Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Moringa oleifera (MO) (also known as ‘drumstick’) is a tree belonging to the family Moringaceae, genus Moringa, originally native from the Himalayans but currently cultivated in many tropical and subtropical regions around the world. It has been used as a food source and for traditional medicine purposes due to possible antihyperglycemic, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and lipid regulating properties, and have been reported earlier by different scienti...

Introduction: Arterial hypertension of endocrine origin remains a rare and curable cause of hypertension. The association of hypertension and hypokalemia should always prompt us to consider cushing’s disease.Case Report: A 39-year-old female patient, followed for 9 years for hypertension on dual therapy. Clinical examination was unremarkable, in whom the diagnosis of ACTH-dependent cushing’s syndrome was made on the basis of clinical and biolog...

Introduction: A toxic goiter is a goiter that functions autonomously, causing hypersecretion of thyroid hormones, and is almost always benign. We report here the case of a toxic goiter that revealed the presence of papillary thyroid carcinoma.Observation: Patient aged 68, with a history of arterial hypertension, followed for hyperthyroidism on a toxic goitre, with a thyroid scintigraphy showing an enlarged thyroid gland with intense uptake on the right s...

Introduction: Sarcoidosis is a multisystem inflammatory disease. Hypothalamic-pituitary involvement in sarcoidosis is rare and poorly described. We report here a case of pituitary insufficiency during sarcoidosis disease.Observation: Patient aged 49 years, followed for systemic sarcoidosis with cutaneous, pulmonary and ocular tropism for 7 years, admitted for exploration of a severe polyuro-polydipsic syndrome with four nocturnal awakenings, questioning ...

Introduction: Autoimmune polyendocrinopathies (AEP) are rare diseases defined by the presence of at least two endocrine deficiencies linked to an autoimmune mechanism, sometimes with an associated non-endocrine autoimmune disease. Autoimmune polyendocrinopathy type 2 is a more common syndrome, appearing mainly in adults.Observation: We report the case of a 27-year-old patient, admitted for management of acute inaugural adrenal decompensation, with a hist...