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50th Annual Meeting of the British Society for Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes

Manchester, UK
08 Nov 2023 - 10 Nov 2023

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The 50th Annual BSPED Meeting will take place at the Midland Hotel, Manchester from 8-10 November 2023.

Poster Presentations

Miscellaneous/other 2 (1)

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A young girl with papillary thyroid cancer, could it be DICER1 Syndrome?

Naotunna Chamidri , Hilmi Omar , Kunanandam Thushitha , Davidson Rosemarie , Shaikh M Guftar

Introduction: Thyroid cancers are the most common endocrine cancer among children, accounting for 0.5–3% of all childhood malignancies. Thyroid carcinogenesis is well established in Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia syndromes type 2, and may present with medullary thyroid cancer at young age. However, with the advancement of genetics, several other syndromes need to be considered which may lead to non-medullary thyroid cancers including DICER1 tumour predispos...