Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Gestational diabetes is a state of glucose intolerance, regardless of its severity, discovered during pregnancy in a woman not known to have diabetes before pregnancy. It is associated with a risk of recurrence in subsequent pregnancies and progression to type 2 diabetes. The objective of this work was to evaluate the perception by parturients of the risk of recurrence and type 2 diabetes, to evaluate their knowledge of preventive measures and their adherence to ...

Introduction: Diabetic foot is a public health problem that affects the quality of life of diabetic patients. The severity of diabetic foot ulcer causes complications that are not only costly but can lead to amputation. The objective of this work is to study the factors related to the severity of diabetic foot ulcers.Material and Methods: It’s a retrospective study from January 2020 to May 2022 involving patients treated in the endocrinology departm...

Introduction: Diabetes promotes the development of arterial damage. Peripheral arterial disease is a classic localization of macroangiopathy, serious in its evolution; it constitutes a major risk factor for the occurrence of foot lesions in diabetics.Goal of the Study: The aim of our study is to analyze the vascular profile of diabetic patients hospitalized for diabetic foot.Patients and Methods: Descriptive retrospective study tak...

Introduction: Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is frequently associated with other autoimmune diseases The Aim of the study is to determine the prevalence of autoimmune diseases (AID) that may be associated with type 1 diabetes and to study the particularities of this association.Patients and Methods: this was a retrospective study including 251 patients with type 1 diabetes followed in the diabetology, endocrinology department of the IBN Rochd hospital center in C...

Introduction: Diabetic osteoarthropathy or Charcot’s foot is a serious complication of diabetes whose early diagnosis is complex and often delayed. It manifests itself in the acute phase by localized inflammation of the foot or ankle, and in the absence of discharge, it leads to severe bone damage. Hence the need for better knowledge and early and adequate treatment.Goal of the Study: The aim of our study is to describe a cohort of diabetic patients...

Introduction: Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a classic localization of macroangiopathy in diabetics. It is a major risk factor for amputation.Goal of the Study: know the prevalence and analyze the risk factors associated with peripheral arterial disease.Patients and Method: Descriptive and analytical retrospective study conducted in the department of endocrinology and metabolic diseases of the CHU Ibn Rochd, where 544 asympto...

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 ...