ESPE Abstracts

Background: The most common conditions requiring surgery or radiation therapy of the sella and suprasellar area in childhood are craniopharygiomas and pituitary adenomas. Therapeutic procedures involving pituitary gland often lead to multiple hormonal deficiencies, and experienced multidisciplinary team following guidelines and applying systematic approach could improve outcomes.Aim: To evaluate hormonal replacement ther...

Background: Paediatric Cushing disease (CD) is rare but can be severe. Diagnosis and proper management are often delayed and the course of disease is unpredictable. Support from experts in the field is essential.Objective and hypotheses: We present a male patient, diagnosed with Cushing syndrome elsewhere more than two years after his initial signs and symptoms. For 6 months he underwent numerous investigations, which were inconclusive and was left untre...