ESPE Abstracts

Introduction: PseudoCushing is an unusual pathology. Among adults several cases have been published, however, in paediatrics it is unusual.Objective: Description of a PseudoCushing case from a patient admitted in a hospital and results from a study to discard secondary hypercortisolism due to stress.Patients and methods: 13 years old patient that it is admitted in hospital due to v...

Introduction: Developing an acute onset thyroid nodule is rare in children and usually associates with infectious or neoplastic disease; when linked to hyperthyroidism, the most likely diagnosis is toxic adenoma.Clinical description: 9-year-old boy with no relevant medical history was seen at the emergency department for acute cervical pain and tumor involving the left thyroid lobe with no inflammatory signs or history of trauma. Physical examination rev...