ESPE Abstracts

Introduction: Mauriac syndrome (MS) is a rare complication of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1D) associated with poor metabolic control. It is characterized by hepatomegaly, hypertransaminasemia, growth failure, delayed puberty. But MS also can be present without the full spectrum of characteristic features. MS is more prevalent in adolescence, although cases in children and adults have been described. Glycogenic hepatopathy is the most prominent component of this...

Introduction: Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) is an autosomal recessive disorder associated with congenital errors of steroid biosynthesis in the adrenal glands. The prevalence of CAH is estimated to be 1:10.000-20.000 for classic and 1:200-1.000 for non-classic types in Europe. In the Caucasus & Central Asia (C&CA), the prevalence is unknown. A delayed diagnosis is associated with an increased risk of neonatal morbidity/mortality, whereas early d...

Background: Hypopituitarism is a rare condition characterized by the insufficiency of 2 and more hormones produced by anterior pituitary gland. The major causes of hypopituitarism are brain tumors located near or in the pituitary gland and/or hypothalamus, cranial radiation, chemo- or surgical therapy, cranial traumas, neuroinfections, autoimmune hypophysitis (immune-mediated inflammation of pituitary gland) etc. Brain tumors are the second most frequent type ...