Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Cutaneous manifestations in children with type 2 diabetes mellitus is well known. We describe a child with background of poorly controlled type 1 diabetes mellitus who presented with cutaneous lesions posing a diagnostic challenge.Case: A male child BS, was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes mellitus at the age of 8 yrs. He subsequently developed coeliac disease. He had a background of extensive social problems and had been placed on child protec...

Salt-losing conditions can be challenging to manage well in infancy and early childhood. We describe a child with both salt-wasting 21-hydroxylase deficiency (SW21OHD) and cystic fibrosis (CF).A male infant, JW, birth weight 3.5 kg, presented with a salt-wasting crisis on day 9 of life with hyponatraemia, hyperkalaemia, and weight loss of 415 g. Serum 17-hydroxyprogesterone (17OHP) was >1000 nmol/l and a diagnosis of SW21OHD was made. Neonatal screen...