ESPE Abstracts

Introduction: Antithyroid Drugs (ATD) are generally preferred at the onset of treatment with no consensus on the duration of ATD (propylthiouracil, methymasole) treatment Graves disease in children.Objective: Examining the effectiveness of ATD treatment on children and adolescents and determining the risk factors of remission and relapse.Method: A total of 45 cases with ages varying between 1–18 years diagnosed with Graves dis...

Introduction: Proopiomelanocortin (POMC) deficiency is a rare disease characterized by central adrenal insufficiency, early-onset obesity, red hair, and impaired skin pigmentation. This disease is caused by mutations of POMC that is localized in 2p23.3. Here, we aimed to present a case with central adrenal insufficiency, red hair, and rapid weight gain and who was detected frameshift mutation in the POMC.Case</s...

Introduction: Testicular regression syndrome (TRS) is a rare disease characterized by testicular dysfunction that causes varying degrees of virilization defect according to the emergence period in fetal life. The majority of cases present with normal male external genitalia. However, ambigious genitalia or, more rarely, female external genitalia can be found depending on the extent and timing of the intrauterine accident. Here, we present a case of TRS with no...