ESPE Abstracts

Background: Experience with nasogastric administration of oral DDAVP [desamino-D-arginine-8-vasopressin] lyophilisate (ODL) for central diabetes insipidus (CDI) in disabled children with swallowing coordination difficulties is limited.Objective: We aimed to assess the safety and efficacy of nasogastric use of ODL in disabled children with CDI.Methods: Clinical, laboratory and neuro...

Background: Craniopharyngioma is a benign tumour that develops in the sellar and surrounding parasellar regions, including the hypothalamus and the pituitary gland responsible for the production and regulation of neuropeptides. Oxytocin is a hypothalamic neuropeptide that has been identified as a key modulator of appetite drive and social cognition. Here, we present a case of parent-observed improvements in neurobehavioural dysfunction following administration...

Background: Neonatal diabetes mellitus (NDM), either transient (TNDM) or permanent (PNDM), is a rare form of monogenic diabetes, and usually presents in the first 6 months of life.Objective and Hypotheses: To describe the clinical characteristics and molecular genetics of a large Turkish cohort of NDM from a single centre.Method: NDM patients presenting to Diyarbakır Children State Hospital between 2010 and 2013 were prospecti...

Context: Congenital hyperinsulinism (CHI) has two main histological types – diffuse and focal. Diffuse CHI is due to recessive or dominant mutations in ABCC8/KCNJ11. Focal disease is due to somatic maternal allele loss of 11p15 in pancreatic β-cells along with paternally inherited germline ABCC8/KCNJ11 mutation. Fluorine-18 L-3, 4-dihydroxyphenylalanine positron emission tomography computerized tomography (18F DOPA–PET...

Background: Congenital hyperinsulinism (CHI), is the most common cause of severe hypoglycaemia in neonates and infants. The cornerstone of medical therapy is diazoxide. Octreotide, a somatostatin analogue, is the second therapeutic option in diazoxide unresponsive cases. However, due to its short half-life and requirement of multiple daily doses, lack of compliance may cause recurring hypoglycaemia and related neurological deficits, particularly for the family with low socioec...

Objective: To compare the serum 25-hydroxy Vitamin D [25(OH)D] concentrations in children and adolescents with obesity with and without hepatosteatosis, and investigate the relationship between serum 25(OH)D concentrations and severity of hepatosteatosis. We also aimed to assess the effect of vitamin D treatment after 6 months on hepatosteatosis and liver biochemistry.Methods: One hundred thirty-three obese patients with...

Background: Automimmune polyendocrinopathy candidiasis ectodermal dystrophy (APECED) is an extremely rare autoimmune condition caused by AIRE (autoimmune regulator) gene mutations and characterised by a classic triad of 1) chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis, 2) hypoparathyroidism and 3) adrenal insufficiency. APECED can involve any endocrine or non-endocrine organ. Consequently, clinicians need to be mindful of the great variability in presentation. Although ad...

Background: Pituitary apoplexy is a clinical syndrome caused by haemorrhage of the pituitary gland, typically characterised by acute confusion, headache, vomiting and visual disturbance. It is regarded as a medical emergency. It is rare in childhood and adolescence, occurring in association with pituitary tumours. We report an unusual case of pituitary apoplexy associated with a cerebral infarction secondary to internal carotid artery compression.<p class=...

Background: Congenital hyperinsulinism (CHI) is the most common cause of hyperinsulinaemic hypoglycaemia in the neonatal, infancy, and childhood periods. Its clinical presentation, histology and underlying molecular biology are extremely heterogeneous.Objective and hypotheses: To describe the clinical characteristics, analyse the genotype–phenotype correlations and describe the treatment outcome of Turkish CHI patients.Method:...

Background: Congenital hyperinsulinism (CHI) causes severe hypoglycaemia in children, due to dysregulated insulin secretion from pancreatic β-cells. Glucagon, secreted from the pancreatic α-cells, is critical for blood glucose homeostasis. Somatostatin is secreted by Δ-cells of the islets and by extraislet neuroendocrine cells. Exogenous somatostatin potently inhibits insulin and glucagon release from pancreatic islets. Under normal physiological conditions, low...