ESPE Abstracts

Background and aims: To explore the functional autonomy in adolescents with nodular goitre.Materials and methods: We have examined 66 patients with nodular goiter from iodine deficient region. There were 48 girls (mean age 14.91±1.78 years) and 18 boys (mean age 14.46±2.75 years) among them. Uninodular goitre was diagnosed in 43 patients, 23 patients had multinodular goitre. The survey included thyroid scintigraphy 99mTc and assessment of the f...

Objective: To analyze the structure of puberty delay in girls depending on the etiology of the disease.Materials and methods: 51 girls with puberty delay (14.2±0.82) were examined. Inclusion criteria: absence of secondary sex characteristics at 13; or absence of menarche by age 15 years or the absence of menarche during 3 years from the onset of estrogen-dependent puberty signs development. Exclusion criteria: age ≥18, аmbiguous genital...

Materials and methods: we included 51 girls with puberty delay (mean age 14.2±0.82 years) into the study. Inclusion criteria: no secondary sex characteristics by the age of 13 years; or no menstruation by age 15 years or no menarche during 3 years or more from the onset of estrogen-dependent signs of puberty development. Exclusion criteria: age 18 years or more, аmbiguous genitalia. According to clinical characteristics girls were divided into 3 g...

Objective: assess advantages and disadvantages of the treatment of hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (HH) with rFSH and hCG.Materials: We report the case of а 16-year old patient with complaints of no development of secondary sexual characteristics. Patient was 174 cm (SDS growth 0.25 SD, SDS growth velocity 1.62 SD, SDS BMI -0.4 SD, target height correction 1.01 SD) with Tanner G1 P1 (penis length was 5 cm). Laboratory studies included LH < 0.1 m...

Objective: to evaluate combination replacement therapy (CRT) with rFSH and hCG of hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (HH) in boys appropriateness and effectiveness.Materials: 1 boy with isolated HH (№1) and 2 boys (№2,3) with HH caused by hypopituitarism (HP) included. Antropometric data, Тanner; testosterone (T), LH, FSH, inhibin B, anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH), testicular volumes (TV), bone age (BA) evaluated in all patients. GnRH agonis...

Introduction: Prolonged evolution of an untreated hypothyroidism can lead to thyrotropic cell hyperplasia, which could be indistinguishable from a pituitary macroadnoma on resonance. Differential diagnosis is very important since it allows to avoid aggressive therapeutic behaviors.Case report: We show a 3-year-old girl who, in the context of a study due to psychomotor retardation, borderline head circumference and coarse features, presented in magnetic r...

Background: Congenital hypothyroidism (CH) is an inborn disease with an incidence rate of 1 case per 3,600 newborns of which 15-20% cases are associated with thyroid dyshormonogenesis. The TPO gene encodes thyroid peroxidase. Disease associated with this gene is usually transmitted in an autosomal recessive mode. Hypothyroidism-associated TPO variants are usually biallelic, limited evidence for cases in patients with heterozygous variants exists.Method...

Introduction: The pathogenetic process in type 1 diabetes mellitus includes a complex mechanism between genetic and immunological factors. Chronic autoimmune reaction relies upon the detection on autoantibodies in the patient’s serum long before initiation of the disease. Autoimmune markers include mainly 4 types of antibodies - GAD65, IAA, ICA and IA-2, some present in children less than 10 years (IAA, ZnT8), and some later in life (GAD, IA-2).The presen...

We present a monocentric cross-sectional study of 55 children referred between 2000 and 2020 for pituitary lesions, who underwent a complete pituitary function assessment. These data were compared to results obtained in a group of 295 adults carrying pituitary lesions undergoing a complete pituitary screening. Follow-up data was available for 50 children and 248 adults. The mean age at diagnosis in children was 12.2±3.7 years (range 2.1-17.9), while in adults was 48.7&#17...

Background: Granulosa cell tumors (GCT) originate from sex cord/stromal tissue in the gonad. They are typically located in an ovary, but extra-gonadal localisation exists. These tumors are extremely rare in children and no systematic review has been published. The objective of this systematic review is to examine the following questions: What is the clinical picture of girls with a GCT? How are these patients treated and what is their prognosis?<p class="a...