ESPE Abstracts

Objective: To analyze the structure of puberty delay in girls depending on the etiology of the disease.Materials and methods: 51 girls with puberty delay (14.2±0.82) were examined. Inclusion criteria: absence of secondary sex characteristics at 13; or absence of menarche by age 15 years or the absence of menarche during 3 years from the onset of estrogen-dependent puberty signs development. Exclusion criteria: age ≥18, аmbiguous genital...

Materials and methods: we included 51 girls with puberty delay (mean age 14.2±0.82 years) into the study. Inclusion criteria: no secondary sex characteristics by the age of 13 years; or no menstruation by age 15 years or no menarche during 3 years or more from the onset of estrogen-dependent signs of puberty development. Exclusion criteria: age 18 years or more, аmbiguous genitalia. According to clinical characteristics girls were divided into 3 g...

Objective: assess advantages and disadvantages of the treatment of hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (HH) with rFSH and hCG.Materials: We report the case of а 16-year old patient with complaints of no development of secondary sexual characteristics. Patient was 174 cm (SDS growth 0.25 SD, SDS growth velocity 1.62 SD, SDS BMI -0.4 SD, target height correction 1.01 SD) with Tanner G1 P1 (penis length was 5 cm). Laboratory studies included LH < 0.1 m...

Objective: to evaluate combination replacement therapy (CRT) with rFSH and hCG of hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (HH) in boys appropriateness and effectiveness.Materials: 1 boy with isolated HH (№1) and 2 boys (№2,3) with HH caused by hypopituitarism (HP) included. Antropometric data, Тanner; testosterone (T), LH, FSH, inhibin B, anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH), testicular volumes (TV), bone age (BA) evaluated in all patients. GnRH agonis...

Introduction: Prolonged evolution of an untreated hypothyroidism can lead to thyrotropic cell hyperplasia, which could be indistinguishable from a pituitary macroadnoma on resonance. Differential diagnosis is very important since it allows to avoid aggressive therapeutic behaviors.Case report: We show a 3-year-old girl who, in the context of a study due to psychomotor retardation, borderline head circumference and coarse features, presented in magnetic r...

Background: Congenital hypothyroidism (CH) is an inborn disease with an incidence rate of 1 case per 3,600 newborns of which 15-20% cases are associated with thyroid dyshormonogenesis. The TPO gene encodes thyroid peroxidase. Disease associated with this gene is usually transmitted in an autosomal recessive mode. Hypothyroidism-associated TPO variants are usually biallelic, limited evidence for cases in patients with heterozygous variants exists.Method...

Introduction: The pathogenetic process in type 1 diabetes mellitus includes a complex mechanism between genetic and immunological factors. Chronic autoimmune reaction relies upon the detection on autoantibodies in the patient’s serum long before initiation of the disease. Autoimmune markers include mainly 4 types of antibodies - GAD65, IAA, ICA and IA-2, some present in children less than 10 years (IAA, ZnT8), and some later in life (GAD, IA-2).The presen...

We present a monocentric cross-sectional study of 55 children referred between 2000 and 2020 for pituitary lesions, who underwent a complete pituitary function assessment. These data were compared to results obtained in a group of 295 adults carrying pituitary lesions undergoing a complete pituitary screening. Follow-up data was available for 50 children and 248 adults. The mean age at diagnosis in children was 12.2±3.7 years (range 2.1-17.9), while in adults was 48.7&#17...

Background: Granulosa cell tumors (GCT) originate from sex cord/stromal tissue in the gonad. They are typically located in an ovary, but extra-gonadal localisation exists. These tumors are extremely rare in children and no systematic review has been published. The objective of this systematic review is to examine the following questions: What is the clinical picture of girls with a GCT? How are these patients treated and what is their prognosis?<p class="a...

Background: It has been previously proposed that not all children with short stature displaying an inadequate response to tests for growth hormone (GH) secretion truly suffer from GH deficiency (GHD). Instead, amongst these, solely children with an identifiable monogenic cause of GHD or an identifiable functional or anatomical anomaly in the hypothalamic-pituitary axis should be considered GHD. The remaining patients should be defined as affected by “sho...