Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Turner Syndrome is a genetic disorder linked to the total or partial absence of an X chromosome. The clinical presentation is heterogeneous, associating a small stature with a dysmorphic syndrome that varies from one person to another.The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of autoimmune diseases in our Turnerian patients.Material and method: This is a retrospective descriptive study collecting 15 cases ...

IntroductionMetabolic steatopathy or non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and type 2 diabetes (T2DM) are common diseases that regularly coexist and can act in synergy by increasing the risk of metabolic complications and cardiovascular events. NAFLD seems to be frequently associated with metabolic risk factors reflecting the metabolic syndrome. The aim of this study is to analyse the characteristics of this association in type 2 diabetics.<p cla...

IntroductionAdherence to therapy is a common problem, predominating mainly in patients with chronic diseases like diabetes, and it is often associated with inappropriate eating behavior, both of these factors can lead to a poor glycemic control, and of cause a high levels glycated hemoglobin.ObjectivesEvaluate the impact of various parameters (age, gender, duration of diabetes, socio-economic status, polymedi...

Introduction: Craniopharyngioma is a rare benign epithelial tumour arising from the pituitary stalk or pituitary gland, developing in the sellar and suprasellar region, it affects both adults and children, The clinical presentation may include endocrine symptoms suggestive of hypopituitarism, ophthalmologic symptoms, signs of intracranial hypertension and focal neurological signs. However, after surgical treatment, hypothalamic-pituitary endocrine damage is common. The aim of ...

Introduction: Turner syndrome (TS) is a rare genetic disorder characterized by an aberration of the X chromosome, most commonly associated with various comorbidities, such as metabolic disorders, particularly dyslipidemias. The aim of this study is to determine the frequency of dyslipidemias associated with TS and to evaluate the impact of growth hormone (GH) treatment on lipid metabolism.Methods: This is a descriptive and retrospective study of 22 patie...

Introduction: Primary hyperparathyroidism is a common endocrinopathy associated with autonomous hypersecretion of PTH by one or more parathyroid glands. This work aims to study the epidemiological, clinical, biological, radiological, and therapeutic profile of primary hyperparathyroidism, as well as its preoperative complications.Material and methods: A retrospective descriptive study of 50 patients followed at the Endocrinology-Diabetology-Nutrition Dep...

Introduction: Pheochromocytomas and paraganglioma are neuroendocrine tumors that arise from the chromaffin cells of the adrenal medulla or originate from the autonomic nerve ganglia. Hypertension in patients with PPGL is the most frequent symptom and can be responsible of lethal cardiovascular complications. The aim of our work is to describe the clinical characteristics of hypertension in PPGL, the treatment and the outcomes after surgical treatment.Mat...

Introduction: The performance of medical imaging leads to the incidental discovery of many silent and ignored tumor lesions. The term “adrenal incidentaloma” (AI) is a neologism for an adrenal mass discovered incidentally during an abdominal imaging examination, not motivated by the exploration of adrenal pathology, most of the time asymptomatic. Several authors hypothesize that adrenal adenomas could be a manifestation of the metabolic syndrome and that the prevalen...

Introduction: Insulin pump therapy is recommended more and more in type 1 diabetic patients in order to achieve and maintain optimal glycaemic control. The objective of our study was to determine the effectiveness of insulin pump therapy in improving metabolic control in type 1 diabetic patients.Patients-Methods: This is a retrospective, descriptive and analytical study including 20 patients with type 1 diabetes treated by insulin pump, between 2017 and ...

Introduction: Pituitary adenomas represent about 10 to 20% of all intracranial tumors. They are usually classified according to their size into pico-adenomas, micro-adenomas and macro-adenomas, but can also be classified according to their secretory properties into secreting or nonfunctional adenomas. In this study, we describe the clinica, paraclinica, therapeutic and evolution features of pituitary adenomas in our center.Material and methods: A retrosp...