ESPE Abstracts

Objective: To recognize Schimke immune-osseous dysplasia from a case of spinal epiphyseal dysplasia.Method: Summarize the characteristics of one case of Schimke immune-ossesous dysplasia, and increase awareness of this disease.Result: The patient, male, with non-consanguineous parents, was born on May 8, 2012. He was hospitalized in our hospital in January 2020 due to his short stature for more tha...

Objective: To explore the clinical manifestations and early identification of sitosterolemia.Methods: To summarize the clinical characteristics of the case and review literatures of sitosterolemia.Result: The child was an 11-year-old boy. The main complaint was that subcutaneous yellow nodules were found more than 1 years with blood cholesterol increased for 4 months. Two months ago, the patient ca...

Objective: To assess the efficacy and influential factors of GnRHa treatment for Chinese CPP/EFP boys.Methods: From April, 1994 to June, 2020, 94 boys diagnosed with CPP or EFP who had reached the final adult height were retrospectively included. Among these patients, 41 patients received no treatment, 43 patients received GnRHa treatment alone and 10 patients received GnRHa + GH treatment. The final adult height and the...

Objective: To analyze the clinical characteristics and treatment of non-germinomatous germ cell tumor (NGGCT) in one girl with the initial onset of homosexual peripheral precocious puberty (PPP) and central diabetes insipidus (CDI) and eventually progressed into central precocious puberty (CPP).Methods: The clinical data of a girl who was diagnosed as NGGCT with the onset of PPP and CDI and eventually progressed into CPP...

Objective: We sought to evaluate the role of long-term HRT on the lipid profile and glucose metabolism in girls with TS.Design: A pre-test/post-test observational study.Seting: Pediatric TS clinic in The First Affiated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University.Patients: 56 girls with TS had accurate maintenance HRT data....

An 11-year-old boy came to our hospital on 2019-1-23 because of "discovered hypercalcemia for 4 months."Past History: The child has a history of lupus nephritis for 2 years, and currently oral prednisone 12.5mg qd, mycophenolic acid 0.25g q12h, tacrolimus 1mg q12h for treatment. The lupus activity index was reviewed once a month due to lupus nephritis. At present, SLEDAI (lupus activity score) is 2 points, and the condition is we...

Objective: The study was to detect the proper regimen of estrogen in HRT in girls with TS.Method: We conducted a retrospective, longitudinal study with 76 girls with TS from The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University over the past two decades.Results: The investigation time was 3.00 (2.00, 4.66) yrs. The uterine volume grew significantly till B4 stage when compared wit...

Turner syndrome is associated with insulin resistance, increased incidence of type II diabetes, and hypertension, all of which are cardiovascular risk factors. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the lipid profile of Chinese girls with untreated Turner syndrome, (aged 2 to 15 years; 50.9% 45,XO) and age-matched, normal girls. A total of 108 girls with Turner syndrome and 99 normal girls had lipid profile measurements, including cholesterol, triglycerides,high-density lip...

Objectives: To investigate the effect of Letrozole on the reproductive function and linear growth in adolescent boys.Methods: 43 early and middle pubertal boy with seriously damaged predicted adult height(PAH), treated with letrozole 1.5mg/m2/d Po(≯2.5mg/d) with a duration of 3-18 months were enrolled as Short-, medium- and long- treatment group with letrozole of 3-6, 6-12, 12-18 months, respectively. 48 healthy pubertal boys were enrolled as control...

Background: Ovarian adrenal rest tumors (OART) is a rare complication of congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) and is not very well characterized yet.Objective and hypotheses: We report four cases of OART in Chinese girls with CAH due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency (21 OHD).Method: We describe the clinical, imaging, and surgical findings of the patients.Results: The four cases of CAH with OART included three sal...