Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: Assess whether attendees to a paediatric diabetes clinic are carrying their blood-glucose monitors and short-acting glucose to identify and treat hypoglycaemia.Background: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence recommends children with type 1 diabetes should always have access to blood-glucose monitoring and a fast-acting glucose to treat episodes of hypoglycaemia. This study assessed the paediatric population at Barnet and Chas...

Introduction: Children with type 1 diabetes mellitus are at increased risk of autoimmune thyroid and coeliac disease. Reported prevalence figures for thyroid and coeliac disease in this population has been reported in European studies as 3–8%1 and 1–10%2 respectively. Current NICE guidelines (June 2009) recommend screening for both conditions at diagnosis, and then screening annually for thyroid disease thereafter. We aimed to: i) estimate preva...

Introduction: Testicular tumours are very rare in children and usually present as painless enlargement of the testis. Germ cell tumours account for the majority of testicular tumours in young people and embryonal carcinomas are a common component of germ cell tumours.Case report: A 9.8 year old boy presented with the development of pubic and facial hair over a period of 2 years. He had a growth spurt (Height +3 SDS and bone age advanced to 14.8 years) an...

Introduction: The Autoimmune Polyendocrinopathy Syndromes (APS) comprise 4 clinical subtypes (1–4), APS type 1 is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by mutations in the AIRE (Autoimmune Regulator) gene. It should include at least 2 of the following 3 major criteria: chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis (CMC), hypoparathyroidism (HPT) and adrenal insufficiency (AI) although 50% of patients develop all 3 features, usually before the age of 20 years. In addition, there are ...