Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Hypoglycemia is the most frequent iatrogenic acute complication in type 1 diabetics, it is a potentially serious complication, which can lead to coma. Many advances in new generation insulins, self-monitoring methods and therapeutic education have reduced the incidence of this complication. Nevertheless, hypoglycemia still generates great fear and anxiety in parents of young type 1 diabetic patients, which can be accompanied by several therapeutic errors.<p c...

Introduction: Adolescence represents the passage from childhood to adulthood, this transition is characterized by physical and psychological transformations as well as many social challenges. The presence of chronic disease such as diabetes makes this a major challenge.Purpose: Describe the impact of diabetes on the school career of adolescents during the transition period.Methods: Descriptive study involving 79 young people aged 1...

Introduction: The discovery of a chronic pathology in a child upsets the pre-existing family balance and generates emotional reactions in the family. With the incidence of type 1 diabetes doubling over the past 30 years, many families find themselves faced with this emblematic situation.Objectives: To describe the parental experience of being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in adolescents.Materials and Methods: Retrospective descrip...

Introduction: Dysthyroid orbitopathy is an autoimmune disorder that occurs in the context of dysthyroidism. corticosteroid therapy is the main therapeutic option recommended by EUGOGO for the management of moderate and severe active forms.Goal of the Study: Describe the clinical, para-clinical and evolutionary characteristics of dysthyroid orbitopathy treated by bolus corticosteroid therapyMaterials and Methods: This is a descripti...

Introduction: Primary hyperparathyroidism is a frequent pathology. Its association with non-medullary thyroid carcinoma is rare (2.3–4.3%). The aim of this work is to describe the particularities of this association based on an observation.Observation: This is a 67-year-old patient who was admitted to the department for exploration of primary hyperparathyroidism discovered during a pathological fracture. Biologically she hada calcemia at 130 mg/l a ...

Introduction: Hypothyroidism, congenital or acquired, is responsible for hypometabolism. It is the leading cause of preventable mental retardation in children. Its congenital form is common with 1 in 3500 births. The objective of our work was to describe the characteristics and etiologies of hypothyroidism.Patients and methods: Retrospective descriptive and analytical study on patients followed for hypothyroidism in transition consultation at the departm...

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 ...