hrp0084p3-676 | Bone | ESPE2015

What Lies Beneath: An Enigma of Missed Opportunities and Calcium Problem

Hammouche Dalia , Rafiq Anjum , Puthi Vijith

Aim: To highlight the importance of tangential thinking in unusual clinical presentations, and tracking of family history with emergence of index case.Methods: A case review of three siblings presenting with varied symptoms and diagnosis to the different speciality clinic and noted to have Hypocalcaemia.Results: 14 year old boy, diagnosed at age of 3 years with Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy (DMD), confirmed with identification...

hrp0084p3-1103 | Pituitary | ESPE2015

Pitfalls in Reporting of Paediatric Pituitary Scans

Hammouche Dalia , Ebita-Gama Aufrey , Puthi Vijith

Objective: MRI is the modality of choice to evaluate morphology of hypothalamic pituitary axis (HPA) and associated endocrinopathies. In the paediatric population it presents a diagnostic challenge because of small size and varied disease processes. We undertook a retrospective study to determine the pitfalls in reporting of pituitary imaging.Methods: Evaluation of pituitary MRI scans in 18 patients. We sought a second opinion from a paediatric neuro-rad...