Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: The Flexible Insulin therapy (FIT) is considered as the therapeutic reference of type 1 Diabetes mellitus. FIT Improves diabetic patient’s quality of life with a great benefit, through food flexibility while providing optimal glycemic control with reduced incidence of both acute and chronic complications. The aim of the study was to evaluate satisfaction on changing treatment as a result of education FIT.Methods: Prospecti...

Introduction: Puberty is associated with various hormonal changes which can influence glycemic control in youth with type 1 diabetes mellitus, especially with the increase in growth hormone. Conversely, a poor control of diabetes can lead to delayed puberty.Objective: To assess pubertal status in young patients with diabetes Type 1 and determine factors that influence pubertal development.Patients and methods: Analytical retr...

Introduction: Thyroid carcinoma is more frequent in women of childbearing age. It can alter both fertility and pregnancy’s course.Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate pregnancy’s influence on thyroid carcinoma’s prognosis as a factor of recurrence or progression.Patients and Methods: We conducted a descriptive cross-sectional study concerning 30 pregnant patients followed for thyroid papillary carcinoma w...

Introduction: Association between primary hyperparathyroidism and nodular thyroid disease is well recognized, this is mainly due to the high prevalence of this disease. However, association between thyroid carcinoma and primary hyperparathyroidism is less common.Observation: Fifty-two years old patient with a history of renal colic and upper limb spontaneous fracture was followed for multinodular goiter evolving for 20 y...

Introduction: Deep abscess represent infectious emergencies. The aim of our study was to evaluate the clinical, biological, radiological and evolutionary of deep abscess in diabetic patients.Patients and methods: A prospective descriptive study was conducted over a period of 12 months in 2017, including 52 diabetic patients hospitalized in the University Hospital with a our patients deep abscess.Results: The average age of 52.4 yea...

Introduction: Dysthyroid ophthalmopathy corresponds to eye damage encountered in various thyroid diseases. It is seen mainly in Graves’ disease, and may develop any time in the course of the disease evolution. Clinical presentations of Graves’ ophtalmopathy (GO) are extremely heterogeneous. GO may be sight threatening in 3–5% of cases, and then represent an emergency requiring immediate treatment. We report three cases illustrating a particular&#19...

Introduction: Glucocorticoid resistance syndrome is a rare disease, sporadic or familial, of autosomal dominant or recessive inheritance. It is a partial or complete inability of glucocorticoids to exert their effects on target tissues. Associated with compensatory increases in corticotropin and circulating cortisol with excessive secretion of adrenal androgens and mineralocorticoids.Observation: A 67-year-old patient, having recently discovered diabetes...

Introduction: Adolescent and young adult differentiated thyroid cancers are frequently under diagnosed forms. They would be characterized by their aggressiveness and the presence of particular histological forms. The aim of the study was to describe the characteristics of thyroid carcinoma in adolescents and young adults by analyzing the clinical, histological, therapeutic and evolutionary characteristics.Materials and methods: We conducted a retrospecti...

Introduction: Oncocytic thyroid carcinoma is rare. It is an aggressive tumor, with high nodal and distant metastatic potential.Purpose of the study: to describe the epidemiological, clinical and anatomopathological particularities of oncocytic carcinomas of the thyroid.Method: Descriptive retrospective study, including patients followed in thyroid carcinoma consultation at the Endocrinology Department of the CHU Ibn Rochd in Casabl...

Introduction: NIFTP (non invasive follicular neoplasm of the thyroid with papillary-like nuclear features, formerly noninvasive encapsulated follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma) has been removed from the carcinoma category due to its indolent nature and its good prognosis. The purpose of our study was to identify preoperative ultrasound and cytological differences between NIFTP and papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC).Materials and methods: re...