Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Obesity is known to be a risk factor for chronic conditions such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and many cancers. The use of surgeries for the treatment of it is increasingly common.Material and Methods: Retro and prospective study including 09 patients followed for obesity in the department of endocrinology and metabolic diseases of the UHC Ibn Rochd and who benefited from bar...

Introduction: Alone or associated with other vascular risk factors, diabetes is responsible for heavy morbidity and mortality all over the world.Objective of the Study: To stratify diabetic patients according to cardiovascular risk anddetermine the elements that increase this risk.Materials and Methods: Retrospective, cross-sectional and descriptive study of patients followed in the endocrinology, diabetology and metabolic disease ...

Introduction: Non-diabetic hypoglycemia (NDH) is defined by a glycemia <0.50 g/l with the presence of neuroglycopenic signs and their disappearance after glucose administration.Objective of the Study: Describe the diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of severe NDH cases in our department.Material and Methods: Over a period of 12 years (2010 – 2022), 32 patients met the definition criteria.Results: The ...

Introduction: Diabetic osteoarthropathy or Charcot’s foot is a serious complication of diabetes whose early diagnosis is complex and often delayed. It manifests itself in the acute phase by localized inflammation of the foot or ankle, and in the absence of discharge, it leads to severe bone damage. Hence the need for better knowledge and early and adequate treatment.Goal of the Study: The aim of our study is to describe a cohort of diabetic patients...

Introduction: Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) is a neuroendocrine tumor that represents the most aggressive form of thyroid carcinoma, usually diagnosed at advanced stages. Serum calcitonin (CT) is the sensitive and specific marker of sporadic and hereditary CMT. It is a diagnostic, prognostic and follow-up marker.Purpose of the study: To investigate the correlation between the risk of metastasis and CT levels at the time of diagnosis of MTC.<p cla...

Introduction: Cushing syndrome (CS) is a rare and serious disease with high mortality. Diagnosis and management of the disease are difficult, as CS is typically characterized by the presence of multiple symptoms hypertension, diabetes, weight gain, or osteoporosis, the psychiatric and neurocognitive consequences are just as important by a set of anxio-depressive disorders resounding on the quality of life but also on the management of the disease.Objecti...

Introduction: The incidence of cancer has increased in case of diabetes, as well as the metabolic abnormalities observed during diabetes could have a critical role on carcinogen, nevertheless one should not deny the implication of common factors to diabetes and cancer (obesity, smoking, advanced age, etc).Study objectives: Describe the biological and morphological screening methods for neoplasia in the event of weight loss concomitant with chronic glycem...

Introduction: Williams-Beuren syndrome (WBS) is a rare neurodevelopmental disorder with distinctive facial appearance, cardiovascular anomalies, impaired somatic growth and infantile hypercalcemia. Growth retardation is a common clinical feature in patients with Williams-Beuren syndrome. We report a boy with Williams-Beuren syndrome, who was found to have growth hormone deficiency and is responding well to growth hormone therapyObservation : The patient ...

Introduction: Hypothyroidism is a chronic pathology, which can have several etiologies and which requires long-term treatment. The modification of meal times during the month of Ramadan which can modify the absorption of L-thyroxine, knowing that it interferes with the taking of meals. Purpose of the study: Assess the impact of L-thyroxine intake schedule on the therapeutic balance during Ramadan in patients with hypothyroidism.Mat...

Introduction: Thyroid ectopia is a rare pathology linked to a migration defect of the thyroid gland during its embryonic development. It is most often asymptomatic, but can be revealed by dysthyroidism, or a cervical or thoracic mass. We report the case of an ectopic thyroid revealed by a mediastinal mass.Observation: 61-year-old patient, with no particular history, followed for a plunging multi-hetero-nodular goiter which cervical ultrasound showed an e...