Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Pretibial Myxedema(PM) and acropachy(AP) are rare extrathyroidal manifestations of Graves’ disease observed only in 0.5–4% of all cases. These extrathyroidal manifestations are generally associated to severe ophtalmopathy. Only few cases of severe thyroid dermopathy and achropachy occurring with moderate ophtalmopathy were reported.Observation: We present a 60years old female patient who developed grave’s disease on a pre-exi...

Introduction: The thyroid hypofunction is at origin of lipid metabolism disorder that enhances cardiovascular risk and increases morbidity and mortality.Objective: Search for lipid disorders in hypothyroidism comparing the results between the two sexes.Population and Method: Retrospective study of 72 patients (54 F and 18 H), mean age of 55.63 years (53.66 F and 61.5 H) hospitalized between 1996 and 2012 for primary hypothyroidism....

Introduction: Pericarditis includes all inflammatory affections of the serous covering of the heart. The clinical expression and etiology of these disorders are highly variable. Of these, hypothyroidism is an important issue to recognize.Objective: Find the frequency of pericardial effusion in primary hypothyroidism and appreciate its clinical and evolutionary characteristics.Population and method: A retrospective study in 72 patie...

Introduction: The diabetic foot osteoarthropathy is defined as a progressive painless arthropathy of one or more joints due to an underlying neurological injury. It is the bed of complications and severe foot infections and involves the functional prognosis. Through observations of patients we report the difficulty of management of wounds on foot osteoarthropathy.Observation: It is five diabetic patients hospitalized in our department with an array of se...

Introduction: GH deficiency cause a short stature in the child. In the adult hood, other complications appear: An increase of cardiovascular mortality due to an atherogenic profil of lipids and glycaemia abnormalies is reportedAim: Search metabolic disorders in children and adolescents presenting GH deficiencyMaterials and Methods: Patients (56 boys, 36 girls) follow up in our consultation for deficit in GH (Diagnosed on clinical a...

Introduction: Acromegalia is frequently associated to a glucidic metabolic disorders. Hyperinsulinemia and insulin resistance play an important part in the cardiovascular risk and the surmortality of this pathology.Aim: Study of changes in carbohydrate disorders after cure of acromegalia.Materials and Methods: This is a retrospective study of 36 patients (16 men and 12 women) hospitalized between 1985 and 2013. Pituitary macro aden...

Introduction: Graves’ disease is rare but may be complicated by major eye signs of Graves’ series rarely causing paralysis of the optic nerve.Aim: Report cases of seven patients collected between 1982 and 2013 presenting Graves’ disease complicated by optical neuropathy.Observations: Men patients aged on average 44 years old (35–48), admitted for Graves’ disease complicated by ophthalmopathy with oculomotor...