypoPT) is a rare endocrine disease characterized by abnormally low concentrations of PTH resulting in hypocalcemia. Etiologies are various and are dominated by postoperative HypoPT. HypoPT needs a lifelong treatment and follow-up in order to maintain appropriate calcium levels and prevent chronic complications.Patients and Methods: A retrospective descriptive study was conducted at the endocrinology department in Fattou...

Introduction: Pheochromocytoma is a rare tumour of the adrenal medulla. The aim of our work is to describe the clinical, biological and anatomopathological profile of pheochromocytomas.Material and method: Retrospective descriptive study carried out in the endocrinology department of the Fattouma Bourguiba University Hospital, Monastir, Tunisia.Results: Analysis of a series of 13 cases found 9 women and 4 men with an average age of...

Objectives: The aim of our work is to evaluate the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in type 1 diabetics aged between 10 and 20 years.Patients and methods: Retrospective study including 54 type 1 diabetic patients, followed at the endocrinology department of Fatouma Bourguiba hospital of Monastir during the year 2023.Results: The mean age was 34.3 ±1.33 years with a female predominance (sex ratio=F/H) =2. they were all...

Introduction: Insulinoma is a rare neuroendocrine tumor. Its diagnosis is clinico-biological. Preoperative topographical diagnosis is necessary to guide the therapeutic procedure.Observation: We report the case of a 37-year-old patient, without notable pathological history, who was admitted for exploration of severe hypoglycemia, not felt, evolving for 2 years and complicated by convulsive attacks. The initial etiological investigation revealed corticotr...