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This study describes a 12-year-old patient who was hospitalized because of arthritislike symptoms. A scintigraphy performed with in vivo labelled granulocytes revealed, in addition to a few foci, an abnormal intravasal persistence of the labelled cells. An acute leukemia was found that was restricted to the bone marrow.
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Antibodies, Monoclonal , Granulocytes , Leukemia/diagnostic imaging , Acute Disease , Arthritis, Juvenile/diagnostic imaging , Child , False Positive Reactions , Humans , Iodine Radioisotopes , Male , Radionuclide ImagingSubject(s)
Air Pollution , Respiratory Tract Diseases/epidemiology , Weather , Berlin , Child , Humans , Respiratory Tract Diseases/etiology , SeasonsSubject(s)
Air Pollutants/adverse effects , Croup/etiology , Laryngitis/etiology , Weather , Airway Obstruction/etiology , Berlin , Bronchitis/etiology , Child , Cross-Sectional Studies , Croup/epidemiology , Dust/adverse effects , Humans , Maximum Allowable Concentration , Respiratory Tract Infections/etiology , Risk , Seasons , Sulfur Dioxide/adverse effectsABSTRACT
The clinical courses of three children with meningococcal meningitis and cardiac complications are described. In two patients a mixed peri/myocardial form of cardiac involvement is probable. One child showed a pericarditis with relapses as found in the postpericardiotomy syndrome. The pathogenesis of the cardiac involvement in meningococcal infections is discussed based on the literature. The three cases observed are tentatively classified accordingly.
