ESPE Abstracts

Objective: To evaluate the severity and the correlates of depressive symptoms in adolescents with obesity comparing to normal adolescents in Hong Kong using a validated screening tools: Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) for age 11-17 in Hong Kong.Methods: In this prospective and retrospective cross-sectional study. We recruited 840 adolescents, including 306 adolescents with obesity from clinic and local schools. We...

Follicular thyroid carcinoma (FTC) is a rare subtypes of thyroid cancer in children that consists of less than 10% of thyroid cancer. It has a wide range of clinical behaviors from indolent to widely metastasis. There are currently no evidence-based consensus or management guidelines for FTC in children. We describe the treatment challenges in a 9-year old girl with encapsulated angiovasive follicular thyroid carcinoma post right hemithyroidectomy with an enlarged left submand...