Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Bronchogenic cysts are rare benign congenital anomalies related to the abnormal budding of the tracheobronchial tree during embryological development. They are usually located in the mediastinum and intrapulmonary regions. Localization in the cervical area is unusual, and specially, bronchogenic cysts presenting as thyroid cyst are quite rare.Case report: A 43-year-old woman presented with a seven months’ thyroid mass. The patient had ...

Introduction: Thyroid microcarcinoma with palpable cervical node metastasis is a rare clinical situation. Through this work, we aim to study its clinical, therapeutic and evolutionary features.Material and methods: We conducted a retrospective study over 14 cases of thyroid microcarcinoma presenting with a palpable cervical lymph node metastasis collected on the ENT department of Farhat Hached hospital over 28 years (1990–2017).<p class="abstext...

Introduction: Thyroid dyshormonogenesis continues to be a significant cause of congenital hypothyroidism occurring due to a lack of enzymes necessary for the synthesis of thyroid hormones. Treatment can be medical or surgical. Early treatment is important to avoid mental retardation and growth abnormalities.Case reports: We report 3 cases of dyshormonogenetic goiter occurring in 1 female and 2 males. The medium age of the patients was 12 years ranging fr...

Introduction: Cervical lymphadenopathy is often a diagnostic challenge to medical professional due to its varied etiologies. Malignancies and infections are the main causative factors that should be included in the differential diagnosis. Cervical lymphadenitis is a common manifestation of extra-pulmonary invasion of the tuberculosis. A cervical tuberculous lymphadenitis could be confused with metastatic lymph node of thyroid cancer.Case reports: Case 1:...

Introduction: Graves’ disease represents an autoimmune disease of the thyroid gland, which therapeutic management is controversy. The aim of our study is to discuss, after a review of the literature, the role of surgery, especially total thyroidectomy, in the treatment of Graves’ disease.Patients and methods: We conducted a retrospective study of medical records of 39 patients who underwent surgery for Graves’ disease at the Department of ...

Objectives: To describe and analysis theimpact of diabetes on clinical presentation andthe difficulties we could affront within the management of this entity.Materials and methods: A retrospective study conducted between 2006 and 2019 based on 24 patients managed at our Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Department.Results: 24 poorly controlled diabetic patients were enrolled in this study: 15 men and 9 women, with a mean age of ...

Background: Otogenic cerebral thrombophlebitis is a rare intracranial complication of otitis media in the modern age of antibiotic treatment, but it is potentially a dangerous complication spatially in immune depressed patients with diabetes.Aim: To discuss the clinical features of this complication and to analyze the impact of diabetes on its evolution as well as the management of this entity.Methods: We conducted a retrospective ...

Background: Hürthle cell carcinoma or oncocytic carcinoma of the thyroid gland is an unusual and relatively rare type of differentiated thyroid cancer. It accounts for only about 3–10% of all differentiated thyroid cancers. Its diagnosis as well as its management remains a subject of controversies.Aim: The purpose of this paper is to describe clinical presentation as well as the difficulties we can affront within the diagnosis and the treatmen...

GoalsThe most common complication of thyroidectomy is hypocalcaemia. The aim of this work is to determine the epidemiological, ethiopathogenic and therapeutic characteristics of hypocalcemia after total thyroidectomy.Material and methodsThis is a retrospective study of 27 cases of patients operated on for a total thyroidectomy complicated by hypocalcemia, over a period of 9 years (2009–2017) collected by...

Background: Amputation is the major complication of diabetic foot. The aims of our study were to assess prevalence of amputation in a group of long-standing type 1 diabetic patients and to determine its risk factors.Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study including type 1 diabetic patients followed at the National Institute of Nutrition of Tunis. All patients had a duration of diabetes ≥ 20 years. Clinical and biological data were collected f...