ESPE Abstracts

A 15y10m boy was presented to our hospital (in March 2017) with the complaints of acute, severe, continuous, burning pain affecting soles and both legs, insomnia, loss of body weight and appetite. He described his pain as stabbing and burning. He also perceived contact with bed clothing, socks, shoes or floor as causing extreme discomfort. He could barely move out of bed. He had no symptoms in hands or any other neurological complaints. An. Morbi: type 1 diabetes was diagnosed...

Thyroid carcinoma in pediatric patients usually manifests as an asymptomatic neck mass, with a reported incidence of cervical lymphadenopathy that ranges from 35-83%.Multifocal involvement of the thyroid gland is a well-recognized feature of papillary carcinoma. The reported frequency is about 20%, with wide variations depending on the extent of the sampling and reporting by the pathologistA 12 year old boy presented with t...

Objective: Silver-Russell Syndrome (SRS) is a rare disorder characterized by growth restriction and distinctive phenotypic features. The underlying mechanisms include loss of methylation on chromosome 11p15 and maternal uniparental disomy of chromosome 7. While feeding difficulties and gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms are prevalent during childhood, their manifestation and severity in adulthood remain unclear. This study aim ed to evaluate the presence and sever...