ESPE2023 Poster Category 2 GH and IGFs (15 abstracts)
Etiology and characteristics of children with short stature in endpcrinology department
Samira Azzoug 1 , Amel Adimi 2 , Rania Medjani 1 , Anes Djouadi 1 , Nesserine Sadira 1 & Samia Achir 1
1Benimessous hospital, Algiers, Algeria. 2Benimessous hospital, algiers, Algeria
Objectives: childhood growth influences their social and psychological behavior, and abnormal growth may reflect underlying pathological etiologies. We aim to study etiologies and carachteristics of short stature in children in endocrinology department.
Methods: 160 children ranging from 2 years to 21 years with short stature were retrospectively studied.
Results: In this study, a diagnosis of short stature was made in 160 patients. The proportion of boys to girls was 1.38. Average age at the presentation for all patients was 10.68. In 40% of the patients the study revealed pathological etiology, 53 children (33% of all patients) demonstrated to have growth hormone deficiency, 7(4.3%) patients have hypothyroidism, 5(3.1%)patients have syndromic disease, 2(1.25%)patients have bone disease. In 60% of the patients no pathological etiology was found the most common etiologies were constitutional delay of growth and puberty and familial short stature.
Conclusion: Growth monitoring of children should start at an early age for boys and girls. referral to the pediatric endocrine clinic should be considered when growth problems are suspected for accurate diagnosis and etiology profiling.
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