Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Hematological toxicity is the main risk of synthetic antithyroid drugs (ATS); the major form is acute agranulocytosis requiring adequate and urgent management. The literature concerning neutropenia and agranulocytosis under ATS is relatively poor, based on rare studies, with often small numbers of patients, and most often concerning American or Japanese populations treated.Purpose of the study: Report our experience in the endocrinology and...

Introduction: Primary hyperparathyroidism is due to excessive and inappropriate production of parathyroid hormone. The treatment is essentially surgical. The objective of this work is to specify the clinical and paraclinical characteristics of this pathology and specify the methods of management.Methods: A descriptive retrospective study conducted at the Department of Endocrinology Diabetology and Metabolic Diseases of the University Hospital of Casablan...

Introduction: Paragangliomas are rare neuroendocrine tumors usually Benign, developed at the expense of sympathetic ganglia, and whose treatment is essentially surgical. We report the case of a patient presenting a cervical paraganglioma hospitalized to the endocrinology department of diabetology and metabolic diseases of Ibn Rochd University Hospital in Casablanca.Observation: A 57 years old women, not known hypertensive, presenting a mandibular mass ev...

Introduction: The association between hypomagnesemia and insulin resistance in diabetes and arterial hypertension has been strongly found, but its role in the metabolic syndrome has not been established.Objective: To determine the magnesium status of patients with metabolic syndrome.Materials and methods: We conducted a prospective study on patients followed in the service of Endocrinology-Diabetology since September 2018 including...

Introduction: Hypertension (HTA) is a common condition in patients with type 2 diabetes and is associated with a high risk of cardiovascular disease. Optimal control is the major goal of clinicians to reduce cardiovascular risk. The objective of this study is to determine the prevalence of blood pressure goals in hypertensive diabetic patients.Methods: Retrospective descriptive study including 588 diabetic patients hospitalized in the endocrinology depar...

Introduction: Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a common and serious complication of diabetic microangiopathy. The aim of our study was to evaluate the frequency of DR and to analyze the various factors associated with its development and progression.Patients and methods: Analytical prospective study including 454 diabetic patients requiring an eye examination, hospitalized at the endocrinology-diabetology department of the University Hospital of Casablanca b...

Introduction: Therapeutic education is the cornerstone of foot care for the diabetic patient. The purpose of this work was to evaluate the satisfaction of patients who have benefited from diabetic foot education sessions.Methods: This is a prospective study involving 151 patients with risky feet who benefited from the diabetic foot awareness and education day in our service during the following period (January 2018 to December 2018). For this work, we us...

Introduction: Diabetes is considered by some to be a burden, it is common to meet diabetic Muslims who wish to observe the fast of the month of Ramadan. The objective of our work was to observe the effect of Ramadan fasting on clinical and metabolic parameters in type 2 diabetics.Patients and methods: Prospective study including 160 diabetic patients, within the Endocrinology department from May to August 2018. The participants benefited from a pre (T0),...

Introduction: Cigarette smoking is a modifiable cardiovascular risk factor, inducing and aggravating insulin resistance and metabolic disorders, especially in patients with type 2 diabetes (DT2). Our objective was to study the prevalence of the different components of the metabolic syndrome in patients with comparing with a group of non-smoking diabetics.Patients and methods: This was a cross-sectional study conducted in the Diabetology, Endocrinology an...

Introduction: Diabetic foot problems are generally poorly understood by patients, yet they represent a major health problem. The aim of this study was to assess diabetes patients’ knowledge of preventive foot care before and after a diabetic foot day.Patients and methods: It was a prospective and descriptive study conducted in the service from January to December 2018, including 108 type 2 or type 1 diabetic patients, at risk of podiatry grade 1, 2 ...