Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Lipodystrophic syndromes are a heterogeneous group of congenital or acquired disorders characterized by either complete or partial lack of adipose tissue. Other prominent abnormalities of these disorders include Diabetes Mellitus and acanthosis nigricans due to the associated insulin resistance. Liver affection is common due to fatty infiltration of the liver, which can lead to cirrhosis and its complications.Clinical case: A 31 years old s...

A 46-year old male patient, living in Giza, father of 4, used to work as a baker. He is an ex-smoker. He has diabetes on insulin for 4 years, not hypertensive.He was diagnosed to have colonic carcinoma upon which surgical intervention was done in the form of right hemicolectomy with splenectomy and cholecystectomy. Postoperative pathology report revealed invasive moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma. He received postoperative chemotherapy, twelve sessions over the past one...