Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Diabetic pregnancy is a high-risk pregnancy requiring a multidisciplinary approach and close monitoring to prevent maternal-fetal complications. Our study objective was to determine the diabetic pregnancies outcome of in order to improve their management.Patients and methods: A descriptive retrospective study including 144 patients with diabetic pregnancy followed at the Endocrinology-Diabetology service between January 2016 and September 2...

Introduction: Diet plays an important role in glycemic control in diabetic pregnant women.Study objectives: To determine the major dietary errors in pregnant women with diabetes.Patients and methods: A descriptive retrospective study including 60 patients with diabetic pregnancy hospitalized in Endocrinology and Diabetology service between January to December 2016. Data collection was done from medical records.The statistical analy...

Introduction: The relationship between diabetes and anxiety and depression is bidirectional. Patients with somatic disorders such as diabetes present on average twice more psychiatric disorders than the general population. The aim of our study was to identify the level of anxiety and depression in people with diabetes type 1 and to assess their impact on the clinical features of the disease.Patients and methods: We conducted a transversal descriptive stu...

Introduction: Cushing’s syndrome usually causes hypogonadism. Occurrence of pregnancy in this context is rare, and is associated with significant morbidity and perinatal mortality. We report two cases of pregnancies in two patients with Cushing’s disease.Case 1: Our first Patient was 37-year-old who presented during the second trimester of pregnancy a Cushing syndrome. The positive diagnosis was made regadless clinical signs and a hight free ur...

Background: Plasma TSH is a fundamental marker of thyroid function. The TSH level might be different depending on nodule’s type. Recent studies have shown a relationship between plasma TSH levels and thyroid nodules malignancy. The aim of this study was to compare the TSH level between two groups of subjects who had undergone total thyroidectomy, one group whose final histology was benign and one group who had a malignant histology.Materials and met...

Background: Insular carcinoma of the thyroid is an extremely rare tumor (4% of cases) with a poor prognosis and an intermediate malignancy between differentiated and anaplastic cancers. The aim of this study was to define the particular points of this cancer by studying its diagnostic and prognostic aspects.Materiel et methods: Retrospective study was conducted in Endocrinology and diabetology department of Ibn Rochd University Hospital of Casablanca, in...

Background: Differentiated adolescent and young adult thyroid cancers are under diagnosed. They would be characterized by their aggressiveness and the presence of particular histological forms. The aim of the study was to define the particular points of thyroid carcinoma in this population by analyzing the clinical, histological and therapeutic characteristics.Materials and methods: A case-control study was conducted in the endocrinology and diabetology ...

Introduction: Cushing’s syndrome adrenal’s origin coul’d be an adenoma, an unilateral carcinoma and rarely a micronodular or macronodular hyperplasia. We report the cases of two patients followed for macronodular adrenal hyperplasia hospitalized in the Ibn Rochd University Hospital, endocrinology department in Casablanca.Case 1: A 60-year-old patient with independent ACTH Cushing Syndrome with clinical and biological signs of hypercorticis...

Introduction: Hyperuricemia is common in type 2 diabetics particularly in patients with very high cardiovascular risk.Objective: To evaluate the relationship between hyperuricemia and type 2 diabetes, and to determine its predictive factors in this population.Patients and methods: A retrospective cross-sectional study including168 patients with type 2 diabetes who were hospitalized in the endocrinology department of Ibn Rochd Unive...

Introduction: Hypoglycemia in diabetic patient is susceptible to infection incidence (abscesses). The aim of our study was to evaluate the clinical, biological, radiological and bacteriological abscesses in diabetic patients.Patients and methods: We conducted a study prospective, including 74 diabetic patients with a confirmed abscess admitted our hospital, from January to December, 2017. Variables studied were epidemiological, clinical, paraclinical and...