ESPE Abstracts

Background: Research has shown that some of the endocrine disorders in patients with sickle cell disease include delayed growth and pubertal development. No study has been done in Kenya to investigate whether this applies for the local children with sickle cell anaemia.Objective: To describe growth and pubertal development in children and adolescents with Sickle cell disease.Methodology: This was a cross-sectional descriptive study...

Objective: The purpose of this study was to describe baseline data on etiological diagnosis of Disorders of Sex Development (DSD) in Kenyan children and adolescents.Methods: This retrospective study included 71 patients diagnosed with DSD who presented at ages 0–19 years from January 2008 to December 2015 at the Kenyatta National (KNH) and Gertrude’s Children’s (GCH) Hospitals.Results: Thirty-nine (54.9%) children ha...

Study Objective: To describe the clinical presentation and characteristics of DSD in Kenyan children and adolescents.Methodology: This retrospective observational study was carried out at Kenyatta National hospital and Gertrude’s Children’s Hospitals involving 71 patients age 0–19 years with DSD enrolled in the clinics between January 2008 to December 2015.Results: The mean age at the time of diagnosis was 2.7 years ...

Background: Hypothyroidism is an endocrine condition that occurs when the thyroid gland doesn’t make enough thyroid hormone. This condition affects approximately 5% of the general population with an additional estimated 5% being undiagnosed. Clinical presentation may be atypical with subsequent misdiagnosis in the absence of relevant specialists. Pediatric endocrinologists are just five in the Kenyan county hospitals, two of whom were funded by the Kenya...

Background: Pediatric Hashimoto’s encephalopathy (HE) is a rare, progressive and relapsing steroid- responsive autoimmune encephalitis. Children usually present with subacute cognitive dysfunction, psychiatric symptoms, seizures, and movement disorders associated with elevated thyroid antibodies, specifically thyroid peroxidase (TPO) antibodies. We present a rare pediatric Hashimoto’s encephalopathy with super refractory status epilepticus<p cl...