An unusual presentation of the Papillon-Lefevre syndrome as recurrent liver abscesses.
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ABSTRACT
The Papillon-Lefevre syndrome is a rare genetic disorder with a predisposition to severe infections. We describe Papillon-Lefevre syndrome in a 17 year old boy from a family where four out of eight siblings were affected with this disease and who presented with recurrent pyogenic liver abscesses over a period of 9 years, an association never previously reported.
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Main subject:
Papillon-Lefevre Disease
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Humans
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Male
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Adolescent
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Liver Abscess
Language:
English
Year:
2002
Type:
Article
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