Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Fahr’s syndrome (SF) is a rare anatomo-clinical entity, defined by non-arteriosclerotic striato-pallido-serrated calcifications localized in basal ganglia. It may be idiopathic or secondary to many etiologies dominated by phosphocalcic metabolic abnormalities, the main cause being primary or postoperative hypoparathyroidism.Materials: This is a retrospective, descriptive study involving 11 patients with FAHR syndrome hospitalized at th...

Introduction: Acromegaly is a relatively uncommon disease and is frequently associated with thyroid diseases whose risk increases with the age of the disease.Objective: The purpose of our study was to determine the different thyroid abnormalities observed during acromegaly to improve their management.Patients and methods: Retrospective, descriptive study involving 43 acromegalic patients hospitalized at the Department of Endocrinol...

Introduction: Acromegaly is a rare endocrinopathy, potentially fatal by its metabolic, cardiovascular and neoplastic impact. The aim of this work is to study the cardiovascular impact of acromegaly and cardiovascular risk factors during acromegaly.Materials: This is a retrospective, descriptive study of 43 acromegalic patients admitted to the Department of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Metabolic Diseases CHU IBN ROCHD, Casablanca from January 2005 to De...

IntroductionAcromegalo-gigantism is a rare disease, occurring before the epiphyses weld, it causes a linear acceleration of growth in children and adolescents. Medical treatment with analogues of somatostatin (AS) well established can be used in cases where surgery is impossible or inadequate or in cases of surgical failureObservationThis is a 14-year-old patient, followed for acromegalo-gigantism discovered ...

IntroductionApoplexy is a rare, serious and acute complication of pituitary adenomas, revealed by tumor syndrome, visual disturbances and hormonal deficits in 60% of cases. We report a case in which the diagnosis of acromegaly was revealed by pituitary apoplexy.Observation45-year-old patient. The examination found a tumor syndrome made up of headaches, reduced visual acuity and vomiting which had evolved for ...

IntroductionAcromegaly is an acquired endocrine pathology associated with the overproduction secondary to hypersecretion of growth hormone, by a somatotropic pituitary adenoma in more than 90% of cases, the symptoms of which may concern various organs (eye, heart, colon, etc.). skin….). Occasionally, it can present itself in association with skin changes which in some cases are very rare. We report the observation of a patient followed for acromega...