ESPE Abstracts

Introduction: Pituitary adenomas in children are rare and account for 3% of intracranial tumors in the pediatric population (1), dominated by prolactinomas and corticotropic adenomas, but plurisecreting adenomas are exceptional. We report a case of a 14-year-old girl with a pituitary macroadenoma with a prolactin-predominant plurisecretory immunohistochemical profile revealed by an intracranial hypertension syndrome with a good therapeutic response to cabergol...

Like many other parts of the world the incidence of type 1 diabetes is increasing in Sudan leading to the double load of communicable and noncommunicable diseases. Many international guidelines for management of these cases have been published to help managing these children. In developing countries proper implementation of these guidelines is faced with difficulties due to lack of trained personnel, health care structure, accessibility to medical services, lack of facilities ...

Background: Turner syndrome (TS) is a common genetic disorder with an incidence of 1 in 2500 live births due to chromosomal errors resulting in monosomy for the X chromosome with or without mosaicism. Familial TS has been rarely reported. We report two families having TS.Methods: We report 6 patients with TS who had been referred to the Endocrinology department and Pediatric department at Hedi Chaker hospital, Sfax, Tuni...

Aim: There is a well described association between diabetes and deafness in many syndromes Collect baseline data about syndromes of diabetes and deafness in Sudan and the underline etiology.Methods: All records of patients with diabetes registered from (Jan.2006 to Dece.2015) were reviewed. Those confirmed to have deafness where further reviewed to find the etiology and management.Result: Ten cases of Wolfram syndrome were identifi...

Introduction: Packed red blood cell (PRBC) transfusions are an essential component of leukemia treatment regimens. Transfusion-induced iron overload can be seen after approximately 10 to 20 transfusions. Very little is known about transfusion-related iron burden in oncology populations and its possible effect on endocrine function and glycemia.Patients and methods: We evaluated growth parameters and endocrine disorders in relation to the iron overload st...

Introduction: Skin barrier defects play central role in the pathogenesis of atopic dermatitis (AD) affecting local immunity and skin hydration. Severe AD may deleteriously affect growth and nutrition in these children.Objectives: To 1) measure the effect of AD on linear growth in infants and children 2) to study the effect of hypoalbuminemia and hypo-proteinemia on the growth of these children.Methods: We studied linear growth and ...

Introduction: Type 1 diabetes is frequently accompanied by other autoimmune diseases that can sometimes be integrated into autoimmune polyendocrinopathies. Through this work, we sought to describe the association of autoimmune diseases with type 1 diabetes in children.Patients and Methods: This is a retrospective and descriptive study, including 354 type 1 diabetic patients hospitalized in the Department of Endocrinology...

Introduction: Type 1 diabetes is frequently accompanied by other autoimmune diseases that can sometimes be integrated into autoimmune polyendocrinopathies. Through this work, we sought to describe the association of autoimmune diseases with type 1 diabetes in children.Patients and Methods: This is a retrospective and descriptive study, including 354 type 1 diabetic patients hospitalized in the Department of Endocrinology...

Background: Vitamin D deficiency is currently a topic of intense interest, and is widely prevalent. Low vitamin D levels have been reported in many immune disorders as type 1 diabetes Mellitus (T1DM). AIM of this study is to assess the vitamin D status in T1DM children and adolescent in Karbala.Patients and methods: A case control study, a total of 171 subject, consisted of two groups; diabetic patients 121 cases (48 male and 73 female), aged 5–16 y...

Background: Turner syndrome (TS) is characterised cytogenetically by X chromosome monosomy, the presence of an abnormal X chromosome, or mosaicism of a 45,X or have an abnormal sex chromosome rearrangement. Girls with variant TS show no features, fewer or milder features of TS.Objective and hypotheses: We are reporting on a clinical report of a girl with a rare variant of TS (46,X,i(X) (q10)).Method: This is a case report of a 12-y...