Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Levothyroxine is the treatment of hypothyroidism, achieving normal thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) levels. The optimal dose of Levothyroxine may be affected by several factors such as age, gender, body weight, patient’ compliance, some medical disorders and drugs intake. Persistent hypothyroidism secondary to non compliance is rare and represents a diagnostic challenge.The aim of this study was to describe cases with refractory hypo...

Introduction: Pheochromocytomas are uncommon neuroendocrine tumors arising from chromaffin cells of the adrenal medulla. The aim of our study was to assess imaging characteristics of pheochromocytomas.Methods: The study was a retrospective analysis of 23 patients with pheochromocytomas. All participants had a computed tomography scan (CT). Several clinical and radiologic features were statistically analysed.Results: The Mean age wa...

Background: Cardiovascular stratification and prevention in type 2 diabetic patients represent a major public health preoccupation in order to reduce their mortality. Several methods of detecting atherosclerosis have been developed such as biomarkers. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) and cardiovascular risk (CVR) in type 2 diabetic patients.Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study in 71 t...

Introduction: The reactive pituitary gland enlargement is a non-neoplastic growth of at least one pituitary lineage, which can often be essential or secondary to prolonged deficit of a gland target. It may be difficult to differentiate from functional pituitary adenomas. Herein we report a case of pituitary hyperplasia secondary to congenital primary hypothyroidism diagnosed at the age of 38 years.Observation: A 38-year-old female patient presented with ...

IntroductionPhaeochromocytomas are rare neuroendocrine tumors secreting high levels of catecholamines, able to exert serious metabolic and cardiovascular effects. Glucose intolerance are common complications that require an early recognition and treatment.MethodsA retrospective study was conducted to assess the prevalence of metabolic and cardiovascular complications in 35 patients diagnosed with pheochromocy...

The term adrenal ’incidentaloma’ is referring to an adrenal mass discovered incidentally during an abdominal imaging exam not motivated by the exploration of an adrenal pathology. The prevalence of diabetes in incidentaloma is high therefore a cortisol secretion should be searched. This is a retrospective study conducted on 100 patients with adrenal incidentaloma. These patients are divided into two groups; the first group is made up of diabetics (G1: n = 31...

ObjectiveDescribe the clinical, paraclinical, etiological and therapeutic profile of adrenal incidentalomas.Material and methodsRetrospective study, conducted on 100 patients previously hospitalized in the endocrinology department of the university hospital center RABTA, following the fortuitous discovery of an adrenal mass over a period of 10 years.ResultsThe mea...

IntroductionThe insulin tolerance test (ITT) is the gold standard for the assessment of the integrity of the hyopothalamo-pituitray adrenal axis. it’s major drawbacks are the mandatory presence of an experienced physician and continuous supervision to detect any complication. Our study aims to evaluate the indications and the outcomes of the ITT performed in our department.Patients and methodsWe conducte...

Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (HT) is a chronic disease that needs a daily substitution by thyroid hormones. The purpose of this study was to assess the level of therapeutic adherence to the hormonal treatment in HT patients and its impact on the thyroid function control.MethodsIt is a cross sectional study including 43 patients treated for hypothyroid Hashimoto’s thyroiditis by levothyroxine (LT4). The patient adherence to tre...

Gender is a factor in clinical presentation, biological and morphological characteristics in certain types of pituitary adenomas. Concerning acromegaly, this influence is not well known. In our retrospective study of 32 patients, 12 women and 20 men, hospitalized in our department from 2002 to 2019, we have realized a comparative clinical, para-clinical, therapeutic and prognosis. The median age of women is 47 years, the same as that of men. The average duration of disease pro...