ESPE Abstracts

Introduction: Medical advances result in cure and life extension. Modern methods of oncological treatment lead to late endocrinological side effects.Objective of the study: The aim of the study was to assess the patients’ knowledge of possible result of chemotherapy and its long-term effects linked to gonadal dysfunction.Materials and methods: The survey covered a group of 92 (62 women) patients with hematologic neoplasms at t...

Background: Bone marrow transplantation (BMT) is known to affect endocrine function, most commonly causing primary hypothyroidism and hypogonadism in children. Newer reduced intensity conditioning (RIC) uses less myeloablative chemotherapy and no irradiation. Our study goal was to evaluate endocrine effects at 1 year post BMT in pediatric patients who received RIC.Methods: Retrospective, IRB-approved chart review was performed on 121 patients (44 females...

Background: Patients with childhood-onset GH deficiency (GHD) are usually retested in late adolescence or young adulthood, after achievement of final height, to verify whether they need to continue GH treatment. Most of the patients found to have idiopathic GHD when tested as children have normal GH responses when retested in the early or late adolescence. Indeed, the 2007 Consensus guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of GHD adults recommended that idiopathic GHD patien...

Background: Nearly 10% of paediatric onset diabetes are auto-antibodies negative. Among them monogenic diabetes are frequently under-diagnosed. The major increase in the prevalence of childhood obesity is misleading with a risk of confusion between type 2 diabetes (T2D) and monogenic causes of diabetes.Objective and hypotheses: To report on two informative families with negative auto-antibodies childhood-onset diabetes cases.Method...

Background: Although isolated GH deficiency (IGHD) is one of the most frequent causes of postnatal proportional undergrowth, up to 85–90% of IGHD cases are still classified as idiopathic. On the other hand, previous reports identified up to 40 different GH1 proximal promoter haplotypes, some of which show hypomorphic effects, significantly reducing GH1 expression levels.Objective and hypotheses: To investigate the frequency of ...

Background: For many patients with high-risk cancers, allogeneic stem cell transplant (SCT) is the only curative option. A major risk of SCT is acute graft versus host disease (aGVHD). About 50% of SCT patients develop aGVHD as a part of their course. Glucocorticoids are the mainstay of therapy in aGVHD patients. Of the patients that develop aGVHD, about 50% develop a steroid refractory/resistant form. These patients tend to require higher doses of steroids and many will requi...

Background: Graft versus host disease (GVHD) is a complex disease resulting from donor T-cell recognition of a genetic disparate recipient, which is unable to reject donor cells after allogeneic transplant. Glucocorticoids (steroids) are the mainstay of acute GVHD therapy. Glucocorticoid resistance has been characterized in several inflammatory conditions including asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus, erythematosus, ulcerative colitis, and Crohn’s disease. Glucoc...

Background: Several studies have investigated the effects of GH replacement therapy (GHRT) on thyroid function in children with GH deficiency (GHD) leading to contrasting results. Indeed, GHRT has been reported to affect the peripheral metabolism of thyroid hormones, to alter TSH secretion by pituitary and to unmask secondary hypothyroidism.Objective and hypotheses: To evaluate long-term effects of GHRT on thyroid function in a large cohort of GHD childr...

Background: Congenital primary hypothyreoidism occurs in about 1 of 3 600 life births and is usually detected with newborn screening. Early levothyroxine treatment is the prerequisite for normal psychomotor development of affected children. However, patients suffering from congenital central hypothyroidism are missed by the screening procedure, which may lead to delayed diagnosis and therapy. In very rare cases central hypothyroidism is caused by isolated TSH deficiency due to...

Background: Autoimmune’s thyroiditis (AT) is the most common cause of thyroid diseases in children and adolescents with a peak in early to mid-puberty (prevalence of 0.3–1.2%). Previous studies showed a high rates of familiarity for autoimmune disease (AD) and co-existing autoimmunity in AT subjects.Objective and hypotheses: Aim of our study is to investigate familiarity for AD and co-existing autoimmunity in a large cohort of pediatric AT pati...