Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Type 2 diabetes is an important risk factor for all forms of infection. It may be unrecognised for many years, and often revealed by degenerative or infectious complications. The aim of this study is to investigate the epidemiological, clinical and therapeutic aspects of severe infections revealing type 2 diabetes.Patients and Methods: Retrospective descriptive cross-sectional study of a series of 5 patients with severe infections revealing...

Pendred syndrome, an autosomal recessive disorder, is the most common syndromal form of hearing loss and involves abnormalities of the cochlea, varying degrees of sensorineural hearing loss and diffuse thyroid enlargement/goiter. We describe a case of a delayed diagnosis of Pendred syndrome. The patient is a 30 years female who had a history of total thyroidectomy 13 years ago. And presented when aged 30 with a cervical abscess of ectopic thyroid under the submaxillary gland. ...