ESPE Abstracts

Introduction: Silver-Russell Syndrome (SRS) is a rare genetic disease with an estimated prevalence of 1/100,000. It is characterized by the association of severe intrauterine growth retardation, postnatal failure to thrive, particular facial dysmorphism and asymmetry of the limbs. SRS is a pathology of parental imprinting. It is dependent on several imprinted genes, acting through different molecular mechanisms.Case Report:</stro...

Introduction: McCune-Albright syndrome (MAS) is characterized by fibrous dysplasia (FD), cafe-au-lait skin spots and precocious puberty (PP). SAM is a rare disease and its prevalence is estimated between 1/100,000 and 1/1,000,000. Somatic activating mutations of the GNAS gene located on chromosome 20q13 encoding the α subunit of the regulatory protein Gsα are responsible for the entity.Case report: This is a ...

Introduction: Pituitary deficiency, or hypopituitarism, is defined by insufficient synthesis of one or more anterior pituitary hormones (growth hormone, TSH, ACTH, LHFSH, prolactin) associated or not with diabetes insipidus (ADH deficiency). In children it is more frequently congenital, due to abnormal pituitary development; it is then a rare disease with an estimated prevalence of between 1/16.000 and 1/150.000.Case report:</str...

Introduction: Leprechaunism syndrome is a very rare genetic autosomal recessive disorder (Prevalence 1 in a million births), and is caused by mutations in the insulin receptor gene.Case presentation: We report the case of a 5-month-old Algerian female, born to consanguineous parents. Birth was via caesarean section at 37 weeks gestation due to severe intrauterine growth restriction: birth weight 1800 g (< - 3.66SD), h...