Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Acromegaly is a relatively uncommon disease and is frequently associated with thyroid diseases whose risk increases with the age of the disease.Objective: The purpose of our study was to determine the different thyroid abnormalities observed during acromegaly to improve their management.Patients and methods: Retrospective, descriptive study involving 43 acromegalic patients hospitalized at the Department of Endocrinol...

Introduction: Acromegaly is a rare endocrinopathy, potentially fatal by its metabolic, cardiovascular and neoplastic impact. The aim of this work is to study the cardiovascular impact of acromegaly and cardiovascular risk factors during acromegaly.Materials: This is a retrospective, descriptive study of 43 acromegalic patients admitted to the Department of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Metabolic Diseases CHU IBN ROCHD, Casablanca from January 2005 to De...

Introduction: The Flexible Insulin therapy (FIT) is considered as the therapeutic reference of type 1 Diabetes mellitus. FIT Improves diabetic patient’s quality of life with a great benefit, through food flexibility while providing optimal glycemic control with reduced incidence of both acute and chronic complications. The aim of the study was to evaluate satisfaction on changing treatment as a result of education FIT.Methods: Prospecti...

Introduction: Puberty is associated with various hormonal changes which can influence glycemic control in youth with type 1 diabetes mellitus, especially with the increase in growth hormone. Conversely, a poor control of diabetes can lead to delayed puberty.Objective: To assess pubertal status in young patients with diabetes Type 1 and determine factors that influence pubertal development.Patients and methods: Analytical retr...

Introduction: Thyroid carcinoma is more frequent in women of childbearing age. It can alter both fertility and pregnancy’s course.Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate pregnancy’s influence on thyroid carcinoma’s prognosis as a factor of recurrence or progression.Patients and Methods: We conducted a descriptive cross-sectional study concerning 30 pregnant patients followed for thyroid papillary carcinoma w...

Introduction: Deep abscess represent infectious emergencies. The aim of our study was to evaluate the clinical, biological, radiological and evolutionary of deep abscess in diabetic patients.Patients and methods: A prospective descriptive study was conducted over a period of 12 months in 2017, including 52 diabetic patients hospitalized in the University Hospital with a our patients deep abscess.Results: The average age of 52.4 yea...

Introduction: Dysthyroid ophthalmopathy corresponds to eye damage encountered in various thyroid diseases. It is seen mainly in Graves’ disease, and may develop any time in the course of the disease evolution. Clinical presentations of Graves’ ophtalmopathy (GO) are extremely heterogeneous. GO may be sight threatening in 3–5% of cases, and then represent an emergency requiring immediate treatment. We report three cases illustrating a particular&#19...

Introduction: Glucocorticoid resistance syndrome is a rare disease, sporadic or familial, of autosomal dominant or recessive inheritance. It is a partial or complete inability of glucocorticoids to exert their effects on target tissues. Associated with compensatory increases in corticotropin and circulating cortisol with excessive secretion of adrenal androgens and mineralocorticoids.Observation: A 67-year-old patient, having recently discovered diabetes...

Introduction: Adolescent and young adult differentiated thyroid cancers are frequently under diagnosed forms. They would be characterized by their aggressiveness and the presence of particular histological forms. The aim of the study was to describe the characteristics of thyroid carcinoma in adolescents and young adults by analyzing the clinical, histological, therapeutic and evolutionary characteristics.Materials and methods: We conducted a retrospecti...

Introduction: Oncocytic thyroid carcinoma is rare. It is an aggressive tumor, with high nodal and distant metastatic potential.Purpose of the study: to describe the epidemiological, clinical and anatomopathological particularities of oncocytic carcinomas of the thyroid.Method: Descriptive retrospective study, including patients followed in thyroid carcinoma consultation at the Endocrinology Department of the CHU Ibn Rochd in Casabl...