Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Prolactinomas are the most common hormone secreting pituitary adenomas. Also hyperprolactinemia is the cause of a third of all cases of female infertility, yet with adequate management, most patients are able to achieve pregnancy. The purpose of this paper is to reporte the effectiveness of medical treatment in restoring fertility, while managing prolactinoma.And also to illustrate the follow-up of prolactinoma during pragnancy.Cases: The f...

Introduction: Sheehan’s syndrome (SS) is the development of partial or complete hypopituitarism following parturition, preceded in most of the cases by severe postpartum hemorrhage. The disease continues to be common in some developing countries.Some of the anterior pituitary functions like gonadotrophic and corticotrophic secretions may be preserved in these women. The purpose of this observation is to reporte a rare case of spontaneous pregnancy occurs in a patient foll...

Introduction: Sick or tired subject, just like the diabetic patient, is exempted from fasting during Ramadan, when it can jeopardize health or well being. Nonetheless, many people want to keep holding onto this practice. However, diabetes can be revealed in this context. The aim of the study is to evaluate the characteristics of the diabetic ketosis during this month by comparing them to data far from this period.Patients et methods: Descriptive, retrosp...

Introduction: Diabetes is a real problem of public health. One of the main preoccupations that arises from it are the cardiovascular complications that are associated to it. In our context, the socioeconomic conditions and the isolation of certain regions constitute a brake that cannot be neglected in the diagnosis, the observance of the treatments and the regular supervision. The aim of this study is to raise the particularities related to the cardiovascular risk factors in t...

Granulomatous mastitis (GM) is an inflammatory lesion of the breast relatively rare with multiple etiologies suggested. Although most cases of GM show an association with breastfeeding and pregnancy, a minority of cases were related to hyperprolactinemia caused either by drugs dopamine antagonists or intracranial lesions, including pituitary adenoma. We report a case of a patient who had GM associated with microprolactinoma. Surgical treatment of the adenoma was indicated beca...

IntroductionIn diabetes, lipid abnormalities are frequent and pronounced and are an important factor in increased cardiovascular risk, especially in type 2 diabetics, mostly in combination with other risk factors. The aim of this work is to highlight the prevalence of dyslipidemia in a considerable population of diabetics in Es-Smara.Patients and methodsAs part of a multidisciplinary medical caravan carried o...

IntroductionThe diabetic is characterized by his vulnerability to infections of the upper limb compared to the general population realizing the tropical diabetic hand. So this is a very serious problem, especially in emerging countries in tropical regions. The aim of this work is to study the clinical, therapeutic and progressive aspects of infections of the upper limb in diabetic patients.Materials and methods<p class="abstext...

BackgroundIn type 2 diabetes, abnormalities of lipid metabolism and tissue distribution are common and associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. The aim of this work was to study the relationship between the impedancemetric parameters and the lipid profile in a population of type 2 diabetics followed in the Endocrinology Department MED VI of Marrakech.MethodologyBody fat was assessed using ...

IntroductionProlactinomas are the most frequent pituitary tumors. They are usually benign with a good response to conventional medical treatment by dopaminergic agonists (DA). However in some cases, prolactinomas are defined as invasive or aggressive according to clinical, radiological, biological and histopatholgical arguments. The aim of our case report is to discuss potential predictors of aggressiveness in prolactine secreting pituitary tumors.<p...

Background: An adrenal incidentaloma (AI) is defined as an adrenal lesion that is discovered when a radiological study is performed for indications other than suspected adrenal disease. All patients with an AI should be evaluated for endocrine adrenal functioning and malignancy potential features. A combination of pheochromocytoma and Cushing’s syndrome in same adrenal gland is extremely rare. We report a case of AI with the evidence of both pheochromocytoma and sub-clini...