ESPE Abstracts

Background: Graves’ disease is a rare autoimmune thyroid disease that characterized by hyperthyroidism, diffuse goitre and ophthalmopathy. It generally involved both lobes of the thyroid, unilateral involvement was rare.Case report: A 18 year old girl presented with weakness, alopecia, menstruel irregularity. In physical examination moist skin, increased pulse rate (116/min) and enlargement of the right lobe of the thyroid was determined. Her blood ...

Introduction: Short stature is a common manifestation of Noonan syndrome (NS). GH deficiency, GH insensitivity, and neurosecretory dysfunction have been reported in the literature. The optimal GH treatment for NS is still controversial. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the growth characteristics in addition to clinical features of NS, and the growth response to GH treatment by using a nationwide registration system.Material and methods: Children and a...

Aim: Hypophosphatemic rickets (HR) is a rare renal phosphate wasting disorder commonly related to X-linked form, caused by PHEX mutations and it treatment and follow-up is challenging due to imperfect treatment options. Here we presented nationwide data on HR with initial and follow-up data on the patients presented to the pediatric endocrinology clinics before the age of 18 years.Results: From 24 centers, 158 patients (93 male/65 female) were i...

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate demographic characteristics; clinical, laboratory, imaging features; and response to treatment of boys who were followed up and treated with the diagnosis of central precocious puberty (CPP) in Turkiye.Materials and Methods: The study was planned as a multicenter, retrospective study. Cases with a diagnosis of CPP, whose follow-up data were available were included. Patient...