ESPE Abstracts

Purpose: The Tanner-Whitehouse (TW) system is the method of choice for skeletal maturity assessment in both clinical practice and auxological research (Tanner et al. 1983), and it has been used to estimate skeletal maturity in groups of children from all over the world. This study aimed on analyzing the characteristic of the RUS maturity of Korea children by evaluating RUS maturity of Korea children using the TW3 method, compared with children in China and Japan<stron...

Background: Phosphate is an essential ion and plays a vital role in many physiological processes. Carpopedal spasm is known as a symptom of hypocalcaemia, or rarely, hypomagnesemia. We present an unusual case of carpal spasm seen in hypophosphataemia.Case presentation: 14 year old boy was admitted with acute onset of both carpal spasm. He had shrimp salad made 2 days ago, and two times of vomiting and large amount of diarrhea was developed before carpope...

Background: The IGF system is involved in the development of metabolic and cardiovascular disease. This study aimed to investigate the association of insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF1), IGF-binding protein-1 (IGFBP1) and IGFBP3 with insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes in children.Methods: We included 36 children aged 10 to 16 years without known diabetes, medication, chronic disease. They were classified into three groups according to the results of ...

Case presentation: A 23 months-old girl visited the hospital because of fever and left neck mass. She was diagnosed as acute suppurative thyroiditis with piriform sinus fistula. Thyroid sonography showed perithyroidal abscess formation and thyroid scan showed decreased uptake of Tc-99 m pertechnate of both thyroid glands. Magnetic resonance imaging of neck suggested infected 3rd and 4th branchial cyst. And there was tiny fistula between thyroid and piriform sinus on barium eso...

Introduction: Type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM) can be related with other autoimmune disorders. Thyroid dysfunction and autoimmune thyroiditis are frequently reported in DM. This study was performed to evaluate the prevalence and risk factors of thyroid dysfunction and autoimmune thyroiditis in children with new-onset DM.Subjects and Methods: Children with DM and followed for more than 6 months in a single tertiary center were included in the study. Medical ...

Background: Triglyceride glucose (TyG) index combined with body mass index (BMI) were reported to be superior to TyG index alone in predicting non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in youths. Transient elastography (TE) uses pulsed echo ultrasound to measure the hardness of the liver, showing excellent accuracy in the assessment of fibrosis, and is considered a useful test in NAFLD. Objects: This study aims to investigate the association between TyG-BMI an...

Background: Triglyceride-glucose (TyG) index is known as a reliable insulin resistance surrogate marker to identify non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Ultrasonographic fatty liver indicator (US-FLI) is proposed as a non-invasive, semi-quantitative method for predicting hepatitis in patients with NAFLD and accurately identifies histological severity. Few studies have compared the TyG index to homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) ...

Androgen insensitivity syndrome (AIS) is a rare genetic disease caused by mutation in the androgen receptor (AR). The AR is an essential steroid hormone receptor that plays a crucial role in male sexual differentiation and development. Mutations in the AR gene on the X chromosome cause malfunction of the AR so that a 46,XY karyotype male shows some physical characteristics of a woman or a full female phenotype. Depending on the phenotype, AIS can be classified as complete, par...

Neonatal thyrotoxicosis is rare and most of the cases are secondary to maternal Graves’ disease. It is usually transient, but can be associated with significant morbidity and mortality if not recognized promptly and treated adequately. We report a case of a 20-day-old female infant who developed thyrotoxicosis with irritability, tachycardia, and relatively poor weight gain. She was born to a mother who took levothyroxine during pregnancy after undergoing a thyroidectomy ...

Background: Endocrine-disruptor compounds (EDCs) like phthalates and bisphenol A (BPA) can have long term effect on children's physical growth. Studies have reported that effect of EDCs exposure on concurrent physical parameters like weight. But there is a knowledge gap with regards to long term effects of EDCs exposure on children's physical growth. Thus, in this study we evaluated the prenatal exposure of EDCs: BPA and phthalates and their influence ...