ESPE Abstracts

Introduction: Pituitary stalk thickening (PST) is a rare disease and can cause hormonal deficits and/or mass effect. The most frequent causes in pediatric age are germ cell tumors (GCT) and Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH). Hypophysitis with extension to the stalk is extremely rare in pediatric patients. The aimis to describe 4 pediatric patients which were first diagnosed as hypophysitis but final diagnosis was GCT.Clinical C...

Introduction: Craniopharyngioma (CP) is a rare and highly recurrent tumor with no available nationwide data.Objective: This retrospective study aims to characterize patients with CP treated at a national referral center.Methods: Clinical records of patients aged 18 years or younger diagnosed with CP were analyzed. Data including clinical presentation, biochemical profiles, MRI find...

Introduction: Pituitary stalk thickening (PST) is a rare condition in pediatric patients. As there are few studies published in pediatric population, the definition has been difficult to establish. The etiologies involved in PST can be divided in neoplastic, congenital, inflammatory/infectious or autoimmune diseases. In children the most frequent causes are neoplastic, followed by congenital lesions. The inflammatory/infectious and autoimmune diseases are rare...