Endocrine Abstracts

Background and aim: Non-diabetic hypoglycemia is a rare entity that regroups several pathologies. Its exact diagnosis is mostly challenging. Endogenous hyperinsulinism is a curable cause that should be thoroughly screened. The objective of our study was to analyze the ethipathological aspects of hypoglycemia by endogenous hyperinsulinism.Patients and methods: We conducted a retrospective study at the Endocrinology department of Hedi Chaker University Hos...

Background and aim: Acromegaly is mostly due to a somatotropic adenoma. Regarding its insidious nature, this adenoma is often revealed at an invasive stage. This study aims to describe the radiological specificities of somatotropic adenomas at the time of diagnosisPatients and methods: We conducted a retrospective study at the Endocrinology department of Hedi Chaker University Hospital, Sfax, Tunisia. We involved 29 patients diagnosed with acromegaly, wh...

Background and aim: Acromegaly is a rare condition caused by an excessive secretion of growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factor1 (IGF-1), which are responsible for exaggerated somatic growth, cardiometabolic disturbances and an increased neoplastic risk. This study aims to assess the tumorigenic potential of GH excessive secretion.Patients and Methods: We conducted a retrospective study (1997-2020) at the Endocrinology department of Hedi Chaker...

Background and aim: Acromegaly is a rare condition caused by an excessive secretion of growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factor1 (IGF-1), which are responsible for exaggerated somatic growth and cardiometabolic disturbances. This study aims to describe the ophthalmologic complications seen in acromegaly.Patients and Methods : We conducted a retrospective study (1997-2020) at the Endocrinology department of Hedi Chaker University Hospital, Sfax,...

Background and aim: Acromegaly is a rare condition caused by an excessive secretion of growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factor1 (IGF-1), which are responsible for exaggerated somatic growth and cardiometabolic disturbances. This study aims to determine the prevalence of obesity in patients with acromegalyPatients and Methods : We conducted a retrospective study (1997-2020) at the Endocrinology department of Hedi Chaker University Hospital, Sfa...

Background and aim: Hyperthyroidism status can be complicated by polymorphic neuromuscular manifestations sometimes revealing. In the majority of cases, these disorders regress during the transition to euthyroidism. We report in this work 6 observations illustrating the neuromuscular manifestations seen in hyperthyroidism.Observations: We report two cases of chronic myopathy: a man and a woman aged 47 and 55 years respectively, hospitalized for hyperthyr...

IntroductionDermatological manifestations associated with diabetes affect approximately 30% of patients. Diabetic Bullosis is a rare complication of diabetes. It is a rare bullous dermatosis charecterised by the occurrence of bubbles on healthy skin with variable levels of cleavage.ObjectiveWe propose to study the epidemiological, clinical and evolutionary characteristics of Diabetic Bullosis in diabetic pati...

IntroductionThe association of type 1 diabetes with other autoimmune diseases is well known due to a common genetic terrain of varied clinical expressions. However, the occurrence of systemic diseases in diabetic patient, whatever the type of diabetes, is poorly studied. The objective of this study is to describe autoimmune and inflammatory diseases associated with diabetes.Materials and methodsIt ’ s a ...

Introduction: Acromegaly is a rare pathology characterized by chronic hypersecretion of Growth Hormone (GH) and Insulin-like Growth Factor-1 (IGF-1) that causes somatic, metabolic, and systemic changes. There are few data in the literature on the impact of the disease in male.Patients and methods: Retrospective descriptive study including 15 adult males with acromegaly hospitalized in the endocrinology department of the Hedi Chaker Sfax university hospit...

Introduction: Pheochromocytoma represents only 5% of adrenal incidentalomas. It is malignant in only 10% of cases. We report a case of pheochrompcytoma with suspucion of double cortico-meullary component or an ectopic secretion of CRH in the context of neurofibromatosis type1Observation: A26year old woman with a history of unilateral renal lithiasis, colic and breast neoplasia, with no notable personal history, consulted for right lumbar pain. An abdomin...