Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: The association between hypomagnesemia and insulin resistance in diabetes and arterial hypertension has been strongly found, but its role in the metabolic syndrome has not been established.Objective: To determine the magnesium status of patients with metabolic syndrome.Materials and methods: We conducted a prospective study on patients followed in the service of Endocrinology-Diabetology since September 2018 including...

Introduction: Therapeutic education is the cornerstone of foot care for the diabetic patient. The purpose of this work was to evaluate the satisfaction of patients who have benefited from diabetic foot education sessions.Methods: This is a prospective study involving 151 patients with risky feet who benefited from the diabetic foot awareness and education day in our service during the following period (January 2018 to December 2018). For this work, we us...

Introduction: Cigarette smoking is a modifiable cardiovascular risk factor, inducing and aggravating insulin resistance and metabolic disorders, especially in patients with type 2 diabetes (DT2). Our objective was to study the prevalence of the different components of the metabolic syndrome in patients with comparing with a group of non-smoking diabetics.Patients and methods: This was a cross-sectional study conducted in the Diabetology, Endocrinology an...

Introduction: Diabetic foot problems are generally poorly understood by patients, yet they represent a major health problem. The aim of this study was to assess diabetes patients’ knowledge of preventive foot care before and after a diabetic foot day.Patients and methods: It was a prospective and descriptive study conducted in the service from January to December 2018, including 108 type 2 or type 1 diabetic patients, at risk of podiatry grade 1, 2 ...

Background: The discovery of a thyroid nodule is a problem in thyroid cancer screening. Thus, the analysis of the criteria of malignancy remains the first step of study of a thyroid nodule. The objective of our study was the correlation between the clinical, ultrasonographic and cytologic malignancy criteria and the anatomopathological study results of the operative specimen.Materials and methods: For this we conducted an analytical cross-sectional study...

Introduction: Atypia of undetermined significance (AUS) or follicular lesion of undetermined significance (FLUS) of Bethesda system for reporting thyroid cytopathology has emerged as most controversial category due to its heterogeneity and inconsistent usage. Initially associated risk of malignancy was estimated to be about 5–15%, but eventually different results have been obtained across institutions due to variable follow-ups and interpretation. The objective of this st...

Introduction: The diabetic foot is considered as the crossroad of degenerative complications of diabetes (neuropathy, arterial disease, deformity). This is a public health problem with socio-economic implications. The objective of this work is to illustrate the different lesions of the diabetic foot in images.Materials and methods: We included all hospitalized patients in the Endocrinology Department of the University Hospital of Casablanca during 18 mon...

Introduction: The screening of patients at diabetic foot risk and the implementation of prevention measures are justified by the frequency and severity of amputations.The aim of this study was to:– Screen diabetic feet at risk.– List the risk factors associated with the diabetic foot at risk.– Present the methods of management of diabetic foot at risk in our service.<...

Introduction: The diabetic foot is a major public health problem with amputation risk is important. Diabetes podiatric complications of are dominated by diabetic neuropathy, diabetic arterial disease and infection. The aim of this study was to identify the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of the diabetic foot in the elderly.Patients and Methods: It was an observational prospective study, conducted in our department between January and Decembe...

Introduction: Pheochromocytoma is rarely associated with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1). We report 4 observations of hospitalized patients in theIbn Rochd University Hospital endocrinology department in Casablanca.Observation 1: A 52-year-old male patient was admitted for NF1-associated malignant pheochromocytomawith paroxysmal hypertension, Menard triad, elevated methoxylated urinary derivatives (DMU), and 11 * 8 cm right adrenal mass with hepatic metas...