Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Empty sella turcica (EST) is characterized by the passage of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) into the sella turcica through the sellar diaphragm. The aim of our work is to study the clinical and hormonal characteristics of patients with EST discovered due to height delay.Patients and methods: Descriptive study on 14 patient files. Data studied : history, anthropometry, endocrine deficits and associated pathologies.Results/Dis...

Background: The non-traumatic pituitary stalk interruption syndrome described after the advent of MRI is a congenital pituitary abnormality, often responsible for pituitary insufficiency revealed during the neonatal period. We note 9 cases of late diagnostic during the exploration of growth retardation.Patients and methods: Descriptive cross-sectional study on files of 9 patients, 5 boys and 4 girls with an average age of 10.5 years (range 3 and 18 years...

Introduction/Objective: Chronic exposure to hypersomatotropism exposes to multiple co-morbidities, rarely reversible, which can worsen both functional and vital prognosis and impair quality of life. The aim of our work is to list the different complications of acromegaly at the time of diagnosis.Patients and methods: Descriptive cross-sectional study concerning 81 patients with somatotropic adenomas followed in the Endocrinology department of the Oran Un...

Background: Pituitary adenomas (PA) or endocrine pituitary tumors are the most common pituitary tumors. Our goal is to assess their hormonal profile.Patients and methods: Our study is observational, multicenter, with prospective and retrospective data collection. Data entry and analysis was performed by CDC (USA) EPI Info version 6, SPSS20, Statistica10, Medcalc12.Results: Concerning the hormonal profile of the 475 PA collected, 77...

Introduction: Lower limb amputation is associated with high morbidity and mortality. As a middle-income country, we are particularly vulnerable to diabetes-related problems. The aim of this study is to identify significant risk factors for amputations.Materials and methods: This is a prospective descriptive study conducted from June 2020 to June 2022 on 102 patients hospitalized for diabetic foot at the Endocrinology-Diabetology Department of Oran Univer...

Introduction: Paragangliomas are neuroendocrine tumors that develop from the paraganglia of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems. They are benign in approximately 80% of cases and are usually localized. However, in rare situations, they can be malignant, which is defined by the presence of tumor cells in nearby tissues or at a distance (metastases). Most parasymphathetic paragangliomas are located in the skull base and along the vagus and glossopharyngeal nerves...

Introduction: Paraneoplastic Cushing’s syndrome is a rare manifestation caused by the ectopic secretion of ACTH. The tumors involved are almost always malignant, with bronchopulmonary being the most frequent, followed by pancreatic and, more rarely, thymic. Thymic carcinoid tumors are very rare neuroendocrine tumors that often complicate endocrine disorders; they are generally more aggressive and difficult to treat, and typical carcinoid tumors in the thymus normally have...

Introduction: Ectopic thyroid tissue can be found anywhere along the normal path of thyroid descent, but is most commonly found at the base of the tongue, in which case it may be referred to as a lingual thyroid. Although the patients are usually asymptomatic, it can lead to symptoms such as dysphonia and dysphagia. We present a child patient with a lingual thyroid resulting in severe dysphagia that was cured surgically.Case reports: An 4-year-old male c...

Background and aims: The diabetic hand infection is less reported in the literature. Therefore, it is easily ignored and underestimated resulting in increased morbidity among the diabetic population. The aim is to determine the clinical and therapeutic characteristics in our hospitalized patients.Materials and methods: All hand infection patients admitted to the Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology at Oran University Hospital center during 10 years w...