ESPE Abstracts

Introduction: Gonadal insufficiency is a common long-term endocrinological complication of BMT and is mainly associated with the chemotherapy protocol. In the literature, gonadal insufficiency after BMT varies between 66% -80% in girls and 35-60% in boysAim: to investigate the frequency and the factors affecting gonadal insufficiency in cases with BMT due to non-malignant indications in children or adolescenc...

Background: Diagnosis and treatment of Cushing’s disease in children are challenging.Objective and hypotheses: Cabergolin is a long acting dopamine receptor agonist used for the treatment of patients with recurrent Cushing’s disease.Method: year-old female patient admitted to the hospital because of short stature, amenorrhea, facial and body hair growth, rapid weight gain, hair loss and excessive acne.<p class="abstex...

Background: Hyperthyroidism is a condition rarely found in children. In the majority of cases, it is a Grave's disease whose clinical expression is very similar to that observed in adults.Objective: describe the clinical, evolutionary and therapeutic epidemiological features in children with hyperthyroidism and especially Grave's disease.Materials and Methods: This is a ret...

Cushing’s disease (CD) is defined as hypercortisolism secondary to an adrenocorticotropin (ACTH) secreting pituitary adenoma. It is rare in the pediatric age and early diagnosis and treatment are important to prevent long-term complications. In the diagnostic workup, bilateral inferior petrosal sinus sampling (BIPSS) of ACTH after corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) stimulation is the gold standard in the differential diagnosis of ACTH-dependent hypercortisolism. We re...

Introduction: Crooke’s cell adenoma (CCA) is an aggressive subtype of corticotroph adenoma, it is usually large, frequently invades surrounding tissues, and is resistant to both surgery and radiotherapy.Case Report: A 13-year-old girl, admitted with weight gain for more than 3 months. Her height was 147.5 cm (-1.5 SDS), weight 58.5 kg (1.1 SDS), BMI 26.89 kg/m2 (2 SDS) and blood pressure was 100/78mmHg. Her i physical exa...

Keywords: Basal ganglia calcifications, hypoparathyroidism, farh's diseaseIntroduction: Fahr syndrome is a rare anatomical-clinical entity, defined radiologically by the presence of bilateral, symmetrical, non-arteriosclerotic triatopallidodentate calcifications. Its diagnosis is radiological, and must be distinguished from Fahr's disease, which corresponds to the presence of calcifications without abnormalitie...

Introduction: The etiology of hyperandrogenism is diverse and diagnosis is based on history, clinical findings, reliable measurement of steroid hormones and genetic analyzes. In the electrochemiluminescence immunoassay (ECLIA) method, the presence of various endogenous compounds and the use of certain pharmaceutical agents may cause interference in results, on the other hand liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method allows measurement of 17 adr...

An 11-year-old female presents with a 6-week history of double and blurred vision associated with headaches and neck swelling. Thyroid function tests demonstrated antibody negative hypothyroidism and connective tissue disorder screening was negative. The patient was commenced on thyroid hormone replacement (levothyroxine). 5 days later, she re-presented with strabismus and progressive diplopia. Intracranial imaging was performed to rule out space occupying masses. A diagnosis ...

Introduction: Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is a disease related to collagen synthesis or fuctions. Collagen is found in many areas of the cardiovascular system. Endotelial dysfunction can be detected at an early stage before the symptoms become evident by non-invasive radiologic methods such as flow-mediated dilatation (FMD), carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT), and ventricular functions measurements, which may serve as indicators of endothelial dysfunction....

Background: Congenital hypothyroidism (CHT) is one of the most common congenital endocrine disorders. The study will determine the incidence of CHT and describe demographic characteristics and developmental outcomes in children attending Gertrude’s children’s hospital, Nairobi Kenya over 5-year, period.Objective: To determine the incidence of congenital hypothyroidism, developmental outcome, and demographic c...