Endocrine Abstracts

A 64-year-old Algerian woman was transferred to our institution with a pituitary tumor causing severe visual impairment. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed a T1-isointense, T2-hyperintense sellar mass measuring 48×35×30 mm, with homogenous enhancement after gadolinium injection (Figure 1). This mass extended to the suprasellar region, compressing the optic chiasma, and to both cavernous sinus, completely surrounding and narrowing carotid arteries. Ophthalmologic...

Introduction: Type 2 diabetes results from insulin resistance and B-cell failure. Bariatric surgery is an effective therapeutic modality for type 2 diabetes. Indeed, it induces high remission rates through improved insulin sensitivity and secretion. While the critical role of skeletal muscle in glucose homeostasis has long been known, its role as an endocrine organ secreting peptides, called myokines, has recently been identified. Some of these myokines were shown to influence...

Case: A 77-year-old woman, with a 50-year history of type 2 diabetes mellitus and multiple micro- and macrovascular complications, was hospitalized for a foot ulcer on a chronic Charcot foot. On admission, systematic anamnesis revealed back pain around L1-L2 for a week. There was no history of trauma or fever. Examination was normal except a symetrical loss of sensitivity on the feet related to his diabetic polyneuropathy. On admission, blood test showed an inflammatory syndro...