ESPE Abstracts

Background: Hyperthyroidism is a condition rarely found in children. In the majority of cases, it is a Grave's disease whose clinical expression is very similar to that observed in adults.Objective: describe the clinical, evolutionary and therapeutic epidemiological features in children with hyperthyroidism and especially Grave's disease.Materials and Methods: This is a ret...

Background: Fahr syndrome is a rare degenerative disease, characterized by the presence of calcification of the basal ganglia.Autosomal recessive or dominant, variable penetrance.Usually asymptomatic in the first 2 decades, the disease typically manifests itself either at 30 years of age by the appearance of neuropsychiatric disorders, or at age 60 by progressive dementia with extrapyramidal syndrome.Case p...

The association of thyroid carcinoma with Graves' disease is considered rare and remains exceptional because it accounts for only 1-2% of childhood cancers.We report an observation of a 10-year-old girl from a goitrous endemic area (CHLEF) with exophthalmia. It shows signs of obvious thyrotoxicosis with with a very firm, homogeneous and asymmetrical goiter on the right.. A hormonal assessment, an echography and a thyroid scintigraphy confirm the ...