ESPE Abstracts

Introduction: Perrault syndrome (PS) is a rare disease characterized by a premature ovarian failure (with primary or secondary amenorrhea) and a sensorineural deafness. In this context we report the case of two sisters issuing from consanguineous parents presenting the association of these two anomalies.Cases: The reason for consultation was primary amenorrhea in both cases at age 16 and 21 years respectively, on examina...

Introduction: Allgrove syndrome is a genetic disorder of autosomal recessive inheritance associating in its complete form: Esophageal achalasia; alacrymia and adrenal insufficiency. This is generally an adreno-corticotropic hormone (ACTH) resistant. In this context we report the case of a patient followed in the endocrinology department.Case: This is the case of a boy who comes from a consanguineous marriage, with family...

Introduction: Early puberty is defined in the girl by the appearance of secondary sexual characteristics before the age of 8 years. Unlike the boy, the central origin is most often idiopathic. The familial nature encourages looking for a genetic mutation which can explain this early maturation of the gonadotropic axis.Cases: These are three girls from a consanguineous marriage. They had no particular pathological anteced...

Introduction: Sexual disorders 46 XY are responsible for a range of phenotypic disorders; from an ambiguous phenotype to a complete female phenotype. This is often a sporadic condition. In this context, we report 5 cases of gonadal dysgenesis, 46 XY belonging to the same family and particular phenotypic expression. this particular phenotype arise a question about the link between familial sexual differenciation disorders and the panel of genes involved in sexu...