ESPE Abstracts

Pituitary hyperplasia (PH) is absolute increase in the number of one or more adenohypophyseal cell subtypes, manifesting radiologically as pituitary enlargement beyond what is considered normal. Diagnosis of PH remains predominantly clinical, hormonal, and radiological. Case presentation: we present a clinical course, diagnosis, and management of a case of pituitary gland hyperplasia in 10 years old Egyptian girl, one of twins who sought medical advice when the mother noticed ...

Eight years old girl presented with vaginal bleeding at Endocrine clinic. Bleeding occurred twice with 3 months apart. By examination: Height: 140 cm (2.3 SDS), Target height: (-0.6 SDS), Tanner staging: A1, P2, B3 bilaterally. Routine basic investigations were normal apart from microcytic hypochromic anemia. Thyroid profile was normal. Bone age was advanced (11 years), Abdominopelvic ultrasound showed normal average sized uterus with enlarged left ovary (15 ml) with 2 hemorrh...

Keywords: Endocrine, Non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis, Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD)Introduction: Recent evidence shows that there is association between different endocrinal disorders and the pathogenesis of chronic lung diseases. These disorders have an impact on quality of life and management of these diseases.Aim of work: Assess the correlation between two chronic lung dise...

Key words: Insulin resistance, triglycerides to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol-(HDL-C), HOMA-IR.Background: Childhood Obesity is a chronic metabolic disease. The fundamental disorder related to obesity is Insulin Resistance (IR). The gold standard method to measure IR is by use the hyper insulinemic euglycemic clamp, rarely performed in children because of its invasiveness, complexity, time consumption and high cos...

Background: Telehealth programmes can provide purposeful and relevant solutions to facilitate management and interactions between patients with diabetes and healthcare professionals.Patients & Methods: A case control study was conducted from June 2021 till August 2022 on 140 children and adolescents with Type 1 diabetes following at outpatient clinic of DEMPU (Diabetes Endocrine and Metabolism Pediatric Unit) at Cair...

Background: Growth retardation as well as metabolic and endocrine derangements are of utmost importance among the sickle cell disease (SCD) population.Objective: To determine the growth pattern in a cohort of Egyptian children with SCD and to determine the impact of endocrine complications and nutritional status on their growth pattern.Subjects and Methods: This study was a prospec...