Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Intrathyroid metastases are rare (less than 1% of thyroid cancers). They can be synchronous or metachronous. The origin of primary cancer is variable; the kidney, lung, stomach and breast being the most described sites.Through this case, we describe the diagnostic difficulties that the pathologist may encounter in the identification of these metastases.Materials and methods: We report a case of intrathyroid metastasis...

Introduction: Cervical lymphadenopathy is a frequent reason for ENT consultation. In most cases the diagnosis is easy based on clinical, radiological and cytopathological data. However, in some situations, the diagnosis remains pending. The objective of this work is to study the possible difficulties face to a chronic cystic cervical lymphadenopathy.Materials and methods: It is a retrospective study bringing 4 cases of cervical cystic lymphadenopathy rev...

Introduction: Hyperparathyroidism is a fairly common pathology that can cause functional and vital complications. Its treatment combines a medical component and a surgical one.The aim of this work is to specify the surgical indications for this pathology.Materials and methods: It is a retrospective study bringing 58 cases of secondary hyperparathyroidism collected over a period of 16 years (from 2001 to 2016).<p class="abstext"...

Introduction: Chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis is an autoimmune pathology affecting 5% of the population. Treatment is most often medical based on hormone treatment. Sometimes thyroiditis will be associated with benign or malignant nodular pathologies requiring the use of surgery. The objective of this study is to describe the diagnostic, therapeutic and evolutionary features of this entity.Materials and methods: It is a retrospective study bringing 28 ca...

ObjectiveIllustrate the interest of imaging: Single photo emission tomography or Computed tomography in the topographic diagnosis of parathyroid adenomas.ObservationA 67-year-old man, with renal lithiasis presenting a clinical-biological picture of primary hyperparathyroidism with renal bone and colic pain. PTH was 463.2 pg/ml, calcemia 3.4 mmol/l. Cervical ultrasound objectified a lesion suspected of parathy...

PurposeTo describe the role of imaging in diagnosis and detection of complications of necrotising external otitis in diabetic patients.Material and methodsOur retrospective study included 43 diabetic patients who suffered from necrotising external otitis, from 1992 to 2020. All our patients had CT scan of the temporal bones and the brain. MRI was performed in 4 cases.Results<p class...

Objectiveto analyze the clinical presentation and prognosis of Bell’s palsy in diabetic patients.Materiel and methodsThis retrospective study included 76 diabetic patients with Bell ’s palsy in the ENT department of Tahar Sfar Mahdia; Tunisia from January 1988 to December 2018. The system of House-Brackmann was used for assessing the severity of nerve damage.Results<p clas...

IntroductionAssociation between diabetes mellitus and cancer outcomes has been demonstrated in several cancer sites. Data for upper aerodigestive tract carcinoma are limited. Our aim is to study the impact of diabetes mellitus on survival in upper aerodigestive tract squamous cell carcinoma.Material and methodsA retrospective study of 130 patients treated for upper aerodigestive tract squamous cell carcinoma,...

ObjectiveTo summarize the characteristics and treatment experience of cervicofacial odontogenic cellulitis in diabetic patients and to provide clinical basis for the diagnosis and treatment.Material and methodRetrospectively analysed 50 cases of cervicofacial cellulitis in diabetics in the ENT department of Taher Sfar Mahdia, Tunisia from from january 2015 to december 2018.Results<p...

IntroductionThyroid nodules are common. They are mostly benign nodules. Thyroid cancer is rare: 1 % of all cancer sites. Thyroid differentiated cancers are the most common histologic types. There are several factors that can predict the malignancy in patients with thyroid nodule. The purpose of this study is to identify the predictive factors of thyroid differentiated cancers.Material and methodsThis retrospe...