ESPE Abstracts

Vanishing testis syndrome leads to hypergonadotropic hypogonadism. We report the case of a 28-years-old patient, who was diagnosed with bilateral cryptorchidism and phymosis at birth. At one, three and seven years-of-age orchidopexy was unsuccessfull to find testicular tissue. Meanwhile one cure of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) therapy was applied, without success. Endocrine investigation was continued just in 2011, at 24 years-of-age, when infantile external male genital...

Background: Some hilly-mountainous regions of Mures County, located in the geographical center of Romania, were known as moderately mild iodine-deficient areas before the universal use of iodized alimentary salt was compulsorily implemented in practice in 2003. A partial evaluation was performed in 2006, but the sustainability of this prophylactic program was not evaluated afterward.Objective and hypotheses: To assess the current iodine status of schoolc...