ESPE Abstracts

Background: Recent clinical guidelines recommend that all patients with non-classic congenital adrenal hyperplasia (NCCAH) on glucocorticoid therapy (GC) need to be informed about stress doses and suggest the use of GC in the subgroup of patients with low cortisol response during periods of stress even though they are not on GC.Objective and Hypotheses: To study the response of cortisol to ACTH 250 μg i.v. (Synacthen®, Novartis) in p...

Case presentation: A 7 year old boy was presented to us with height acceleration, symmetric breast development equivalent to Tanner stage B2 and sparse dark hair in the pubic region (PH2). Testicular volume equaled to 2ml, while external genitalia showed no clear signs of androgen effect. The patient’s biological father is a transgender woman who started a medical gender transition before the patient’s birth. She has been continuously receiving tra...

Background: The BoneXpert method for automated determination of bone age from hand X-rays is based on machine learning, so it lends itself naturally to be improved by adding more training data and using better learning algorithms. Currently, version 2 is running in 145 hospitals across Europe, and a new version 3 is rolled out in 2019.Objective and Hypotheses: The aim was to validate version 3 against manual ratings in r...

Background: Subcutaneous fat necrosis of the Newborn (SCFN) is a rare disease occurring in the first days of life. Characteristically the infants show hard nodules in subcutaneous tissue, purple or erythematous in color and appear on the upper back, cheeks, buttocks and limbs. In most cases SCFN is a self-limiting disease, as the nodules disappear in up to 6 months. A severe complication associated with SCFN is hypercalcemia. Pathophysiological mechanisms caus...

Background: Heat generation in UCP-1 active cells as present in brown adipose tissue contributes to the regulation of energy homeostasis. Brown adipose tissue is known to be present in neonates and infants and has recently also been demonstrated in children and adults. Interestingly, a transition of white adipocytes into a brown phenotype has been documented in vitro in mouse and human cells, yet the underlying mechanisms are still not resolved. Using transcriptome an...

Introduction: Elevated obesity prevalence among transgender individuals compared to cisgender control groups or general population have been reported in some studies. Whether there is a higher prevalence for obesity in transfeminine and transmasculine persons at different age groups has not yet been systematically studied.Methods: We performed a systematic literature search using Pubmed and Google Scholar. Following sear...

Introduction: Up to now, no systematic literature review has studied whether overweight or obesity compared to normal weight in childhood and adolescence is associated with an increased fracture risk (fractures overall and by site).Methods: The systematic literature search was conducted in PubMed/Medline, Embase, Cochrane Library, BIOSIS databases using defined keywords and MeSH terms. 1,677 publications were identified ...

Background: The reasons for tall stature, defined as a height above the 97. percentile or above 2SD from the mean, are heterogeneous. Besides non-pathogenic forms like familial tall stature or constitutional advance of growth there are pathogenic forms like obesity, growth hormone excess, hyperthyreoidism, precocious puberty or some genetic disorders and syndromes that need to be concerned.Case Report: We report on a 14 ...

Background: Steroidogenic factor (SF1, NR5A2) regulates multiple genes known to be involved in gonadal development, adrenal development, steroidogenesis, and gonadotroph development. Heterozygous mutations in the NR5A1 gene have been described in association with mild to severe gonadal dysgenesis with or without adrenal failure. Homozygous mutations are rare and have also been described in association with gonadal dysgenesis with or without adrenal failure.<p class="abstex...

Background: It has been discussed in literature, that being severely obese and adolescent are predictive for failure in a behavior based weight-loss program.Objective: To investigate the association between age and initial BMI-SDS with BMI-SDS courses during and after the attendance of an inpatient weight-loss program.Design: The LOGIC-trial involves overweight and obese children and adolescents (6–19 years), who participate i...