ESPE Abstracts

Background: 25–50% of paediatric patients with chronic endocrine diseases are lost for follow-up in adult care.Aims and objectives: A standardised medical and psychological work-up to identify disease specific morbidity and to comprehend quality of life in adolescents with chronic endocrine diseases at the time of transition from paediatric to adult care.Methods: The quality of life (DISABKIDS1 and KIDSCREEN2</...

Introduction: Bone Health Index (BHI) determined by measurement of cortical thickness of metacarpalia II-IV in x-rays of the left hand represents a method to estimate bone health in children. Aim of this study was to investigate changes of BHI SDS in the course of growth hormone (GH) treatment.Method: 256 consecutive children with short stature (isolated GH deficiency (IGHD) n = 121, multiple pituitary hormone deficiency...

Background: IGFALS deficiency is a rare cause of GH insensitivity (GHI). We report a German girl with short stature who was born as 2nd child at 40 weeks of gestation. Her Caucasian parents were unrelated and healthy (target height 168 cm, SDS 0.2). She was born appropriately sized for gestational age (49 cm, SDS -1.2; 2950 g, SDS-1.2). Height (104.8 cm; SDS -2.94) and height velocity (5.1 cm / year; SDS -1.67) were reduced at the age of 6 years.</p...

Background: Paediatric pituitary adenomas are rare and mostly benign disorders which may secrete pituitary hormones. Prolactinomas account for half of all pituitary adenomas (PROLA), followed by non-secreting adenomas (20–40%; incidentalomas), adrenocorticotropic-hormone secreting adenomas (10–30%; ACTHA) and growth-hormone-secreting adenomas (5–15%; GHA).Methods: In this single-centre retrospective analysis clinical, biochemical and radio...

Background: Prediction of adult height is a standard procedure in pediatric endocrinology, but it is associated with considerable interrater variability.Objective and hypotheses: To compare the new adult height prediction (PAH) method by automated bone age determination (BoneXpert™) with the conventional PAH method by Bayley Pinneau (BP) based on bone age determination according to Greulich & Pyle. Furthermore, to assess measures of bone health ...