Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Hyperparathyroidism is a frequent endocrinopathy, often diagnosed in the stage of asymptomatic hypercalcemia. The revelation by a bone or renal complication has become increasingly rare dominated by osteoporosis and brown tumors giving a blown aspect of the cortices exposing to pathological fractures. We report 2 cases of primary hyperparathyroidism revealed by a brown tumor and pathological fracture.Observation 1: This is a 52 year old fem...

Introduction: Hypothyroidism-related anasarca is due to the capillary permeability disorders associated with hypothyroidism. It is a rare mode of revelation especially when associated with ascites, which is an exceptional localization. We report the case of a deep hypothyroidism revealed by an ascites of great abundance. Observation: Our patient is 73 years old with a history of 2 daughters followed for Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. He consults for abdom...

Introduction: The occurrence of vesicular carcinoma in Graves’ disease is exceptional. It is most often a papillary carcinoma rarely vesicular. We report the case of a vesicular carcinoma discovered at the anatomopathological study of a total thyroidectomy in a patient followed for Graves’ disease.Observation: This is a 61-year-old female patient with type 2 diabetes, on SGLT2 inhibitor. There isn’t any family history of thyroid cancer or ...