Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Hypothyroidism is the most common endocrine dysfunction during pregnancy. In pregnancy, hypothyroidism is most often due to chronic autoimmune thyroiditis (Hashimoto’s disease) The consequences of hypothyroidism vary depending on the time of onset of hypothyroidism during pregnancy and the etiology retroplacental hematoma is a serious complication of hypothyroidism We report the case of a patient with in utero fetal death on retroplacental hematoma complicat...

Introduction: Digital necrosis of the upper limbs is the final and often the only clinical manifestation of a of a distal arterial or microcirculatory pathology of the MS. The approach to The approach to this condition is very different, hence the particularity of our observation which highlights the severity of vascular lesions found in diabetic patients.Observation: This is a 58 year old diabetic patient on mixtard 30: 16-00-08 ui; schizophrenia; on cl...

Introduction: Oculomotor palsies in diabetes are focal mononeuropathies. It is a diabetic neurological complication, relatively rare. The oculomotor nerves affected are mainly the external oculomotor nerve (VI), the common oculomotor nerve (III), and more rarely, the pathetic nerve (IV). We report the case of a type 2 diabetic patient in whom the diagnosis of oculomotor palsy was retained.Observation: This is a 65-year-old diabetic patient, 4 years old, ...

Introduction: Hypothyroidism is a rare cause of atrioventricular block. We report the case of an 85 year old patient admitted with a 3rd degree AVB and in whom the biological work-up had objectified a hypothyroidism. Observation: 85-year-old patient, followed for thyreopathy for 20 years on LT4: 100 ug/d, Diabetic for 2 years on premixed regimen: 08-00-12 ui ;HTA for 5 years on amlodipine 5 mg/d presented to the emergency room for syncope. No signs of hy...