ESPE Abstracts

Background: Reports of Cushing syndrome during the first month of life are rare. Mortality is high, despite medical (metyrapone) or surgical (adrenalectomy) treatment.Objectives: To report a new neonatal case of Cushing due to McCuneAlbright syndrome (MAS).Patient and results: Although a healthy baby at age 10 days, a newborn girl presented with sudden manifestations within the following 2 weeks: facial and truncal plethora, severe...

Context: We previously observed that continuous subcutaneous infusion (CSI) of gonadotropins in infants with congenital hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (CHH) can mimic the hormonal pattern of minipuberty.Objective: Describe the peripubertal outcome in gonadotropins CSI treated patients.Patients: A retrospective study was realised in Bicetre Hospital between 2004 and 2022. Follow-up d...

Objective: To assess the characteristics of thyroid nodules among infants diagnosed with congenital hypothyroidism and to discuss the interest of a systematic screening.Material and method: A retrospective study of children with congenital hypothyroidism due to dyshormonogenesis was carried out at the pediatric endocrine center in Kremlin Bicêtre hospital, Paris, between 1999 to 2020. A screening ultrasound for thyroid nodules was t...

Background: Micronodular bilateral adrenal hyperplasia (MiBAH) is a rare cause of adrenal Cushing syndrome (CS) that may be subdivided in two main entities: primary pigmented nodular adrenocortical disease (PPNAD) and isolated micronodular adrenocortical disease (i-MAD). The most common presentation of MiBAH is familial PPNAD as part of Carney complex (CNC). The underlying genetic defect in most forms of PPNAD is inactivating germline mutations of the PRKAR1A ...