ESPE Abstracts

Background: Adolescents with gender dysphoria (GD) are treated with gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogues (GnRHa) to prevent the development of characteristics of the undesired sex. Subsequently, sex steroids of the desired sex, cross sex hormones (CSH) are added. GnRHa treatment is generally considered to be safe in the treatment of precocious puberty in children. However, we observed that some adolescents with GD developed hypertension during GnRHa monotherapy (Klink D <e...

Introduction: Sulfation is required for the metabolism of numerous compounds, including proteoglycans, steroid hormones, neurotransmitters, toxic chemicals, and drugs like acetaminophen. The sulfate transporter SLC13A1 is responsible for the intestinal absorption and the renal reabsorption of inorganic sulfate, but loss-of-function mutations in this gene have never been described in man. Here, we describe a male with a biallelic loss-of-function variant, i.e.,...

Background: A somatic activating GNAS mutation leads to the triad of café au lait macules, fibrous dysplasia and precocious puberty known as Mc Cune Albright Syndrome (MAS). We present a patient with bone marrow failure as a rare non-endocrine complication of MAS.Clinical case: A 2-year-old girl with neonatal giant cell hepatitis, a large right sided café au lait spot and fibrous dysplasia was diagnosed with MAS. The severe polyostotoc fibrous ...