ESPE Abstracts

Introduction: Familial chylomicronemia syndrome (FCS) is an extremely rare monogenic disease with a prevalence of 1-2:1,000,000. Defects in lipoprotein lipase (LPL) are the main cause. Recurrent acute pancreatitis is a life-threatening complication of FCS. Insulin therapy is known to be a mode of treatment for hypertriglyceridemia.Case series: We present four children with genetically confirmed LPL deficiency followed up...

The Wilms' Tumour (WT1) gene is thought to play an important role in nephrogenesis, genitourinary development, and sex determination. We report three cases followed up in a tertiary care center in Sri Lanka. All three patients were referred for evaluation of ambiguous genitalia (stretched penile length <= 2cm, penoscrotal hypospadiasis in all three patients. Patient one had bilateral palpable testes in inguinal canal. Patients two and three did not have any palpable te...