ESPE Abstracts

Introduction: The Newborn Screening Programme (NBS) enables earlier diagnosis of congenital hypothyroidism (CH). However, cases of central congenital hypothyroidism (CCH) are missed in countries which use thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) based screening strategy. Understanding the pathogenic aetiology of CCH is particularly important because many patients have additional pituitary hormone deficiencies. New genes have been implicated in CCH, including the rece...

Introduction: Paediatric brain tumours in the sellar-suprasellar region (SSR) are often associated with central diabetes insipidus (CDI), either at diagnosis caused by the tumour itself or during follow-up as consequence of treatments.Aims: To define the timing of CDI onset and radiological features on brain MRI in our cohort.Methods: We retrospectively analysed paediatric patients...

Introduction: Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is a rare neurological condition characterized by raised intracranial pressure (ICP) in the absence of hydrocephalus, brain parenchymal lesion, vascular malformation, or central nervous system (CNS) infection. Hyperthyroidism is a rare but known cause of raised ICP in children and adults, with only a few case reports in the paediatric population. We describe a 7-year-old boy with IIH associated with hype...

Introduction: Thyroid storm is an acute, life-threatening, emergency in children with thyrotoxicosis. It is extremely rare and could be an initial presentation in previously undiagnosed children. Thyroid storm with diabetes insipidus (DI) has been reported in adults, but no cases have been reported in children. We herein report a child with thyroid storm with transient central DI.Case Report: A 7-year-old girl, presented...

Introduction: In a large series, approximately 65% of boys with delayed puberty have constitutional delay in growth and puberty (CDGP). We report an adolescent male who presented with delayed puberty and managed as presumed CDGP. Unexpected pubertal progression while receiving treatment made us question the diagnosis of CDGP.Case-report: A 15-year-old African adolescent male presented with delayed growth and puberty. He ...

Background: Experience with nasogastric administration of oral DDAVP [desamino-D-arginine-8-vasopressin] lyophilisate (ODL) for central diabetes insipidus (CDI) in disabled children with swallowing coordination difficulties is limited.Objective: We aimed to assess the safety and efficacy of nasogastric use of ODL in disabled children with CDI.Methods: Clinical, laboratory and neuro...

Background: Craniopharyngioma is a benign tumour that develops in the sellar and surrounding parasellar regions, including the hypothalamus and the pituitary gland responsible for the production and regulation of neuropeptides. Oxytocin is a hypothalamic neuropeptide that has been identified as a key modulator of appetite drive and social cognition. Here, we present a case of parent-observed improvements in neurobehavioural dysfunction following administration...

Objective: To compare the serum 25-hydroxy Vitamin D [25(OH)D] concentrations in children and adolescents with obesity with and without hepatosteatosis, and investigate the relationship between serum 25(OH)D concentrations and severity of hepatosteatosis. We also aimed to assess the effect of vitamin D treatment after 6 months on hepatosteatosis and liver biochemistry.Methods: One hundred thirty-three obese patients with...