Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Dietary practices are essential in diabetes control and acquiring HbA1c target. The aim of our work is to evaluate the prevalence of dietary education practice in a type 2 diabetes population and its associated factors.Methods: Cross-sectional study enrolling 84 type 2 diabetes patients followed up in the outpatient endocrinology department. The data was collected through a questionnaire in face-to-face interviews with patients. Age, body m...

Introduction: Thyroid diseases have been known to cause haemostatic changes, either tendency to bleeding or thrombosis. We report a case of a patient with primary hypothyroidism presenting with spontaneous bleeding and jugular thrombosis.Case report: An 85-year old patient with no medical history was admitted to the endocrinology department with primary auto-immune hypothyroidism. Hypothyroidism was suspected because of severe loss of weight and appetite...

Introduction: Thyroid hormones in fluence kidney function and thereby might alter serum urate levels, a major risk factor for gouty arthritis. Previous research documented a high prevalence of elevated levels of Uric acid in primary hypothyroid patients. We present the case of an incident gout attack in a patient with primary hypothyroidism.Case report: A 72-year-old male was hospitalized for a primary hypothyroidism complicated by a rhabdomyolysis. Labo...

Introduction: Allowing to have a good glycemic control, presenting no contraindications and contributing to the optimization of the general and nutritional state, insulin remains a treatment of choice for the diabetic elderly. Proper injection technique is key to achieving and maintaining goal-level diabetes control. The objective of our study was to assess insulin injection techniques in elderly subjects with type 2 diabetes.Methods: A cross-sectional s...

Introduction: Management of diabetes in older adults is complicated by the many comorbidities that may interfere with the use of certain oral antidiabetic agents, and the associated geriatric syndromes, psychiatric disorders, and high risk of dependence in this age group. The objective of our study was to determine the factors associated with poor diabetes control in insulin-requiring elderly subjects.Methods: A cross-sectional study on type 2 diabetic i...

Introduction: Type 2 diabetes, which accounts for more than 90% of all diabetes in the elderly, is a major public health problem. It is associated with high morbidity and mortality, mainly due to complications such as cardiovascular events and renal failure. The objective of our study was to determine the characteristics of type 2 diabetes in insulin-requiring elderly subjects.Methods: A cross-sectional study on type 2 diabetic insulin dependent elderly ...

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...

Introduction: PCOS is the most common endocrinopathy in adolescents and young women. Insulin–resistance and hyperinsulinism are its primary mechanisms, which explains the frequency of its association with type 2 diabetes. But not many studies have been interested in the association between PCOS and type 1 diabetes.Patients and Methods: Two type 1 diabetes patients have been included in this study, aged respectively 17 and 16. The first patient had ...

IntroductionCardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death ahead of infectious diseases and cancers. The frequency of morbidity and mortality associated with cardiovascular diseases increases in the elderly and their management becomes more difficult. Hence an early and adequate management of cardiovascular risk factors is needed. The objective of this work was to determine the cardiovascular risk factors in elderly diabetics and to assess the qual...