Endocrine Abstracts

Background: several studies show a ralation between the lack of omega 6 and 3 and the developpement of depression. in other hand, there is a modification in the food behaviors in case of depression which can lead to the persistance of symptoms so the intake of omega 6 and 3 should be assessed for every depressive patientMethods: 50 patients whith depression were involved in our study. They were recruited from outpatient department in a psychiatric hospit...

Introduction: Diabetes mellitus is the leading cause of neuropathy worldwide. Non-retinal diabetic complications including oculomotor damage represent 1 to 3% of ocular manifestations of diabetes. The affected oculomotor nerves are essentially the external oculomotor nerve (VI), the common oculomotor nerve (III), and more rarely, the pathetic nerve (IV).Observation: We report the case of a patient referred to our department for additional management of r...

Introduction: The metabolic syndrome is a major public health problem. Its prevalence is constantly increasing, especially in children and adolescents. Our objective was to determine the prevalence of metabolic syndrome in a population of obese children and adolescents.Method: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study including 47 children and adolescents recruited at the obesity unit of the National Institute of Nutrition in Tunis. Each patient underw...

Introduction: Metabolic syndrome is a multifactorial disease with multiple risk factors that arises from insulin resistance accompanying abnormal adipose deposition and function, increasing the risk of type 2 diabetes, one of the most common endocrine pathologies. Abundant evidence suggests an association between TSH levels, insulin resistance and some markers of the metabolic syndrome, without foreseeing the kind of this link. The aim of our study was to search if there was a...

Background: To study the diagnostic difficulties, the clinical characteristics, as well as the therapeutic modalities of this entity.Material and method: Report a case of oncocytic carcinoma of the thyroid of aggressive evolution collected in the ENT department and CCF Farhat Hached in Sousse. Result: This is a 54-year-old patient, with no notable history, who was operated on in 2012 for a large goiter evolving for 3 years previous...

Introduction: Type 1 diabetes is an endocrinopathy due to insulin deficiency. Its treatment consists in administering an exogenous insulin simulating the physiological secretion. The objective of this study was to evaluate glycemic variability in a group of adolescents with type 1 diabetes treated with human insulin.Method: This is a cross-sectional study, including type1 diabetic patients treated with human insulin, who underwent continuous glucose moni...

Introduction: During these last years, Intermittent fasting was emerging as an approach that improves weight and metabolic outcomes in obese subjects.Objective: To investigate the effects of 16:8 intermittent fasting on metabolic and inflammatory parameters in adult obese.Methods: This is a comparative interventional study conducted in 60 obese women consulting the obesity unit of the Institute of Nutrition of Tunis during the peri...

Introduction: Pheochromocytomas are rare catecholamine-secreting tumors presenting with various clinical manifestations. Hypertension is the most common finding in pheochromocytomas. It can be either persistent or paroxysmal. Study Design: We conducted a retrospective study of 34 patients who were admitted into the endocrinology department of Charles Nicolle hospital, with a diagnosis of a pheochromocytoma from January 2005 to November 2022.Results: Twen...

Introduction: Pheochromocytomas are rare, mostly benign catecholamine-producing neuroendocrine tumors. Clinical manifestations are heterogenous, including persistent or paroxysmal hypertension, sweating, palpitation and headaches known as Menard triad. Diagnostic approach is based on demonstration of catecholamine excess and tumor localization. Our study aimed to describe clinico-biological and radiological features of pheochromocytomas.Methods: We condu...

Introduction: Mauriac syndrome is typically characterised by poor glycaemic control in type 1 diabetics. It is associated with diabetes, hepatomegaly, disturbed liver function and severe staturo-weight delay.Observation: We report the case of a young type 1 diabetic patient referred to our department for further management of a glycaemic imbalance. The patient was 16 years old, type 1 diabetic for 10 years on insulin analogues, with a history of vitiligo...