ESPE Abstracts

Background: Testicular adrenal cell rest tumours (TART) are common in adult males treated for congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) and contribute to reduced fertility. Their prevalence varies between 6-50%, and the incidence raises during adolescence.Aim: To explore the appearance of TART in a group of 25 male children in the age group 3-18 years who were treated for CAH.Methods: Compliance to the treatment was assessed through 17O...

Introduction: Disorders of sexual development (DSD) include etiologically heterogeneous group of patients that have disorders of genital development. Consensus guidelines that are currently used, divide all DSD in three main groups - sex chromosomal abnormalities, XX or XY DSD, all divided in subgroups in dependence of genetics and hormonal tests. The phenotypic spectrum of external genitalia, gonads and development of Wolfian and Mulerian duct derivatives var...