Endocrine Abstracts

Hypoglycemia in non-diabetic patients is a rare event, and autoimmune hypoglycemia with the presence of positive anti-insulin antibodies is even rarer.We report the case of a 15 years old non diabetic female patient, she was referred to our hospital for recurrent hypoglycemia for 2 weeks before admission to hospital, these are severe hypoglycemia with impaired consciousness. The first step was to eliminate the general causes and factitious hypoglycemia. ...

BackgroundIn type 2 diabetes, abnormalities of lipid metabolism and tissue distribution are common and associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. The aim of this work was to study the relationship between the impedancemetric parameters and the lipid profile in a population of type 2 diabetics followed in the Endocrinology Department MED VI of Marrakech.MethodologyBody fat was assessed using ...

Introduction: Compared to normal population, patients with neurofibromatosis are at higher risk for the development of benign and malignant tumors. Pheochromocytomas are relatively rare in neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), and malignant ones are even rarer.Aim of the presentation: Our aim was to report a malignant pheochromocytoma with multiple metastases in a patient with NF1.Case report: A male patient aged 23 years old, with lapar...

Introduction: Pheochromocytomas are catecholamine producing tumors which arise from chromaffin cells within the adrenal medulla. Silent pheochromocytomas are rare entities that do not present with the classical symptoms commonly seen in catecholamine-secreting tumors. Case report: We report a case of 70-year-old-woman patient who presented with left sided abdominal pain and discomfort for 6 months. A preoperative Computed tomography (CT) scan showed a hu...

Introduction: Pheochromocytomas are rare catecholamine-producing neuroendocrine tumors that are usually benign, but which may also present as or develop into a malignancy. Predicting such behavior is notoriously difficult and there are currently no curative treatments for malignant tumors.Case Report: A male patient aged 23 years old who was investigated for headaches, flushing and palpitations. The patient presented with classic clinical features of NF-...

Background: A 17 alpha-hydroxylase deficiency (17OHD) is a rare form of congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH). Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) is a group of disorders resulting from defect of one of enzymes necessary for biosynthesis of cortisol.Case Report: A 33-year-old female suffered from 17OHD. She presented with primary amenorrhea, lack of secondary sexual characteristics, and hypertension complicated by ruptured cerebral aneurysm. Laboratory t...

Introduction: Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH) are any of several autosomal recessive diseases resulting from mutations of genes for enzymes mediating the biochemical steps of production of mineralocorticoids, glucocorticoids or sex steroids from cholesterol by the adrenal glands (steroidogenesis).Case Report: We describe a case report of a 20 year-old female with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH). The 20-year-old female patient was born with geni...

Introduction: Sinonasal neuroendocrine carcinoma SNECs are a rare group of neoplasms that account for only 5% of all sinonasal malignancies. SNECs are categorized by their differentiation grade into well-, moderately- and poorly differentiated.Case report: We describe a classical case of SNEC with secondary orbital involvement in a 34-year-old male patient presented of the occurrence of a right epistaxis. First of all, the patient is smoking. The beginni...

Introduction: Carotid body tumor is a hypervascular tumor with multiple feeding arteries and unique orientation at the carotid bifurcation. Although resection is a radical therapy for this tumor, complete resection is challenging.Case report: A 33-year-old female patient consulted with a neck swelling that had persisted for 3 years. On physical examination, a movable and pulsating hard mass was found on the left side of her neck. Computed tomography, mag...

Introduction: Cushing disease is the most common cause of endogenous hypercortisolism. Pituitary surgery is the first-line treatment and bilateral adrenalectomy is the option of last resort due to its severe consequences.Observation: This is a 24-year-old patient followed for cushing disease revealed by a severe cushing syndrome, a urinary cortisol at 20 times normal and negative dexamethasone suppression test with a pituitary microadenoma on MRI. He was...