IMPE Abstracts

Congenital hyperinsulinism is one of the most common causes of severe hypoglycemia in infants. Case 1. A 9-year-old girl had her first hypoglycemic seizure at the age of 65 days. Her blood glucose, insulin, C-peptide, cortisol, and ammonia levels were 42 mg/dL, 37.14U/mL, 4.20 ng/mL, 21.85 mg/dL and 54 mg/dL, respectively. Diazoxide was started and she was referred to our Pediatric Endocrinology Clinic at 9 months. Genetic investigation, including whole exome sequencing, did n...

Introduction: Pediatric growth hormone deficiency (GHD) is characterized by short stature due to inadequate secretion of growth hormone (GH). Growth hormone stimulation test (GHST) can be used in diagnosing GHD. It is important to evaluate intracranial abnormality even though the incidence is not high. The study was aimed to find the incidence and predicting factors of pituitary abnormality in pediatric GHD in a single tertiary center.<s...