ESPE Abstracts

Introduction: 18q deletion is one of the rare causes of short stature, characterized by intellectual disability, short stature, hypotonia, hearing loss, and foot deformities. Patients with this condition are also found to have an increased susceptibility to autoimmune diseases, which can lead to associated endocrinopathies. Here, we present a case diagnosed with 18q deletion and followed in our clinic due to short stature.Case:</...

Purpose: Transaldolase deficiency is a rare, multisystemic, autosomal recessive disease of carbohydrate metabolism characterized clinically by IUGR, bicytopenia (70%), congenital heart diseases (60%), dysmorphic features (50%), liver failure, hepatosplenomegaly, nephrolithiasis and endocrine disorders (30%).Case: A 15-year-5-month-old girl patient was admitted with primary amenorrhea. It was learned that the patient, who...

Introduction: Pituitary adenomas, while rare in the pediatric population, pose significant challenges in terms of diagnosis and treatment despite their generally benign nature. The aimof this study was to elucidate the clinical features, hormonal profiles, and therapeutic interventions employed in the management of prolactinoma in a pediatric cohort.Methods: This study included children <18 years diagnosed with prolac...

Introduction: 46,XX testis/ovotesticular (OT) disorders of sex development (DSD) are rare conditions where gonadal differentiation in 46,XX individuals leads towards testicular development. SRY-negative 46,XX OT-DSD is even rarer compared to other DSDs.Case Presentation: A male patient presented at the age of 3 due to micropenis. Physical examination revealed penile hypospadias and bifid scrotum; phallus length was 2.2 c...

Introduction: Congenital tufting enteropathy (CTE) is a rare autosomal recessive enteropathy that typically presents in early life and is often characterized by persistent diarrhea. Height standard deviation scores (SDS) and body mass indexes are generally low in patients with CTE. However, information about the effects of growth hormone (GH) therapy in these patients is lacking.Case Presentation: A 13-year-old girl with...

Introduction: In the last 10 years, blue light (BL) sources such as tablets and phones has increased in every age group. Especially due to the Covid-19 pandemic, screen exposure has also increased in childhood. However, the effects of BL exposure in the puberty process aren’t clear. We aimed to examine the effect of BL exposure and exposure time on pubertyMethods: Immature eighteen 21-day-old female Sprague Dawley ...

Giant prolactinomas are rare tumours, with a prevalence of 0.5–4.4% among all pituitary tumours. In the literature, relatively few series describing their management and outcomes are available; moreover, only individual case reports of giant prolactinomas in children have been documented. We report a 10-year-old boy presented with painless progressive vision loss, insidious in onset, and bitemporal headache of six mounths duration. On physical examination; height: 134.2 ...

Glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) is the enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of L-glutamat into GABA, one of the classical neurotransmitters with neuroinhibitory function. GAD is present in GABAergic neurons and in pancreatic beta cells. It is remarkable that Anti-GAD antibody(Anti-GADab) can have different disease manifestations, i.e., Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM), Stiff-Person Syndrome, limbic encephalitis (LE), epilepsy. Cooccurence of T1DM and LE is reported in the lit...

Objectives: Forkhead box A2 (Foxa2) is a transcription factor that plays a key role in foregut, pancreatic and central nervous system development. Here, we describe a 7 years old boy whose phenotype is consistent with FOXA2 defect.Case: A 3 months old boy was referred for recurrent hypoglycemic events. He was born to unrelated parents at term with a birth weight of 3690 gr. At 6 hours of life he had severe hypoglycemia (...

Introduction: Prohormone convertase (PC) is a calcium-dependent serine endoprotease. PC 1/3 is responsible for converting hormones and neuropeptitids which has role on energy homeostasis, food intake,glucose metabolism (a-MSH, CART, NPY, AgRP, Orexin, Hypocretin, Ghrelin, insulin, cholecystokinin, GLP-1, GHRH, GnRH, ACTH, TRH) from proforms to active form. PC 1/3 deficiency’s clinical signs are diarrhea that started in the newborn period, obesity, hypoglycemia, multiple ...