Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Hypothyroidism is a common disease in Morocco because of the iodine deficiency frequency. The metabolic and nutritional effects of hypothyroidism are known in the literature. The hypothyroidism is classically described among the causes of secondary obesity. The aim of the study is to evaluate the nutritional status and anthropometric parameters in patients having hypothyroidism.Patients and methods: Patients were recruited from the out-pati...

Background: Diabetic retinopathy represents a major cause of the blindness worldwide. A variety of risk factors has been identified in several population, but to date, comprehensive data concerning our particular risk factors are lacking. The aim of the study was to determine the risk factors of diabetic retinopathy in Moroccan type 2 diabetic patients and to determine the threshold of HbA1c predicting retinopathy.Materials and methods: All patients 18 y...

Introduction: Type 1 diabetes (T1D) represents 5.3% of all types on diabetes. Its incidence is increasing around the world as it is in the Middle East and North Africa Region, where the incidence is at 1/100 000. T1D touches young subjects and is then established in a growing body. Transitional period is a crucial phase with physical and emotional distress. In Moroccan context, psychosocial difficulties are an additional challenge for these young patients.<p class="abstext...

Introduction: Musculoskeletal manifestations of endocrine disorders are a heterogeneous group of disease, often giving rise to various clinical or radiological individuals. Osteoporosis is a not uncommon complication of endocrine disease. It may even be accompanied by endocrinopathy.Aim of study: Determine mineral bone density profile of patients with endocrinopathy and define the characteristics of osteoporosis and osteopenia in these patients.<p cl...

Introduction: The syndrome of familial isolated pituitary adenomas (FIPA) or predisposition to pituitary adenomas (PAP) is characterized by the presence within the same family of at least 2 isolated pituitary adenomas without any other type of associated endocrine tumor. We report the case of a prolactinoma attached to the pituitary stalk as part of FIPA, revealed by erectile dysfunction.Case report: A 40 year old man presented with eretile dysfunction s...

Introduction: Fahr syndrome is a rare disease, characterized by bilateral and symmetrical intracerebral calcifications, localized in the central gray nucleus and by the classic association with hypoparathyroidism. We report a case of Fahr syndrome associated with postoperative hypoparathyroidism.Case report: A 58 year old female patient with a history of total thyroidectomy 18 years ago. She complained of chronic paresthesia, muscle cramps complicated so...

Ramadan is a holy month in the Muslim religion, it involves a period of daily fasting from sunrise to sunset, which means an average of fifteen hours of fasting during the day (twelve to eighteen hours depending on seasons and regions). In diabetics, this involves metabolic disorders related to fasting, food mode (quantitative and qualitative change in dietary intake). The objective of our study is to define the profile of diabetic patients seen in the emergency department and...

Introduction: Thyroid storm is an acute exacerbation of hyperthyroidism, responsible for significant mortality despite treatment.Case report: We report the observation of a 43-year-old diabetic patient with basedow’s disease with poor therapeutic adherence; admitted for convulsions and loss of consciousness. The diagnosis of acute thyroid storm on drop out of treatment was mentioned, in front of the detection of peripheral hyperthyroidism with low ...

Introduction: Hypoglycemia is rarely due to an auto-immune etiology, which is the presence in the serum of the patient of anti-insulin or anti-insulin receptor antibodies. The present case is of a slow type 1 diabetic patient in whom the autoimmune origin of repeated hypoglycemia was found.Case: A 58 years old female patient, Who is a slow type 1 diabetes carrier, and has been on premixed human insulin for 4 years, the patient presented repeated episodes...

Introduction: The concept of food addiction, which refers to people who exhibit signs of dependence to some high-fat and high-sugar foods, was recently proposed by applying DSM criteria of substance dependence to eating behavior. The Aim of This study is to assess the prevalence of food addiction among obese patients.Material and methods: This is a retrospective hospital record-based study of obese patients followed up in the day hospit...