ESPE Abstracts

Background: South Korea is one of the adequate or excessive iodine nutritional state countries and high-iodine intake is related to papillary thyroid cancer. The prevalence of thyroid cancer of South Korea has increased and the proportion of thyroid papillary cancer has increased as 97.9–98.3% in 2010. Childhood thyroid cancer is rare, and the prevalence of thyroid cancer in pediatric population was reported as 20–26% of thyroid nodules worldwide. However, there have...

Background: Nesfatin-1, a recently discovered anorexigenic neuropeptide, seems to play an important role in hypothalamic pathways regulating food intake and energy homeostasis.Objective and hypotheses: The aim of this study is to evaluate the relation of serum nesfatin-1 level with anthropometric and metabolic parameters in children and adolescents.Method: This study included 78 Korean children and adolescents (42 obese/overweight ...

Background: In adolescents, as much as 51% of peak bone mass is accumulating and reaching 40% of bone mineral density (BMD) of adults. There are inconsistent reports on the associations between birth weight (BW) and bone mineral contents (BMC) in adolescents.Objective and hypotheses: We try to investigate the association between BW and BMC in adolescents.Method: Dual-energy x-ray aborptiometry assessment (DXA) of 10–18 adolesc...

Background: Aluetta® Smartdot™ (Merck Healthcare KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany) is a novel injection device for administering recombinant-human growth hormone (r-hGH), integrated with a smart knob attachment for data transmission that combines ease of use with advanced capabilities. Integration with Growzen™ digital ecosystem empowers healthcare professionals (HCPs) with remote monitoring of patient adherence, thereby promoting optimal cl...

Background: GnRHa (gonadotropin releasing hormone analogue) inhibits growth spurt during treatment of precocious puberty. So they have limitation of final height gain.Objective and hypotheses: It is need to study about what factor associated with growth decrement and ideal suppression level of sex steroid during GnRHa treatment.Method: Female Sprague–Dawley rats of 3 weeks of age (Total 15) were divided into three groups; (1) ...

X-linked dominant hypophosphatemic rickets (XLH) are the most common form of familial hypophosphatemic rickets resulting from hypophosphatemia caused by renal phosphate wasting, which in turn is a result of loss-of-function mutations in PHEX. Herein, we report a 39-year-old female with short stature and skeletal deformities and 12-month-old asymptomatic daughter. The woman has a history of multiple surgical treatments because of lower limb deformities. Through additional quest...

Screening for diabetic retinopathy has been expanded from ophthalmology-based assessments. Retinal photography can be used in primary care by trained photographers, and then graded by trained staff using Telemedicine. Ultrawide retinal cameras can now capture over 80% of the retina from a single image. It may be more predictive of progression to proliferative retinopathy than the traditional views, but cost of equipment for benefit is unclear. There have been advances in D...

Purpose: To investigate the outcomes of GH therapy combined with GnRH agonist for short girls who diagnosed with idiopathic CPP compared to whom treated with GnRH agonist alone.Methods: We performed retrospective reviews, among 1636 patients managed for CPP, collected data of the 166 girls with CPP treated with GnRHa for 36 months or more from January 2002 to December 2016. We divided groups of patients received GnRHa alone (Group A, n=135) or G...

Introduction: Congenital hypothyroidism is defined as thyroid hormone deficiency present at birth. It is the most common congenital endocrine disorder. Neonatal screening test for hypothyroidism can allow its early detection. The course of disease can be permanent or transient. Some permanent congenital hypothyroidism has been linked to defects in proteins involved in the synthesis of thyroid hormones. One of the critical steps in the synthesis of thyroid hormone is the genera...

Background: Massive pericardial effusion is uncommon complication of acquired hypothyroidism in children, and prompt drainage should be performed for impending tamponade. Thyroxine supplementation improves all clinical signs except profound growth failure, resulting poor catch-up growth.Case presentation: 9 years 11month old girl was brought to emergency room with sudden worsening dyspnea for 1 day. Previously healthy girl showed weight increase of 10 kg...