Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Thyroid hormones have an impact on the function and structure of the cardiac muscle.Aim: Investigate the prevalence and risk factors of structural and functional cardiac complications in patients with hyperthyroidism.Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study on 30 patients with uncontrolled hyperthyroidism. Clinical, biological and therapeutic data were collected. A trans-thoracic echocardiography (TTE) and lung u...

Introduction: Thyroid hormones represent a biomarker of heart rhythm disorders and pathophysiological origins remain unknown. Some of these disorders like atrial fibrillation (AF) are major issues particularly in asymptomatic patients with in Hyperthyroidism and cause of thromboembolic complications.Aim: Taking into account the uncertainty of prevalence of cardiac rhythm disorders, we aimed to investigate the prevalence of rhythmic cardiac complications ...

Introduction: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common endocrine disease in women of childbearing age. This condition combines, according to the diagnostic criteria of the Rotterdam consensus 2003, clinical and/or biochemical signs of hyperandrogenism, oligo- and/or anovulation and polycystic ovaries detected by ultrasound. Thyroid diseases are also frequent in the general population. The aim of our study was to determine the prevalence of thyroid ultrasound alterations in...

Introduction: CD8+ T-cell deficiency is a feature of many chronic autoimmune diseases. Its association with vitamin D deficiency was described and it has been suggested that vitamin d deficiency contribute to the increase of the incidence and the progression of autoimmune diseases.Herein we report a case of hypopituitarism and vitamin D deficiency in a patient with CD8+ T-cell deficiency.Observation: A 28-year-old woman was...

Introduction: Turner’s syndrome (TS) affects 1/2500 female births and it is characterized by growth retardation, dysmorphic syndrome and gonadal dysgenesis. Our objective was to describe the clinical, therapeutic and evolutive features of Tunisian patients with TS.Patients and Methods: It was a retrospective study including 23 patients with TS diagnosed between 1993 and 2019.We noted clinical, therapeutic and evolutive data for each patient.<p ...

ObjectiveDescribe the clinical, paraclinical, etiological and therapeutic profile of adrenal incidentalomas.Material and methodsRetrospective study, conducted on 100 patients previously hospitalized in the endocrinology department of the university hospital center RABTA, following the fortuitous discovery of an adrenal mass over a period of 10 years.ResultsThe mea...

IntroductionPancreatic cancer is one of the cancers of the digestive tract for which the prognosis has not been improved in terms of early diagnosis. Recent diabetes can be indicative of this pathology.ObservationA 56-year-old man with no notable pathological history who has presented for 04 months a deterioration in general condition with weight loss. On clinical examination: BMI: 17 kg/m2. In bio...

IntroductionThyrotropin-secreting pituitary adenoma is a rare cause of hyperthyroidism which must be differentiated from other etiologies of inappropriate TSH secretion.Observation:We report the case of a 49 years old male patient with no particular pathological history, addressed for thyrotoxicosis (weight loss, irritability, thermophobia, dyspnea and palpitation) with no goiter or ophtalmopathy. Echocardiog...

IntroductionHematological abnormalities are frequently observed in hyperthyroidism and are part of complex, multifactorial pathogenetic mechanisms that are still poorly understood, which can affect the three hematopoietic lineages in isolation or in combination. For the endocrinologist, they raise the issue of the risk of their aggravation under the hamatotoxic effect of antithyroid drugs (ATDs).Case presentation<p class="abste...

IntroductionAcromegaly is a rare chronic disorder caused by GH hypersecretion. It’s associated with an elevated morbidity and mortality rate. Cardiovascular diseases’ complications are the first cause of mortality in patients. In this study we conducted an assessement of cardivascular risk factors in patients with acromegaly.Patients and methodsA retrospective evaluative study of 32 patients followe...