ESPE Abstracts

Introduction: GH deficiency (GHD) is a disease, in which the pituitary gland does not produce enough GH. GHD has a variety of different negative effects at different ages; e.g. it can result short stature and increased adiposity. Excessive intra-abdominal fat is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. In recent years new adipokines such as:omentin-1, vaspin, and visfatin have been described. Omentin-1 is decreased in obesity in contrast to increased vaspin...

Background: Hamartoma is a benign, focal malformation, which is composed of tissue elements normally found at that site which are arranged chaotically within the mass. It may occur in many different parts of the body and often is undetected. Hypothalamic hamartoma, unlike most such growths, is symptomatic. It may cause gelastic seisures, visual problems, rage disorders and early onset of puberty.Objective and hypotheses: A 4.5-year-old girl was hospitali...

Background: Elastography is non-invasive ultrasound method of imaging based on estimation of mechanical properties (elasticity) of the tissue. Recent data has shown its ability to differentiate benign from malignant tumours. Decreased flexibility in comparison to around tissue is characteristic for malignant tissues, like most thyroid carcinoma (except follicular thyroid carcinoma). Analysis of the image gives the result presented as a ROI1/ROI2 index.Ob...

Background: Autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) is the most common organ-specific autoimmune disorder. Genetic background, environmental and endogenous factors are play important roles in determining the activation of immune cells or the efficacy of the immunoregulatory pathways. Recently emphasizes the immunosuppressive role of B regulatory cells (phenotype CD19+CD24hiCD27+IL-10+, CD19+IL-10+) in regulation of immune respon...

Non-classic form of congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency is the most common disorder, which is associated with the use of hydrocortisone. Clinically patients present the GnRH-independent precocious puberty with rapid growth and advanced bone age. Inappropriate inhibition of androgen secretion can induce precocious central puberty. We present the case of 9-year-old girl, who was treated of the congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to 21- hydroxylase defi...

Introduction: Shear wave elastography (SWE) is an ultrasound diagnostic method used to measure tissue stiffness. Since the mechanical properties of tissue involved in the pathological process are changed, SWE might indicate regions of the examined tissue covered by the disease. It is well documented, that SWE helps differentiate benign and malignant nodules in thyroid gland in adults, however there are still few studies on application of SWE in thyroid diagnos...

Background: Thyrotropin receptor (TSH-R) stimulating autoantibodies (TSAb) are present in 90-100% of patients with Graves’ disease (GD). TSAb are functional, impact thyroid function, and are clinically relevant. This study we performed in a pediatric patients with dynamic of Graves’ disease before and during methimazole therapy and in patient with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis using a novel and ultra-rapid TSAb andTBAb bioassay.<p class="abstex...

Background: Partial gonadal dysgenesis with a 46,XY karyotype (46,XY PGD) is a disorder of sex development (DSD) associated with abnormal development of the gonads. It is characterized by abnormally developed external genitalia with or without Mullerian structures. The degree of abnormality varies from a female phenotype with clitoral hyperplasia to a male phenotype with isolated hypospadias. The incidence is unknown. In 20-30% of patients, gonadoblastoma or i...

Background: Thyrotropin receptor (TSH-R) stimulating autoantibodies (TSAb) are present in 95-99% of patients with Graves’ disease (GD). TSAb are functional, impact thyroid function, and are clinically relevant. This study we performed in pediatric patients with dynamic of Graves’ disease before and during methimazole therapy and in a patient with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (HT) using a novel and ultra-rapid TSAb bioassay.<...

Introduction: Thyroid nodules occur in 1.8% children which is not so often in comparison to adults (19–68%), but in children they appear to be at higher risk of malignancy (22–26% vs.5–10% respectively). It has been shown that the probability of thyroid nodules malignancy correlates with the presence of characteristic ultrasonographic features. Elastography - the noninvasive ultrasound imaging technique based on estimation of the tissue flexi...