ESPE Abstracts

Background: Drug intoxication is one of the rare reasons of hyperinsulinism; it may occur not only accidentally but also deliberately.Objective and hypotheses: Herein, we report a case who presented with factitious hyperinsulinaemic hypoglycemia and diagnosed with Münchausen syndrome by proxy (MSBP) which is an uncommon condition of child abuse.Method: A 7-year-old girl was referred to our department due to hyperglycemic and h...

Introduction: Rabson-Mendenhall Syndrome (RMS) is an autosomal recessive, extremely rare, serious insulin resistance syndrome that occurs as a result of mutation in the insulin receptor (INSR) gene. Pathogenic variants in the INSR gene cause a broad spectrum of inherited insulin resistance syndromes. Here, a male case who presented with the complaint of diffuse acanthosis nigricans and was diagnosed with RMS is shared. Case Repor...

Introduction: Costello syndrome is a rare RASopathy that is associated with such characteristics as prenatal overgrowth, postnatal growth retardation, mental-motor retardation, coarse face appearance, loose skin on the neck, hands and feet, cardiovascular abnormalities, deep palmar and plantar lines and a predisposition to various types of cancer. Several endocrine disorders, including growth hormone deficiency, adrenal failure, glucose intolerance, hyperprolactinemia and hypo...

Background: Fanconi–Bickel syndrome (FBS) is a rare glycogen storage disease characterized by hepato-renal glycogen accumulation, severe renal tubular dysfunction and impaired glucose and galactose metabolism. We present the case histories of two sisters who were diagnosed with FBS.Case reports: The proband, Lina, was referred to our clinic for growth retardation and abdominal distention aged 27 months. She is the 4th child of consanguineous parents...

Introduction: Hyperparathyroidism is a disorder usually seen in adults and rarely in childhood.Case: A 14 years and 7 months old girl complaining of constipation applied to pediatric gastroenterology department was consultant to pediatric endocrinology department due to increased plasma calcium levels. She was healthy previously and had no vitamin D usage. In her physical exam; body weight: 53.8kg (-0.12 SD), height: 153,5cm (-1.32 SD), ...

Introduction: Children with Small for Gestational Age (SGA) are known to have lower neurocognitive development and an increased in cardiovascular risk in adulthood. 10% of SGA don´t usually do the catch-up and if they meet criteria they have indication to follow Growth Hormone (GH) treatment.Objectives: To establish the difference between SGA diagnosed children who did or did not catch-up (treated with GH), in terms...

Background: Hydrometrocolpos is a condition resulting in distension of the vagina and uterus due to accumulation of secretions (other than blood), caused by increased oestrogenic stimulation and vaginal outflow obstruction. The incidence in term neonates is 0.00014-0.001%. The condition presents at extremes of childhood, at birth when maternal circulating hormones are raised and at menarche when oestrogen production commences. Pseudohypoaldosteronism (PHA)...

Background: Congenital lactase deficiency (CLD) occurs as a result of loss of function of intestinal lactase-phlorizin hydrolase (LPH) encoded by LCT gene. Patients usually present with osmotic diarrhea in the first few days of life. Although the exact mechanism is not known, hypercalcemia is a common feature of CLD; with calcium levels up to 14 mg/dl and nephrocalcinosis have been reported. However, CLD is frequently overlooked in the differential diagnosis o...

Primary Xanthomatous Hypophysitis (XH) is the rarest histological subtype of hypophysitis. Here we describe the case of a young 9-year-old girl diagnosed with this condition. The patient presented with a four-month history of an intermittent temporal-frontal headache that became gradually worse and constant for three days prior to admission. She did not have clinical signs or symptoms suggestive of increased intracranial pressure but had mild ataxia. On admission she was febri...

Among the acquired causes of growth hormone deficiency (GHD) in childhood, the most common reasons are benign or semimalign pituitary tumors - first and foremost craniopharyngiomas or dysgerminomas. We report on a very rare differential diagnosis in a 11-year-old, prepubertal boy with a growth arrest (1.1 cm in 2 years, height - 2.38 SDS). 2 growth hormone stimulation tests confirmed GHD (2,7 and 2,3 ng/ml after priming). There was mild central hypothyroidism (fT4 1.04 ng/dl, ...