Endocrine Abstracts

PurposeTo describe the role of imaging in diagnosis and detection of complications of necrotising external otitis in diabetic patients.Material and methodsOur retrospective study included 43 diabetic patients who suffered from necrotising external otitis, from 1992 to 2020. All our patients had CT scan of the temporal bones and the brain. MRI was performed in 4 cases.Results<p class...

Objectiveto analyze the clinical presentation and prognosis of Bell’s palsy in diabetic patients.Materiel and methodsThis retrospective study included 76 diabetic patients with Bell ’s palsy in the ENT department of Tahar Sfar Mahdia; Tunisia from January 1988 to December 2018. The system of House-Brackmann was used for assessing the severity of nerve damage.Results<p clas...

ObjectiveTo summarize the characteristics and treatment experience of cervicofacial odontogenic cellulitis in diabetic patients and to provide clinical basis for the diagnosis and treatment.Material and methodRetrospectively analysed 50 cases of cervicofacial cellulitis in diabetics in the ENT department of Taher Sfar Mahdia, Tunisia from from january 2015 to december 2018.Results<p...

ObjectiveThyroid cancer is a rare disease in children and adolescents; it accounts for only 1.4% of all pediatric malignancies. Papillary carcinoma is the most common histological type. Furthermore, its treatment remains controversial. The aim of our work is to illustrate the clinical, histological and therapeutic features of pediatric papillary thyroid carcinoma.Materials and methodsThis is a retrospective s...