ESPE Abstracts

Background: Conventionally, 46 XX infants with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) were reared as females, even if considerably virilised at birth. However, lately there has been some debate on this stance, and male gender of rearing is also being considered.Objective and hypotheses: We report on a 9 year old genetically female child (N) with salt wasting CAH reared as a male, with precocious female puberty, currently suppressed with GnRH analogs, and d...

Introduction: Intensive insulin therapy with multiple daily injections (MDI) gives better glycaemic control than conventional biphasic insulin regimen in children with type 1 Diabetes mellitus. Though MDI regimen is widely practiced in other countries, this is not so in Sri Lanka.Objective: Effect on glycaemic control and BMI of children with TIDM after the change of insulin regimen to MDI from twice daily insulin regime. Methodology</st...

Background: The increased risk for congenital heart malformations in Turner syndrome (TS) is well established with a prevalence ranging from 17 to 45%. The associated cardiac anomalies and normal parameters for aortic dimensions in TS have not been previously reported from Sri Lanka.Objective and hypotheses: To document parameters for aortic dimensions and describe structural and functional cardiac abnormalities in a cohort of children with TS.<p cla...

Introduction: 46, XY DSD leave lifelong implications on parents and patients. Documented scientific literature on children with 46, XY DSD is scares in Sri Lanka. This study assesses the psychosocial wellbeing of parents and the quality of life in children with 46 XY DSD.Objective: To assess the psychosocial wellbeing of parents and the quality of life in children with 46, XY DSD attending the endocrine clinics at Lady R...

The deficit of lysosomal acid lipase (LAL) is an infrequent (1: 40,000–300,000 prevalence), autosomal recessive, monogenic pathology. It can aggressively (Wolman’s disease): malabsorption and severe dyslipidemia with survival less than one year of life. The cholesterol ester storage disease (CESD) presents with dyslipidemia, liver disease and early cardiovascular disease.Goals: Descriptive study of the prevalence of LAL deficiency and carriers ...

Today we have an increase in patients with early-ahead forecast pubarche with impaired bone carving for advancement but organicidad criteria (HSC) but if dysfunction or adrenal hyperandrogenism and/or ovarian There are several anti-androgen drugs, all without usual pediatric use (use ‘of label’). Low-dose flutamide 62.5 mgr/day has been postulated as a treatment in these cases, but its use is restricted due to the risk of side effects (gynecomastia and liver involvem...

It is known that more checks of blood glucose, metabolic control of patients with type 1 suffering Dm improvement. Improved technology has made it possible to develop devices interstitial glucose control both blinded (retrospective) and open (in real time). The FREE STYLE free device is the latest appearance on the Spanish/European market. Although initially not seem indicated in <18 th, these are the a priori more could benefit from an improvement of metabolic control.</p...

Introduction: Hydrometrocolpos (HMC) develops in a female child as a result of a vaginal outflow tract obstruction and accumulation of secretions. HMC can have associated with other malformations or associated syndromes. Imperforated hymen, vaginal atresia, persistent urogenital sinus, and cloacal malformation, are the common causes for HMC. Congenital adrenal hyperplasia causing androgen exposure during the fetal life leads to varying degree of ambiguous geni...

Background: Congenital hypothyroidism (CH) is the most common cause of preventable mental retardation in children, thus screening programs of CH have been established for better management of the disorder and preventing its related neurodevelopmental consequences. Evidences from different screening programs indicated that the rate of CH is higher in pre-term and low birth weight newborns than normal ones due to the incomplete development of hypothalamic–pituitary axis in ...

Background: Precocious puberty (PP) is one of its variations which defines as appearance of physical signs of sexual development in a child prior to the earliest accepted age of sexual maturation, 7 years in girls and 9 years in boy. The exact mechanisms and genetic background of ICPP are not well understood. It is suggested that the kisspeptin neuropeptide, encoded by the KISS1 gene, could have role in this regard.Objective and hypotheses: Considering t...