Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: To present the rare case of a patient with cutaneous angiosarcoma, multiple benign skin lesions together with multiple thyroid nodules and to discuss his genetic diagnosis.Case Presentation: A 132/12 years-old boy was referred to the Endocrinology department, following chemotherapy and radiotherapy. His medical history was uneventful until the age of 8 years. His mother reported Graves’ disease and his maternal grandmother papi...

In true precocious puberty, the increased gonadal steroid secretion increases height velocity, somatic and psychosocial development, and the rate of skeletal maturation and can lead to short adult height. The aim is to assess the impact of suppression therapy of CPP with triptorelin on final adult height and the timing of menarche and pattern of menstrual cycle post-treatment.Materials and methods: Nineteen girls, with CPP, which had completed at least t...

Aim: To study the effect of thyroxine treatment on the size of thyroid nodules in children with Hashimoto’s thyroiditisPatients and methods: Twenty-two girls and 6 boys (78.6/21.4%) were followed for 2 years under thyroxine therapy, at mean dose 1.6±0.4 μg/kg per day. Diagnosis of Hashimoto’s thyroiditis was based on the high value of either antithyroid antibodies, ATPO or ATG. Age at presentation was 10.6±2.0 year (6.2–13.6...