ESPE Abstracts

Recent evidence suggests increase of Precocious Puberty (PP) after the Covid-19 pandemic; however, there are no data from Greece in the literature. The aim of this study was to investigate whether there was an increase in the incidence of PP, during the pandemic period, in Northwest Greece (Ioannina) and Crete (Heraklion). A retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data was performed, in pediatric patients assessed in Pediatric Endocrinology outpatient clinics in Ioan...

Introduction and Purpose: Differentiated thyroid cancer in children is rare. However, its incidence has increased recently. It differs from adult thyroid cancer in terms of clinical, molecular and pathologic features. Pediatric patients present with advanced disease at the time of diagnosis. They have an excellent prognosis and a 5-year survival rate that reaches 100%. The aim of this study was to record and statistically analyze data from children diagnosed w...