Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Paragangliomas are rare neuroendocrine tumors usually Benign, developed at the expense of sympathetic ganglia, and whose treatment is essentially surgical. We report the case of a patient presenting a cervical paraganglioma hospitalized to the endocrinology department of diabetology and metabolic diseases of Ibn Rochd University Hospital in Casablanca.Observation: A 57 years old women, not known hypertensive, presenting a mandibular mass ev...

Introduction: Grave’ disease is associated with extra thyroid auto-thyroid manifestations such as basal ophthalmopathy and/or. We report the case of two patients presenting with extrathyroid manifestations of the basic illness hospitalized at the department of diabetic endocrinology and metabolic diseases of Ibn Rochd University Hospital of Casablanca.Case 1: This is a patient aged 53 years, chronic smoking at 20 years, for low weight disease since ...

Introduction: Cushing’s syndrome adrenal’s origin coul’d be an adenoma, an unilateral carcinoma and rarely a micronodular or macronodular hyperplasia. We report the cases of two patients followed for macronodular adrenal hyperplasia hospitalized in the Ibn Rochd University Hospital, endocrinology department in Casablanca.Case 1: A 60-year-old patient with independent ACTH Cushing Syndrome with clinical and biological signs of hypercorticis...

Introduction: Grave’s orbitopathy (GO) is the main extra-thyroid manifestation of Graves’ disease (GD) and the leading cause of exophthalmia in adults. Its clinical presentation is extremely heterogeneous, ranging from mild ocular discomfort to sight-threatening disease. The aim of our study was to specify the clinical and paraclinical characteristics, as well as the therapeutic modalities of GO.Patients and methods: Descriptive retrospective s...

Introduction: Adrenal myelolipoma is a rare, benign, non-secreting tumor, often found incidentally or in the context of abdominal pain. We report the cases of two patients with adrenal myelolipoma hospitalized at the endocrinology department of diabetology and metabolic diseases of Ibn Rochd University Hospital in Casablanca.Case 1: This is a 30-year-old patient, hospitalized for adrenal mass, revealed by right lower back pain, radiating to the right hyp...