ESPE Abstracts

Background: Adrenocortical tumor is very rare in the pediatric age group. These tumors may cause peripheric precocious puberty, Cushing’s syndrome or both. It is seen most commonly in children under 5 years of age and fourth decade. p53 mutation and other pathologies that may accompany should be investigated especially in young children.Objective and hypotheses: A 18-month-old boy was brought with pubarche and phallic enlargement, and was noticed 6 ...

Background: Thyroid cancer is a very rare malignancy of childhood. Approximately they account for 1.5% of all cancers before 15 years of age. In our country, this rate is %0.4 before 20 years of age.Aims and objectives: To analyses the clinical features and treatment results of children with thyroid malignancy in Turkey.Methods: In this multicentric and retrospective study the demographic and clinical characteristics of 124 childre...