Transient hyperlipidemia in children with visceral leishmaniasis [Kala-Azar]

During routine investigations of patients with visceral leishmaniasis [Kala-Azar], it was noted that some of them had a lipemic serum. In 2 years we observed 16 patients, 12 males and 4 females with Kala-Azar disease accompanied with hypertriglyceridemia, with a level ranging from 208-382 mg/dl. Serum triglyceride dropped to 152-382mg/dl after three weeks of treatment with antimony gluconate [glucantim]. All the 16 cases had normal cholesterol level

Goldenhar's syndrome oculoauriculo-vertebral dysplasia: report of three cases

Three cases of Goldenhar's Syndrome were seen at Mafraq Hospital. One of them had imperforate hymen, a condition that has not been reported previously

Liver pathology in non-transfused thalassemia patients

Iron overload, hepatic fibrosis and cirrhosis are well recognized findings in thalassemic patients with multiple blood transfusions. Since most studies have been performed in patients receiving multiple transfusions, we selected 15 children with thalassemia major and intermediate, who had never been transfused. Our studies in 6 female and 9 males, aged 2 - 11 years, showed hepatic extramedullary haematopoiesis, but no fibrosis or cirrhosis. Iron pigments were also present from grade +1 to + 3 and correlated well with increasing age. Furthermore liver function tests were normal. It thus appears that hepatic fibrosis and cirrhosis are long term post-transfusions complications while iron overload may be present even in non-transfused patients