Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Pituitary somatotrop adenomas are very rare in children and adolescents. They are supposed to be more invasive (invasion of cavernous sinuses or meninges±compression of adjacent neural structures) than adults’ones. We aimed to analyze their characteristics, and their complications.Patients and subjects: are studied subjects whose clinical symptoms began before 20 years old. They all had biological, hormonal, ophthalmological, radi...

Introduction: Subclinical hypothyroidism and euthyroid thyroiditis have in common the clinically asymptomatic character. These two diseases can occur during pregnancy with no clinical impact.Our objectives are:– Prevalence of subclinical hypothyroidism during the 1st trimester of pregnancy.– Frequency of autoimmunity in euthyroid pregnant women in 1st quarter.– Analysis o...

Introduction: Hyperthyroidism affects 2 to 3% of pregnant women. The prevalence of clinical hyperthyroidism during pregnancy is variously appreciated. Hyperthyroidism prior to pregnancy is probably more common than in connection with the gestationnal state as gestational hyperthyroidism usually blocks fertility. Our objectives are the prevalence and the causes of hyperthyroidism in pregnant women in the 1st quarter.Description of methods: Prospective stu...

Introduction: The maternal hypothyroxinemia would be an adaptive process of the thyroid gland to iodine deficiency, regardless of the TSH. Our objectives are the prevalence and pathophysiological approach of hypothyroxinemia in pregnant women in the 1st quarter.Description of methods: Labor-looking statements, made in Oran area, on 270 pregnant women in 1st quarter. Women who smoke (active smoking confessed) and those followed for thyroid disease or taki...