Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: To estimate the prevalence of malnutrition in elderly patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) in hospital settings.Patients and Methods: A retrospective descriptive study of 55 patients over 65 years of age who were hospitalized in the Endocrinology Department. The diagnosis of malnutrition was established according to the criteria proposed by the HAS 2021.Results: The mean age of the elderly included was 71.4±6.6 years ...

Introduction: Masked hypertension (MH) is a relatively recent description leading to a similar cardiovascular risk as permanent hypertension. Masked hypertension is more common among diabetic patients.Methods: This was a case-control study. We performed 24-hour ambulatory BP in 53 type 2 diabetic patients normotensive in clinical measurement. We compared both Masked Hypertension and Normotensive groups according to clinical/laboratory parameters and targ...

Introduction: Pituitary apoplexy (PA) is a rare incident defined by the occurrence of necrosis and/or haemorrhage of the pituitary gland. PA is a clinical syndrome characterized by the sudden onset of headache, vomiting, visual impairment and decreased consciousness in some cases. The objectives of our study are to describe its clinical, biological and imaging features as well as the management of PA in the region of Sfax.Patients and methods: It is a re...

Introduction: The adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is a primary malignant tumor developed in depends of the adrenal cortex, defined by a Weiss score ≥3. Despite the therapeutic progress, its prognosis is still severe.Patients and methods: This retrospective descriptive study evaluated 4 patients with adrenal corticosteroid followed in the endocrinology department of Sfax - Tunisia between 2010 and 2018.Results: There were 3 wom...

Introduction: Thyrotropin-secreting pituitary adenomas represent less than 1% of all pituitary adenomas. Usually, patients present mild or moderate signs of hyperthyroidism and Hormonal evaluation shows increased free thyroid hormone concentration with detectable, normal or increased serum thyrotropin (TSH) level. Herein we report three cases of thyrotropin adenomas with particular clinical and biological features.Observations: Three patients, aged 25 38...

Introduction: The otorhinolaryngologist can be confronted to multiple surprises after a thyroid surgeryCase description: We report the case of a 48 year-old woman admitted with post operative hypocalcaemia (after thyroidectomy?). The patient has a history of hypothyroidism since 5 years. She then presented a cervical swelling. The ultra-sound confirmed the presence of a suspicious thyroid nodule measuring 4 cm. A thyroidectomy was then conducted. Post op...

Introduction: Dysthyroidism is not uncommon during chromosomal aberrations. The objective of this work is to study the characteristics of this association at the epidemiological and clinical levels.Methods: This is a retrospective study of 27 cases of patients with trisomy 21 chromosomal abnormalities (6 cases), klinefelter syndrome (4 cases) and Turner syndrome (17 cases) genetically confirmed, collected at endocrinology service at Sfax University Hospi...

Introduction: Polyglandular autoimmune syndrome (PAS) are uncommon constellations of autoimmune diseases characterized by the occurrence of two or more auto-immune endocrine diseases in the same individual.Patients and methods: It is a case-control study about 108 cases for 120 healthy subjects recruited as the control group. We aimed to study the polymorphism of the HLA class-II genes of patients compared to that of healthy subjects so as to identify th...

Background and Aim: Diabetic neurogenic bladder (DNB) is a frequent complication affecting up to 45% of patients suffering from diabetes mellitus (DM). Our study aims to evaluate the impact of DNB on the quality of life (QoL) in this population.Patients and Methods: We conducted a descriptive cross-sectional study involving 200 patients with DNB. Their QoL was assessed using the Ditrovie scale.Results: The mean age was 59.3±10.6...

Objective: to analyze the dietary and metabolic factors predictive of the occurrence of pancreatitis in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM).Patients and Methods: Analytical case-control study of 31 T1DM patients separated into two subgroups: G1 (n=10): T1DM cases with pancreatitis. G2 (n=21): T1DM controls without pancreatitis.Results: The age at diagnosis of T1DM was comparable between the two groups. A...