Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Glycemic control in elderly diabetics is a challenge. Treatment Satisfaction reflects this control.Objectives: To assess insulin treatment satisfaction and to determine the factors associated with insulin treatment satisfaction among type 2 diabetic elderly.Methods: A cross-sectional study on 86 type 2 diabetic insulin dependent elderly recruited from the outpatient endocrinology consultation during June and July 2021...

Introduction: A brown tumor is a rare osteolytic non-neoplastic lesion, due to an anomaly of bone metabolism, occuring in primary, secondary or tertiary hyperparathyroidism.This is a case about a brown tumor with multiple localizations seen in primary hyperparathyroidism.Observation: A 42 year old patient,with a history of Behçet disease diagnosed at the age of 38, is hospitalized in our department for the management of a fort...

Introduction: Pheochromocytomas are rare neuroendocrine tumors arising from chromaffincells of the adrenal gland or extra-adrenal paragangliomas. These tumors cause a hypersecretion of catecholamines, resulting in high blood pressure (HBP) and eventual cardiovascular complications. The point of this study is to go through the different clinical aspects of high blood pressure related to pheochromocytomas.Methods: This is a retrospective study about 8 pati...

IntroductionHadju Cheney syndrome (HCS) is a rare progressive and debilitating genetic disorder that is characterized by a high degree of phenotypical pleiotropy. We report the first clinical case of a 44-year-old patient with HCS, diabetes and adrenal insufficiency (AI).ObservationA 44-year-old patient with a history of myocardial infarction at the age of 33 and diabetes for 2 years on oral antidiabetic drug...