Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Primary hyperparathyroidism is a common disease. It is generally caused by a solitary parathyroid adenoma. Adenomas weighing more than 3.5 g are classified as giant. These giant parathyroid adenomas constitute a rare clinical entity.Case report: A 54-year-old woman was referred to our ENT department for management of newly diagnosed hypercalcaemia. She had no significant medical history. She reported mild constipation, muscular weakness, na...

Introduction: Necrotizing external otitis (NEO) is a serious life-threatening infection of the external ear and skull base condition. The precise etiology of this condition is unknown. Diabetes mellitus is well known to be one of the most tightly associated characteristics seen in NEO patients. It is documented that diabetes causes endarteritis and microangiopathy, leading to poor microcirculation and impaired polymorphonuclear cell function.Patients and...

Introduction: Thyroglossal duct carcinoma (TDCCa) is a very rare finding and its presentation is similar to a benign cyst. Carcinoma arising in this tract is uncommon. It is still debated whetherTDCCa originates from the thyroid gland, from the thyroglossalduct it self (de novo theory) or from both. Although the differentiation may be difficult, this distinction can play a crucial role in treatment decisions regarding the inclusion of thyroidectomy as part of the treatment.</p...

Introduction: Thyroid microcarcinoma with palpable cervical node metastasis is a rare clinical situation. Through this work, we aim to study its clinical, therapeutic and evolutionary features.Material and methods: We conducted a retrospective study over 14 cases of thyroid microcarcinoma presenting with a palpable cervical lymph node metastasis collected on the ENT department of Farhat Hached hospital over 28 years (1990–2017).<p class="abstext...

Introduction: Graves’ disease represents an autoimmune disease of the thyroid gland, which therapeutic management is controversy. The aim of our study is to discuss, after a review of the literature, the role of surgery, especially total thyroidectomy, in the treatment of Graves’ disease.Patients and methods: We conducted a retrospective study of medical records of 39 patients who underwent surgery for Graves’ disease at the Department of ...

AimsNecrotizing external otitis (NEO) is osteomyelitis of the base of the skull. Previously Pseudomonas Aeruginosa was incriminated in 90% of cases. However, fungal NEO have been emerging in recent years. It is a pathology that occurs primarily in immunocompromised terrain such as diabetic and may affect the patient’s functional and vital prognosis.Materials and methodsA retrospective study of 20 cases o...

GoalsThe purpose of this work is to study histological, clinical, and therapeutic features neuroendocrine carcinomas of the thyroid.Materials and methodsWe report a case of neuroendocrine carcinoma of the thyroid colliged in ENT department of sousse.ObservationThe case involved an 83-year-old woman with a history of family dysthyroidism who had significant cervica...

AimsTo describe the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of temporal-osteomyelitis mandibular complicating necrotizing otitis externa and discuss how to take it in load.Materials and methodsThis is an 18-year retrospective study [2010–2017], conducted in our ENT department, collecting 74 hospitalized patients for management of necrotizing otitis externa.Results<p class=...

Aimidentify the clinical presentation of retropharyngeal abscesses in adults and the therapeutic management modalities.Materials and methodsWe illustrate two cases of retropharyngeal abscess in two elderly subjects collected in the ENT department of the Farhat Hached hospital in Sousse.Observations1-/It is about a 70-year-old man, diabetic (DNID) who consulted us ...

IntroductionThyroid carcinoma is the most common type of endocrine malignancy and the cancer with the largest annual increase in incidence in recent decades. They are classified as primary or metastatic. The most common thyroid cancer subtypes include papillary, follicular, medullary, and anaplastic. We aim to present 11 cases of exceptional thyroid malignancies managed in our department.Materiel and methodsA...