Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Secondary and tertiary hyperparathyroidism (HPT) usually result from parathyroid gland hyperplasia that produces excess parathyroid hormone (PTH). Collectively, secondary and tertiary HPT comprise a minority of the patients diagnosed with HPT. Due to the relative rarity of these conditions and common underlying disease pathology, they are frequently discussed and researched together. While the disease processes are related, secondary and tertiary HPT are two dist...

Purpose: Retropharyngeal abscesses are rare in adults. They most commonly occur in immunocompromised patients as well as older one with systemic diseases like diabetes mellitus. The aim of this study is toidentify the clinical presentation of retropharyngeal abscesses and therapeutic challenges in diabetic patient.Case report: It is about a 50-year-old man, diabetic (DNID) who consulted us for intense cervicalgia, odynophagia and mixed high dysphagia ass...

Introduction: Neuroendocrine tumors of head and neck region are rare and heterogeneous. it can arise in all the different organs of this region, including the nasal cavity, paranasal sinuses, larynx, thyroid, can be divided into two broad groups: those with epithelial differentiation, and neurally derived tumours, including paragangliomas and olfactory neuroblastomas. Their morphological and clinical features mainly depend on the degree of differentiation and on the site of or...

Introduction: Paragangliomas are a diverse group of neuroendocrine tumors arising from chromaffin cells within paraganglionic tissues of the autonomic nervous system.The aim of this study is to review our experience in the management of these tumors.Methods: The medical records of 12 patients with 13 paraganliomas was performed in a a single academic hospital over a period of 32 years from 1990 to 2022.Result...

Introduction: Laryngeal neuroendocrine neoplasms are very rare malignancies comprising less than 1% of all laryngeal neoplasms.Methods: Retrospective study including 5 cases of pharyngolaryngeal neuroendocrine tumors.Results: The average age was 49 years ranging from 35 to63 years with a sex ratio of 4. The average consultation delay was 8 monthes. All patients patients were tobacco users. the chief complaint was dysphonia and dysp...

Introduction: The tuberculous lymphadenitis is the most common form of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis. The association with thyroid cancer is rare and can mislead the physician with the lymphadenopathy being considered as metastatic. In an endemic region for tuberculosis such as Tunisia, an adequate preoperative evaluation is crucial to distinguish these two entities and provide the patient with the appropriate treatment.Material and methods: 2 cases of a ...