Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Graves’ disease is an autoimmune disease, it is considered to be the most common cause of hyperthyroidism. Autoimmune pluriendocrine syndromes include a diverse group of diseases characterized by functional impairment of at least two endocrine glands due to autoimmune events.Material and methods: This is a retrospective hospital record-based study of patients with Graves’ disease followed up in the day hospital of the department o...

Introduction: Hematological toxicity is considered as the main risk of synthetic antithyroid drugs; its major form consists of acute agranulocytosis which can be lethal and requires urgent and adequate management. We report the case of a patient who developed acute agranulocytosis within 1 month of therapy.Observation: A 24-year-old patient with no particular medical history was admitted for management of hyperthyroidism, with a history of weight loss, p...

Introduction: Hypoglycaemia in non diabetic patients is a decrease of blood glucose below a threshold of 0.5 g/l, corresponds to a pathological situation, with many etiologies and whose management constitutes a real challenge, both symptomatic and etiological. The purpose of this study is to highlight the profile of these hypoglycaemia and their management.Patients and method: We have collected cases of hypoglycaemia in non-diabetic subjects encountered ...

Introduction: The prison environment is a space that involves some restrictions. However, diabetic patients require special attention. The aim of this work is to evaluate the impact of this area on the glycemic control and the metabolic profile.Patients and method: Descriptive cross-sectional study carried out on a day of health campaign in a penitentiary center, in the sector for men, and concerned the 62 known diabetic patients of the institution.<...

Introduction: The pseudo-tumoral lymphocytic adénohypophysitis is an autoimmune disorder responsible for anterior hypophysis insufficiensy.It is a rare cause of pituitary hypofunction which predominantly affects young women in the peripartum period. We report the case of a patient in whom the pseudo-tumoral lymphocytic adénohypophysitis was the cause of a pituitary failure.Case presentation: The patient was a 44 year-old woman, who presented wi...

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: 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 ...