ESPE Abstracts

Case presentation: A 23 months-old girl visited the hospital because of fever and left neck mass. She was diagnosed as acute suppurative thyroiditis with piriform sinus fistula. Thyroid sonography showed perithyroidal abscess formation and thyroid scan showed decreased uptake of Tc-99 m pertechnate of both thyroid glands. Magnetic resonance imaging of neck suggested infected 3rd and 4th branchial cyst. And there was tiny fistula between thyroid and piriform sinus on barium eso...

Background: Glucocorticoids play a major role in the treatment of lymphoblastic lymphoma. However, supraphysiological glucocorticoid therapy may cause the secondary adrenal insufficiency.Presentation of case: A 11-year-old boy with T cell lymphoblastic lymphoma, treated according to COG A5971 protocol, experienced sudden onset of tremor and general weakness in the first day after tapering 28 days of glucocorticoid therapy. He had a moon face and pigmenta...