ESPE Abstracts

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...

Background: Management of transient neonatal diabetes mellitus is complex. Conventional insulin therapy may be increase additional medical problems. From the case is presented, We suggested s.c. insulin pump therapy of neonatal diabetes is a safe and effective approach to management.Objective and hypotheses: To evaluate the therapeutic effect of continuous s.c. insulin infusion with insulin pump in a case with transient neonatal diabetes mellitus (TNDM)....

Objective: Evaluation the clinical efficacy of autologous hematopoietie stem cell transplantation and traditional insulin therapy.Methods: This is a case–control study. The subject investigated were diagnosed primary childhood type 1 diabetes in Beijing Children’s Hospital Endocrinology Centre, and there are 14 cases did the immune intervention combined with autologous hematopoietie stem cell transplantation in other hospital during the first 3...

Objective: We assessed in a retrospective unicenter study the effect on menstrual regularity of early menarche and treatment with GnRH analogs (GnRHa) in central precocious puberty (CPP) or early and fast puberty (EFP) girls.Methods: Six hundred and ten healthy girls were interviewed and their menarche age and menstrual interval were recorded. One hundred and sixty-nine CPP or EFP girls who were treated with GnRHa were fellowed up, and their menarche age...

Objective: We assessed in a retrospective unicenter study the effect on BMI of treatment with GnRH analogs (GnRHa) in central precocious puberty (CPP) or early and fast puberty (EFP) girls.Methods: The BMI of 318 girls (227 CPP and 91 EFP) who treated with GnRHa alone were analyzed. Among them 89 were followed up to their final adult hight (FAH).Results: Before GnRHa treatment started, the girls with CPP and EFP had a mean BMI SDS ...

Background: BMI has a negative impact on spontaneous and stimulated GH secretion in children, but the impact of BMI and free fatty acids (FFA) on peak stimulated GH values in Han children with short stature is unknown.Objective and hypotheses: To assess the effects of BMI and FFA on peak GH values in Han children with short stature.Method: This was a retrospective, cross-sectional study. We used arginine–clonidine test to anal...

Background: Adolescent growth spurt is the fast and intense increase in the rate of growth in height and weight that occurs during the adolescent stage of the human life cycle.Objective and hypotheses: To investigate the changes of hormone levels and body composition in pubertal children with growth retardation.Method: A non-randomised clinical controlled study was conducted in 208 cases (males 122, 10–14 years and females 86,...

Background: Acquired QT prolongation can be caused by electrolyte abnormality, myocarditis, cerebrovascular disease, drug intoxication and hormonal disorders such as hypopituitarism, hypothyroidism, and adrenal insufficiency.Case presentation: We describe a 14-year-old boy with hypopituitarism after trans-sphenoidal surgery (TSS) due to suprasellar mass who manifested bradycardia and QT prolongation on electrocardiogram. This subject complained of blurre...

Introduction: Turner syndrome (TS) is caused by monosomy or structural abnormalities of the X chromosome, with a prevalence of out 1/2500 females live birth. Most important clinical features of TS are short stature and gonadal failure. Approximately one third of girls with TS may undergo spontaneous puberty. Here we report a case of a variant TS with breast development.Case report: A 9-year-old girl was referred to our paediatric endocrinology outpatient...

Gorham-Stout disease(GSD), also known as vanishing bone disease is an extremely rare skeletal disorder characterized by idiopathic intraosseous proliferation of lymphatic vascular structures resulting in progressive resorption of bone. Herein, we report a case of a 4-year-old girl with GSD treated with the combination treatment with bisphosphonate, sirolimus, and atenolol. A 4-year-old girl presented with prolonged back pain for 2 weeks. The thoracolumbar spine radiography rev...