Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Breastfeeding has benefits for infant health, but also for maternal health, lactation has a positive impact on glucose homeostasis and weight loss. This can be explained by the needs of milk production. The mammary gland needs glucose to make lactose. The objective of this study is to evaluate the impact of breastfeeding on glycemic control and weight lossMaterials and Methods: Prospective study conducted in the department of endocrinology ...

Introduction: Charcot’s foot is a rare and extremely serious complication of diabetic neuropathy resulting in foot deformities through the non-infectious destruction of bones and joints. Its diagnosis is very difficult, it is often evoked in front of the persistence of inflammatory signs in spite of a well conducted antibiotic therapy.Case report: 59-year-old patient, T2DM for 3 years on Metformin, active smoker for 20 years. Reports for 1 week the ...

Introduction: The Nelson’s syndrom (NS) is defined by the development of an ACTH pituitary adenoma. Complication of bilateral adrenalectomy performed in some cases of Cushing’s disease.We report the observation of three patients.Case1: 34-year-old patient, followed for Cushing’s disease with pituitary microadenoma, having undergone pituitary surgery, then bilateral adrenalectomy due to surgical failure. Presented two...

Introduction: Diabetes insipidus during pregnancy is rare (4/100,000 pregnancies) generally occurring in the last two trimesters. It can be a previous diabetes insipidus, revealed by pregnancy, or a gestational diabetes insipidus. It would be secondary to the plasma degradation of antidiuretic hormone by placental vasopressinase.Observation: We report the case of a 34-year-old patient, with no history of head trauma, radiation, infiltrative or autoimmune...

Introduction: There are several causes of sellar and suprasellar mass, and pituitary hyperplasia secondary to primary hypothyroidism has been reported in the literature.Case report: 20-year-old patient, born from a consanguineous marriage, presenting with failure to thrive. Patient reporting no tumor syndrom. Clinical examination: Height at 88 cm (<-4 SD), weight at 18 kg (<3rd percentile), BMI at 23 kg/m2. TANNER at G2P0, micropenis length of 5 ...

Introduction: Androgen insensitivities are rare genetic diseases, characterized by a more or less complete defect of tissue sensitivity to testosterone. It ranges from a more or less complete lack of masculinization to isolated infertility in a 46, XY individual. Many surgical methods of vaginoplasty have been opted with the aim of reconstructing the anatomy to allow future sexual activity as well as an improvement in the quality of life. We report the case of two patients wit...

Introduction: During pregnancy, the thyroid balance of women is altered due to certain hormonal and metabolic changes. It can be all the classic causes of hyperthyroidism, very often in the first trimester it is transient gestational hyperthyroidism.Objective of the study: The objective of this study is to evaluate the prevalence of hyperthyroidism during pregnancy and the different methods of management.Materials and methods: Pros...

Introduction: Hyperthyroidism in pregnancy is a common condition representing two different conditions: transient hyperthyroidism of pregnancy and true hyperthyroidism. It is accompanied by liver enzyme disturbances without any other obvious cause.Objective of the study: To evaluate the prevalence of acute hepatitis associated with hyperthyroidism.Matherials and methods: Prospective study conducted at the endocrinology and diabetol...

Introduction: Primary hyperparathyroidism is one of the most common endocrinopathies with an estimated prevalence in the general population of 1 to 6/1000.Objective: To describe the epidemiological, clinical and biological characteristics of patients with primary hyperparathyroidism.Patients and methods: Retrospective descriptive study, including patients hospitalized in the Endocrinology Department of the Ibn Rochd University Hosp...

Introduction: Many thyroid conditions are associated with the development of a rapidly progressing goiter and should evoke several diagnoses, some of which may be of poor prognosis.Case-presentation: A 47-year-old female patient with no previous pathological history presented with a large goiter associated with a deteriorated general condition that had been evolving for 3 weeks On examination, she presented with a fever at 39°C, multiple cervical ad...