Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Prolactinoma is the most common type of pituitary adenoma, but it still presents difficulties in management especially in women who present some particularities hence the interest of our study.1Material and method: This is a retrospective, descriptive study including 14 patients, hospitalized in the Endocrinology-Diabetology-Nutrition Department at CHU-Mohammed-VI-Oujda, between 2016–2022. The statistical analysis was perfor...

IntroductionDiabetic peripheral neuropathy is a common degenerative complication of diabetes. The aim of our work is to focus on the prevalence of this complication in relation to the imbalance of diabetes in type 2 diabetics (T2DM).Materials and methodsThis is a retrospective study, including 202 type 2 diabetic patients hospitalized in an Endocrinology-Diabetology department, over a 6-year time period. All ...

IntroductionThe number of elderly diabetics continues to increase and represent a large and great fraction of the elderly and diabetics. Thus the objective of our study is to show the particularities in this population.Materials and MethodsThis is a retrospective study included 107 type 2 diabetic patients aged 65 years and older hospitalized in an Endocrinology-Diabetology and Nutrition department of Mohamd ...

IntroductionAdrenal insufficiency is the most common complication after long-term corticosteroid therapy, to affirm or exclude the diagnosis of adrenal insufficiency several authors suggest basal cortisol testing as first-line, however, others prefer stimulating tests (insulin hypoglycemia (IGH) or synacthen testing). The aim of our work is to Analyze the frequency and determinant of the biological adrenal insufficiency detected by stimulating tests....

IntroductionAn increasing number of type 1 diabetics (T1DM) are being identified as having characteristics of metabolic syndrome and obesity. The aim of our work is to assess the prevalence of overweight and degenerative complications in a population with type 1 diabetes.Material and methodsThis is a descriptive and retrospective study concerning 377 type 1 diabetics hospitalized in the endocrinology-diabetol...

IntroductionType 2 diabetes is a field of immunosuppression predisposes to infections in all its locations. The mode of revelation by degenerative or infectious complications is frequent. The aim of our work is to study the epidemiological, clinical and therapeutic aspects of infections that reveal type 2 diabetes.Material and methodsThis is a retrospective study, including 35 type 2 diabetic patients, hospit...