Endocrine Abstracts

Objective:This study was designed to estimate the prevalence of nonalcoholic fatty liver in Saudi type-2 diabetics attending medical outpatient clinic in a Saudi teaching hospital and to study some of their characteristics.Research Design and Method:The study was conducted at King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia from September 2001 to September 2002. A sample of 116 patients was randomly s...

Abstract: Brown tumors also known as osteitis fibrosa are a very rare complications of primary hyperparathyroism that occur in less than 2% of patients suffering from any form of hyperparathyroidism. Parathormone increases osteoclastic activity in the bones causing cystic bony changes, it’s a reparative cellular process. Common sites of brown tumor are the ribs, clavicle, long bones and pelvic girdle. Our case is 55 years old tunisian men who was admitted to orthopedic de...