Successful Utilization of High-Flux Hemodialysis for Treatment of Vancomycin...
Vancomycin is routinely used for empiric antibiotic therapy in children. Higher-serum-concentration targets for serious infections are now being recommended. This recommendation may result in...
View ArticleA Dysmorphic Child with a Pericentric Inversion of Chromosome 8
An 8-year-old boy was referred to our institute with dysmorphic features such as mild lupus, micrognathia, low hair line, hypoplasia, hemi atrophy of left side of the face, abnormal size of ears,...
View ArticleSeatbelt: A Double-Edged Sword
Intra-abdominal vascular injury due to blunt trauma is unusual in children. Due to its rarity, detailed reports dealing with its management are scarce in paediatric literature. Diagnosis of these...
View ArticleProlonged Leptospira Urinary Shedding in a 10-Year-Old Girl
We present a case of leptospirosis in a previously healthy girl following a trip to Costa Rica. While she was clinically asymptomatic, she had spirochetes cultured from her urine six weeks following...
View ArticleLocalized Acquired Hypertrichosis Associated with the Application of a Splint
We describe a 16-year-old boy whose left forearm and hand were cut by a piece of glass from a broken window as a result of the fall. He had surgical repair of his left extensor pollicis brevis,...
View ArticleInfantile Hemangiomas Masquerading as Other Periocular Disorders
Periocular tumors are common in infancy. The most common periocular tumors are capillary hemangiomas, which are present in 1-2% of newborns and develop in 10%–12% of children by the age of 1 year old....
View ArticleCongenital Infiltrating Lipomatosis of the Face: A Case Report
Congenital infiltrating lipomatosis of the face is a rare lesion that comprises a subgroup of lipomatous tumor-like lesions of infancy and childhood. It is characterized by (1) no encapsulation, (2)...
View ArticlePneumoperitoneum in a Micropremie: Not Always NEC
Pneumoperitoneum in the newborn is an acute surgical emergency requiring immediate surgical intervention to ensure survival. It refers to radiological evidence of rupture of an air-containing viscus...
View ArticleNecrobiosis Lipoidica Diabeticorum
Necrobiosis lipoidica is a rare disorder that usually appears in the lower extremities and it is often related to diabetes mellitus. There are few reported cases of necrobiosis lipoidica in children....
View ArticleSensorineural Hearing Loss following Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
A case study is presented of a 17-year-old male who sustained an anoxic brain injury and sensorineural hearing loss secondary to carbon monoxide poisoning. Audiological data is presented showing a...
View ArticleBifocal Spinal Cord Injury without Radiographic Abnormalities in a 5-Year Old...
We present the extremely unusual case of a 5-year-old boy with a bifocal (cervical as well as lumbar) spinal cord injury without radiographic abnormalities (SCIWORAs). The MRI showed cord oedema at the...
View ArticleRespiratory Failure Secondary to Human Metapneumovirus Requiring...
Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) is a common virus that can cause respiratory problems ranging from mild upper respiratory tract disease to respiratory failure requiring mechanical support. Here, we report...
View ArticlePersistent Umbilical Discharge from an Omphalomesenteric Duct Cyst Containing...
Umbilical discharge in infancy is often attributed to infection or an umbilical granuloma. It is important to investigate if such a discharge is due to an underlying congenital abnormality because...
View ArticleA Fatal Case of Cor Pulmonale with Undetected Chronic Hypoventilation in an...
The authors of this paper wish to present a case of fatal cor pulmonale with right ventricular hypertrophy complicated by a congenital myopathy. It is our intention to demonstrate the importance of...
View ArticlePulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis in Association with Congenital...
A two-year-old girl with congenital dyserythropoietic anemia (CDA) acutely developed fever, tachypnea, and increased oxygen requirement. Chest X-ray revealed bilateral interstitial infiltrates and mild...
View ArticlePediatric Multiple Sclerosis—A Challenging Demyelinating Disease: Case Report...
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory, demyelinating, neurodegenerative disorder of the central nervous system (CNS) of unknown etiology. The peak onset is between age 20 and 40 years and usually...
View ArticlePerineal Accessory Scrotum with Congenital Lipoma: A Rare Case Report
A case of accessory scrotum in a 1-year-old boy is reported because of its rarity. A boy presented with a tumor mass attached with scrotum-like skin on its tip in the right side of perineum between the...
View ArticleChronic Granulomatous Herpes Encephalitis in a Child with Clinically...
Most patients with herpes simplex virus Type I encephalitis experience an acute, monophasic illness. Chronic encephalitis is much less common, and few late relapses are associated with intractable...
View ArticleEarly-Onset Chronic Inflammatory Disease Associated with Maternal Microchimerism
Maternal microchimerism (mMc) refers to the presence of a small population of cells originating from the mother. Whether mMc leads to autoimmune responses in children remains controversial. We describe...
View ArticleNovel Autosomal Recessive c10orf2 Mutations Causing Infantile-Onset...
Recessive mutations in genes encoding mitochondrial DNA replication machinery lead to mitochondrial DNA depletion syndromes. This genetically and phenotypically heterogeneous group includes infantile...
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