Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Thyroid microcarcinoma with palpable cervical node metastasis is a rare clinical situation. Through this work, we aim to study its clinical, therapeutic and evolutionary features.Material and methods: We conducted a retrospective study over 14 cases of thyroid microcarcinoma presenting with a palpable cervical lymph node metastasis collected on the ENT department of Farhat Hached hospital over 28 years (1990–2017).<p class="abstext...

Introduction: Graves’ disease represents an autoimmune disease of the thyroid gland, which therapeutic management is controversy. The aim of our study is to discuss, after a review of the literature, the role of surgery, especially total thyroidectomy, in the treatment of Graves’ disease.Patients and methods: We conducted a retrospective study of medical records of 39 patients who underwent surgery for Graves’ disease at the Department of ...

Introduction: Sheehan syndrome has been for a long time the most frequent cause of hypopituitarism among women in developing countries, including Tunisia. Apart from hormonal deficits caused by SS, young women with SS are exposed to an increased risk of cardiovascular mortality. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the cardiovascular risk in patients with SS. Patients and methods This is a descriptive cross-sectional study. It was carried out in the Endocrinology department of ...

Objective: Papillary thyroid carcinoma is the most common malignant tumor of the thyroid, the diffuse sclerosing variant is however very rare and represents between 0.7 and 6.7% of all papillary thyroid carcinomas. We propose through this poster to study its clinical, epidemiological, therapeutic and prognostic characteristics.Matherials and methods: We report two cases of diffuse papillary sclerosing carcinoma of the thyroid, collected at the ENT and CC...

The goal of this study is to examine the role of surgery in the treatment of Graves’ disease and to assess the surgical outcomes.Methods: We present the results of a retrospective analysis of 31 Graves’ disease cases operated on in the ENT and cervico-facial surgery departments of Farhat Hached Sousse Hospital during a six-year period [2015-2021]. Our group consisted of 05 males and 26 women. The average age ranged from 12 to 70 years. Between ...

Introduction: Oncocytic tumors of the thyroid include adenomas and carcinomas. The distinction between malignancy and benignity represents a major difficulty on the histological level. From this aspect arise constraints in the attitude therapy to adopt.Material and methods: we present one rare case of an oncocytic carcinoma of the thyroid with laryngotracheal invasion in a 54 male patient operated in ENT department of Farhat Hached hospital of Sou...

Introduction: Uncontrolled hyperglycemia in diabetes is a common cause of microvascular complications, including diabetic nephropathy (DN). Despite improvements in the management of type 2 diabetes (T2DM), diabetic nephropathy is still associated with high morbidity and mortality. The objective of our study is to evaluate the predictive factors of DN in adults with T2DM in order to prevent its development.Patients and Methods: A retrospective study, incl...

Introduction: A nasal septal abscess (NSA) is defined as a collection of pus between the cartilage or bony septum and its mucoperichondrium or mucoperiostium. NSA caused by uncontrolled diabetes mellitus are rare. The aim of this study is to focus on the association between diabetes mellitus and NSA.Materials and methods: We report two rare cases of NSA in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus collected in ENT department of Farhat Hached Hospital of Sou...

Introduction: Cushing’s disease (CD), a hypercorticism caused by an ACTH-secreting pituitary adenoma, was associated with a 5-year survival of only 50%. Although advances in management have significantly reduced mortality, the results of transsphenoidal surgery, the gold standard in the treatment of CD, vary from patient to patient.Objective: The aim of our study is to evaluate the results of transsphenoidal surgery in CD (evolution, complications) ...

Introduction: Hirsutism is defined as excessive pilosity development in women in androgen-dependent areas. It is the main revealing sign of hyperandrogenism. It is a frequent reason for consultation in Endocrinology.Methods: This is a retrospective study of 82 records of patients hospitalized for exploration of hirsutism in the endocrinology department of Farhat Hached Hospital in Sousse, over a period of 20 years from 1997 to 2017.<p class="abstext"...