ESPE Abstracts

Introduction: Pituitary tumors are rare in children and adolescents. The etiology is dominated by craniopharyngiomas. The main clinical presentation is the tumoral syndrome. These lesions often affect growth and pubertal development. The objective of our work is to study the clinical and etiological characteristics of pituitary tumors in the pediatric population.Materials and Methods: This is a retrospective descriptive study involving 0...

Keywords: Short stature, Noonan syndrome, Prader-Willi syndrome, Silver-Russell syndrome, genetic syndromesIntroduction: Short stature is one of the major components of dysmorphic syndromes. Growth failure may be due to a wide variety of mechanisms, either related to the growth hormone (GH)/insulin-like growth factor axis or to underlying unknown pathologies. At present, GH therapy is used in most syndromic disorders, al...