Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Recurrent middle ear disease may lead to poor growth or may suggest an underlying diagnosis associated with short stature. The aim of the study was to describe stature in a cohort of girls attending a paediatric ENT service.Methods: Height and weight was measured in all girls attending ENT clinics over an 8 week period (n=83). A mid-parental height (MPH) was calculated from reported parental heights. Th...

Introduction: Middle ear disease in Turner syndrome (TS) is common, often resulting in troublesome temporary hearing loss, and more rarely to serious suppurative disease with cholesteatoma formation. We have examined the prevalence and pattern of middle ear disease in our TS clinic in relation to age and karyotype.Methods: Case note review of all girls with TS attending clinic 1989–2012, scoring the most serious middle ear problem for each as: none ...

Background: Cholesteatoma, a serious suppurative middle ear condition, has an increased prevalence in Turner syndrome (TS).Aims: To estimate its incidence in our TS population; identify risk factors; highlight distinctive operative findings; and suggest strategies for earlier detection.Methods: Retrospective casenote review for patients attending a TS clinic to identify those with cholesteatoma; each age-matched with three unaffect...