Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Ganglioneuroma (GN) is a benign, well-differentiated nerve tumor composed of mature sympathetic ganglion cells and nerve fibers, and most commonly located in the posterior mediastinum and retroperitoneum. GN’s are rarely found in the adrenal gland. This tumor is usually asymptomatic and, in the majority of cases, detected incidentally. The diagnostic confirmation is histologic. We report a case of adrenal GN revealed by an adrenal incidentaloma.<p class=...

Introduction: Cushing’s syndrome (CS) is typically characterized by faciotronic obesity with signs of protein hypercatabolism, which may be iatrogenic or endogenous (adrenal or ATCH dependent). We report a case of CS of unusual presentation.Case Report: We report the case of a 45-year-old patient, referred for etiological assessment and management of an atypical cushing syndrome.– Symptomatology dates back to 2007, by the appearance of abdomina...

Introduction: Odontogenic facial cellulitis (OFC) is a soft cellulo fatty tissue infection of lesser resistance in different spaces, delimited by the musculoaponeurotic insertions on the maxillary and mandibular bone cortices. when patients have underlying diseases such as diabetes mellitus (DM) or cancer, compromised immune systems may lead to the opportunistic progression of seemingly minor infections. We report the case of a patient who presented an inaugural diabetic ketoa...

Introduction: Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is a rare disorder. It is an autosomal recessive hereditary ciliopathy, including: Multivisceral impairment, associated with obesity, learning disabilities, with or without intellectual deficit. We report the observation of 2 patients followed in our training for morbid obesity.Case Report: Case 1: O. Y. 17 years old, from a non-consanguineous marriage. Admitted for management of morbid obesity, BMI=70 kg/m2...

Introduction: Meningoencephalitis (ME) is defined as an inflammatory process of the brain and meninges, most often secondary to an infection, or more rarely to a dysimmune process. From a clinical point of view, ME is defined by the association of a neurological disorder (disorder of consciousness, convulsion) with a febrile meningeal syndrome.Case Report: The patient was 24 years old and had no previous medical history. He was admitted to the emergency ...

Introduction: Klinefelter’s syndrome is the most common male chromosomal abnormality. Several metabolic manifestations are observed during this syndrome including diabetes mellitus. We report the case of a patient who presented with inaugural ketosis revealing diabetes secondary to Klinefelter syndrome.Observation: 38-year-old patient followed for primary infertility for 6 years, alcoholics and smokers who have been weaned for 3 years, two sisters w...

Introduction: Autoimmune polyendocrinopathy syndrome (APS) type 4 is rare, characterized by an association between an autoimmune endocrine disease with another endocrine or non-endocrine autoimmune disease, and this association cannot be attributed to APS type 2 or 3. We report the observations of 3 cases with APS type 4.Cases presentations: Case N 1:Patient 16 years old, type 1 diabetic for 9 years under insulin therapy, with...

Introduction: Excess weight has become a major public health problem. Type 2 diabetes and obesity are known risk factors for kidney disease. The aim of this study is to determine the effect of obesity on glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and microalbiminuria in patients with diabetes.Methods: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted over three years in obese and type 2 diabetic patients hospitalized in the Endocrinology and Diabetology Depart...

Introduction: – Sheehan syndrome (SS), or postpartum pituitary necrosis, is a rare but potentially serious complication of postpartum. – SS remains an important cause of hypopituitarism in Morocco.– The aim of this study is to evaluate the metabolic profile of patients with SS.Materials and methods: – This is a retrospective descriptive study conducted in the endocrinology department, spread over a period of 12 years, between the year...

Introduction: Sheehan syndrome (SS), or postpartum pituitary necrosis, is a rare but potentially serious complication of postpartum. we describe a patient whose diagnosis of sheehan’s syndrome was delayed and revealed by a cardiovascular collapse.Case report: A 36 year old femele patient, admitted to the intensive care unit in a state of septic shock due to pyelonephritis, was intubated, ventilated and put on noradrenaline in SAP and antibiotic ther...