Endocrine Abstracts

IntroductionAdrenocortical carcinoma is a rare neoplasm with local development, rarely metastatic in the spine. We report a case of metastatic dorsal spinal cord compression due to adrenocortical carcinoma.ObservationA 38-year-old lady with no notable medical history, complained of generalised weakness, severe abdominal pain and spasms. Abdominal computed tomography showed a large right adrenal renal mass mea...

Introduction: Pituitary adenomas in people over 65 represent less than 10% of all pituitary adenomas, 80% of which are non-functional. Somatotropic adenomas remain very rare. The interest of our study is to describe the clinical, paraclinical and therapeutic profile of cases of senile acromegaly.Patients and methods: This is a retrospective study of four senile acromegaly patients followed in our endocrinology’s department.Res...

IntroductionSkin damage is common in diabetes. They can be classified into three groups: dermatoses associated with diabetes, acute and chronic skin complications of diabetes and dermatoses associated with antidiabetic treatments. Bullosis in diabetics, also called Bullosis diabeticorum, is one of the cutaneous complications of diabetes. It is a rare bullous dermatosis particular by its exclusive occurrence in diabetics.Observation...

IntroductionWolfram syndrome (also known as DIDMOAD syndrome) is a rare, genetic, endocrine disorder characterized by the early onset of diabetes mellitus and optic atrophy. It is frequently associated with diabetes insipidus, deafness and neurological signs.ObservationA 26-year-old woman was burn out of a consanguineous marriage. Diabetes mellitus was revealed at the age of 6 by ketoacidosis, treated from th...

IntroductionPseudohypoparathyroidism (PHP) is the first example of hormonal resistance observed in human pathology characterized by a great variability of clinical and genetic expression. We present a case of PHP in a Tunisian family.ObservationThe index case is a 31-year-old man. He was burn out of a consanguineous marriage (distant consanguinity) followed since the age of 15 for convulsive seizures. Three m...

Background and aims: Diabetes causes tissue fibrosis by still poorly understood mechanisms which involve glycation products. Galectin-3 (Gal-3) is an emerging key player in metabolic disorders and a powerful factor in the development and progression of the fibrotic process in target organs in diabetic patients. The plasma level of Gal-3 increases during diabetic cardiomyopathy and diabetic nephropathy. We have studied the correlation between serum Gal-3 level and anti-diabetic...

Background and aims: Plasma Galectin-3 (Gal-3), mediator of fibrogenesis and inflammation, has been implicated in many diseases. Particularly in diabetics, this lectin directly mediates transdifferentiation in collagen-producing cells thus leading to fibrosis of target organs and accelerating the development of complications. The objective of our study was to determine a cut-off value for Gal-3 in our population.Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional, a...

IntroductionPrimary amenorrhea should be considered in any patient who has not experienced periodic menstruation by 16 years regardless of the presence of normal growth and development of secondary sexual characteristics.Observation17-year-old patient, who exhibited normal secondary sexual characteristics, normal auxiliary and pubic hairs, normal breast development since the age of 12 with the non-appearance ...