ABSTRACT
Background: the endocrine system releases hormones that help control body functions including the body's ability to change calories into energy that powers cells and organs. The endocrine system influences heart beats, bones and tissues growth. It plays an important role in controlling blood glucose. Moreover, it is associated with many disorders including thyroid disorders, growth disorders, and sexual dysfunction. All endocrine glands release hormones into bloodstream
Objective: The objective of this study was to define the types of diseases seen at the only endocrine clinic in King Khalid University Hospital [KKUH]
Methods: we retrospectively analyzed the diagnosis data of all patients attending the endocrinology clinic of the University Hospital in AL Riyadh city over a 7 weeks' period
Results: The majority of cases had thyroid related diseases [48.6%] while 12.8% had gonadal and growth diseases, 9.2% had Lipid, 7.3% had pituitary diseases, 5.5% were for wrong referrals, 5.5% and 4.9% had adrenal and vitamin D deficiency related diseases respectively. The lowest percentages were 3.7% for parathyroid and 2.8% for metabolic bone diseases
Conclusion: Thyroid related disorders were found to be the most common endocrine disorders presented to KKUH. Almost half of the patients had thyroid related disorders, accordingly we highly recommend that extensive efforts should be in place to recruit experienced residents as well as continuously and efficiently train existing ones on Thyroid related diseases
ABSTRACT
Background: Palmaris longus [PL] is one of the forearm muscles that lie between the flexor carpi ulnaris and the flexor carpi radialis muscles. PL action is flexion of the hand at the wrist and making the palmar aponerurosis tense. Plastic surgeons utilize the Palmaris longus in restoration of lip and chin defects
Objectives: We sought to determine the frequency of the absence of the palmaris longus in Saudi Arabia among female students in King Faisal University, AL-Ahsa
Materials and methods: Two hundred normal subjects were chosen randomly from King Faisal University female students. Subjects who had gone through a surgical procedure or have any deformities in the forearm were excluded. We have examined the presence or absence of palmaris longus using three tests. Subjects were asked to do standard test for the assessment of PL tendon. If PL cannot be detected by the standard test, two more tests were performed to confirm the absence
Results: The overall prevalence of absence both unilaterally and bilaterally is 40.5%. Unilateral absence was 20.5%. The bilateral absence was 20%. The distribution on the right and left was 29% and 31.5% respectively
Conclusions: The present study found palmaris longus to be absent equally bilateral and unilateral in more than one third of the sample and significantly more common in the left side