ESPE Abstracts

We present a monocentric cross-sectional study of 55 children referred between 2000 and 2020 for pituitary lesions, who underwent a complete pituitary function assessment. These data were compared to results obtained in a group of 295 adults carrying pituitary lesions undergoing a complete pituitary screening. Follow-up data was available for 50 children and 248 adults. The mean age at diagnosis in children was 12.2±3.7 years (range 2.1-17.9), while in adults was 48.7&#17...

Introduction: Peripubertal children with delayed puberty frequently display a poor growth rate prompting endocrine work-up. Whether priming with sex steroids should routinely be performed in these patients to improve specificity of growth hormone stimulation tests (GHST) is unclear. Treatment with sex steroids in constitutional delay of growth and puberty (CDGP) is also debated.Patients and Methods: This multicenter retr...