ESPE Abstracts

Congenital hypothyroidism (CH) occurs in approximately 1:2,000 to 1:4,000 newborns, in Algeria newborn screening programs do not exist, untreated CH remains a significant health and societal challenge. We report the case of a girl of 12 years old reffered for a failure to thrive, speech deficit and persistant vomiting, On clinical examination her height was –3 SDs with a very delayed bone age and a BMI of 35kg/m2 associated with severe musculoskeletal deformities and cog...

Introduction: Precocious puberty, is the development of sexual characteristics occurring before the age of 8 in girls and 9 years in boys, it is a reason for consultation which is becoming frequent, the etiologies are numerous, it Central forms mainly act by early activation of hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) axis which can be idiopathic or secondary to congenital or acquired lesions, rarely the peripheral origin can be the cause.<s...

Introduction: Children with type 1 diabetes are at significant risk of developing autoimmune diseases. The international consensus of ISPAD 2022 updated the modalities and pace of screening for the latter. Our goal is to determine the frequency of autoimmune disorders at the time of diagnosis of type 1 diabetes in our department.Materials and Methods: This is a screening for autoimmune thyroiditis and celiac disease in a...

Introduction: Inaugural diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) remains a common manifestation of type 1 diabetes (T1D) in children; it is a life-threatening condition due to the risk of cerebral edema and hydroelectrolytic complications.Material and Methods: This is a prospective study over a period of 2 years in the wilaya of Annaba (eastern Algeria) we studied the clinical, biological, therapeutic and progressive characteristics ...

Background: Turner syndrome (TS) is a condition that affects only females and occurs in 1 every 2500---3000 live births, it is a genetic disorder caused by total or partial loss of the second sex chromosome, clinical phenotype is highly variable. We aim ed to describe the clinical characteristics of TS patients.Methods: We studied females diagnosed with TS at University hospital of Annaba, between 2015 and 2024. Retrospe...