IMPE Abstracts

Mother who began her illness at the age of 32 years with progressive weakness of extremities, weight loss and dysarthria, diagnosed 1 year later with metastatic medullary thyroid cancer, by DNA analysis of peripheral blood leukocytes (TGC-TGG mutation in codon 634 of the RET gene). A genetic study was performed in the family branch (3 children), with the result of heterozygous mutation in codon 634 of the RET proto-oncogene in 2 children of 11 and 5 years of age. Patient 1: Ma...

Introduction: Papillary thyroid cancer represents the eighth most frequent neoplasm in pediatrics. In the Instituto Nacional de Pediatría it is the most frequent endocrine neoplasm commonly associated with other thyroid disease.Objective: To evaluate the association between papillary thyroid cancer and risk factors such as sex, autoimmune thyroiditis, history of neoplasia and radiation.<stro...

Introduction: A significant increase in the incidence of precocious puberty secondary to the COVID-19 pandemic has been demonstrated worldwide. This phenomenon appears to be related to lifestyle changes forced by confinement.Objective: To perform a retrospective evaluation of newly diagnosed idiopathic central precocious puberty (ICPP) during and after COVID-19 confinement at the National Institute of Pediatrics (NIP), c...