ESPE Abstracts

Background: Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is a chronic immune mediated condition where autoimmunity against pancreatic beta cell is triggered by many environmental factors in genetically susceptible person. Association of poor infant feeding practices as potential risk factor for developing T1DM is still debatable.Objective: The aim of this study is to look for association of infant feeding malpractices with type 1 dia...

Background: Thyrotoxic crisis is a rare, emergent complication of paediatric hyperthyroidism. A rare neurological manifestation of thyrotoxicosis is thyroid myopathy.Objective and hypotheses: We report the case of a female teenager who presented to the Emergency Department with thyrotoxic crisis and lower extremity weakness. Our objective is to discuss the course of thyrotoxic crisis and review potential rare neurological manifestations of thyrotoxicosis...

Introduction: We report two siblings presenting with pre-pubertal gynaecomastia and macro-orchidism, who were later diagnosed with Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome (PJS) secondary to a STK11 gene variant. Importantly neither child fulfilled the clinical criteria for diagnosis at presentation, with no muco-cutaneous pigmentation nor gastrointestinal symptoms.Case report: Sibling 1 was referred to Paediatric Endocrinology aged 4 years with ...