ESPE Abstracts

Context: Mitochondrial encefalo-cardio-myopathy due to TMEM70 mutation is a very rare disease with frequent neonatal onset accompanied by laptic acidosis, hyperammonemia and 3-methylglutaconic aciduria.Case presentation: Patient DT presented at 7.5 years due to short stature (height -3.11 SDS, MPH -1.09 SDS; weight -4.41 SDS), in the context of a complex syndromic picture characterized by intrauterine growth retardation,...

Case report: We describe a 4-year-old girl, born by vaginal delivery after 41 weeks gestational (length: 55 cm, 99thcentile, weight: 4.8 kg, 99th centile). TSH on newborn screen was normal. Evaluated in the first month of life by gastroenterologists for severe constipation required several hospitalizations and investigation by endoscopy, biopsy, and rectal manometry. Constipation was treated by continuous polyethylene glycol administratio...