ESPE Abstracts

Background: Reports suggest that youths with short stature (SS) exhibit academic under-achievement relative to cognitive aptitude and GH treatment diminishes the difference. However, interpretation of this achievement-aptitude discrepancy is confounded by the use of achievement and intelligence tests normed in different samples.Objective and hypotheses: To assess whether reports of academic underachievement in SS samples are partially attributable to cho...

Background: TSH-secreting pituitary adenomas are rare, accounting for less than 2% of all pituitary adenomas. Their diagnosis may be difficult when a coexistence of other diseases masks the typical clinical and biochemical manifestations of TSH-hypersecretion.Objective: To report a case of a TSH-adenoma without signs/symptoms of hyperthyroidism due to underlying autoimmune thyroid disease.Results: Patient is a 17 year old male who ...

Background: Usually a diet plan includes meals with suitable glycaemic index together with sophisticated insulin delivery for balanced sacharides-insulin intake. Nevertheless, the need of controlled sugar release is urged in specific day-to-day life situations, especially for young children with diabetes. Nocturnal hypoglycaemia, parental fear of insufficient snack intake in nursery, sports with prolonged race periods and others are amongst these life situations.<p class="...

Background: Disorders/differences of sex development (DSD) differ from other rare conditions which are often accompanied by significant morbidity and mortality. With limited exceptions, DSD are not life-threatening and do not predict a given level of physical health or health-related quality of life across the lifespan. The birth of a child with DSD is anxiety-provoking. Stressors include weathering drawn-out diagnostic testing, difficulty absorbing complex medical information...

Background: Women with Turner syndrome (TS) are known to be at risk of osteoporosis and fracture. While childhood GH treatment is common in TS, the impact of this therapy on bone health has been poorly understood.Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of childhood GH-treatment on adult bone quality in TS women using dual X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and high resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography (HR-pQCT).<p c...

Introduction: FOXP3 protein is crucial in enabling T-regulatory cells to maintain tolerance to self-antigens. Mutations in human Foxp3 gene are associated with immune diseases, such as multi-organ autoimmune disorder, immune dysregulation, polyendocrinopathy, enteropathy and X-linked syndrome (IPEX).Case Presentation: A 15 months old male, presented initially at 2 weeks of age with failure to thrive hyperglycemia and sev...

Background: Gender incongruence (GI) is a topic of interest with major impacts on both the individual and society. In recent years, the small group of gender non-conforming children with an early GI history that persists through adolescence has been accompanied by a substantial rise in the proportion of adolescents reporting their gender doubts. The onset of gender dysphoria in this group is rapid. In the Czech Republic, multidisciplinary teams strive for high...

Background: Over 800 different mutations in GCK gene have been reported in the Human Gene Mutation Database, the vast majority of which result in monogenic diabetes (Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young, MODY type 2). The missense mutation p.Leu122Val is listed in that database as "disease-causing". However, the National Center for Biotechnology Information ClinVar database (Variation ID 585919) reports that this mutation is of "uncertain ...

Introduction: Osteoporosis in children and young people can be primary due to Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) or secondary to chronic disease. We report 2 patients with Idiopathic Juvenile Osteoporosis (IJO), a rare primary osteoporotic disorder.Case 1: A 12 year old boy presented with 12 months of lower back pain and stiffness, against a background of chronic pain in knees, wrist and ankles. There was no history of fractures or systemic disease. Examinatio...

Introduction: PCSK1/3 gene mutations are known as a cause for congenital diarrhea and various endocrinopathies. Hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism and aberrant pubertal development due to pro-convertase dysfunction was not characterized yet. This study aimed to characterize the pubertal development in a family carrying the novel N309K mutation in the PCSK1 gene.Methods and Results: We Identified 2 siblings who presented with severe congenital diarrhea follow...