ESPE Abstracts

Background: Cervico-facial hydatid cyst is rare. It has a high incidence rate in regions with a mild climate such as Mediterranean countries, Middle East, South America, New Zealand, Australia and Southeast Asia. Hydatid cyst develops most often in the liver and lungs in human beings. The incidence of hydatid cysts in the thyroid gland is rare and it accounts for 1% of echinococcosis locations. Primary hydatid cyst of thyroid gland is an exceptional localizati...

Background: Post renal transplantation, tubulopathies may occur as an effect of transplantation itself or secondary to the use of immunosuppressive regimes. This often requires administration of large doses of sodium bicarbonate and sodium chloride, resulting in poor compliance. Adult studies have shown the advantages of fludrocortisone in the treatment of severe tubulopathies post renal transplant. There is limited data in children. We report our experience from a tertiary pa...

Introduction: Testicular regression syndrome (TRS) also called vanishing testes syndrome is a rare developmental disorder that represents less than 5% of cryptorchidism cases. It is characterized by the absence of one or both testicles with partial or complete absence of testicular tissue. TRS phenotypes are various depending on the extent and timing of the intrauterine accident during fetal sexual development.Material and Me...

Introduction: During this year, scientific research revolves around COVID-19, with so many unanswered queries in term of pathogenesis; complications, and mortality rate; in light of limited pediatric evidence. The close relation between COVID 19 and new-onset diabetes especially in children is still an unresolved issue. Our paper, exhibits an unique presentation of DKA misleading COVID 19 diagnosis at this ageCase presentation: A three-y...

Sclerosteosis is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by progressive skeletal overgrowth and increased bone density. Loss of function mutations of SOST gene, coding for sclerostin, are linked to sclerosteosis. Sclerostin plays a critical role inhibiting osteoblastic activity and preventing excessive bone formation by antagonizing the Wnt signaling pathway. Sclerosteosis patients are often tall and have excessive body weight due to high skeletal weight. To...

Keywords: Short stature, Noonan syndrome, Prader-Willi syndrome, Silver-Russell syndrome, genetic syndromesIntroduction: Short stature is one of the major components of dysmorphic syndromes. Growth failure may be due to a wide variety of mechanisms, either related to the growth hormone (GH)/insulin-like growth factor axis or to underlying unknown pathologies. At present, GH therapy is used in most syndromic disorders, al...

Introduction: Thyroid autoimmunity in chronic urticaria is a growing process and maybe manifested before concomitant with, or several years after the appearance of the urticaria. The association of chronic urticaria with autoimmune thyroid disease has frequently been reported in adults. Limited cases have been reported in children.Case Report: Here we describe an eleven years old girl. Who was born to non-consanguineous ...

Introduction: The growing pandemic of type 1 diabetes is considered as an enormous multifactorial public health challenge in the world. Many targeted interventions should be provided to improve type 1 diabetes management especially during childhood and adolescence.The purpose of this study is to elucidate the epidemiological, clinical and management profile of type 1 diabetes in Moroccan children and adolescents followed up in t...

Introduction: Disorders of sex development (DSD) are a group of congenital disorders in which the development of chromosomal, gonadal, and anatomical sex is atypical and disharmonious. These DSD may constitute a medical emergency (a salt-wasting syndrome in congenital adrenal hyperplasia) or a social emergency due to the parents’ anxiety generated by the difficulty of assigning the child's sex at birth. Providing urgent and adapted care defining the sexual orientat...

Background: Hyperthyroidism is uncommon in children. Graves’ disease is the most common cause in pediatric population. The diagnosis is based on the presence of anti-TSH receptor antibodies. Pediatric Graves’ disease has some peculiarities mainly in term of treatment and evolution, since its prognostic is different than adults.Aim: The aim of this study is to describe the epidemiological, clinical and biological features of pediatric Graves...