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Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is a clinico- radiological syndrome characterized clinically by headache, seizures, visual disturbances, vomiting and radiologically by predominant posterior leukoencephalopathy. The authors report an 11-y-old boy with meningitis presenting with transient hypertension and visual loss and MRI finding compatible with the diagnosis of PRES and complete reversal of symptomatology within 10 d. A wide plethora of tests carried out failed to identify the cause of transient hypertension with a probability of this being due to transient autonomic dysfunction.
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Hypertension/etiology , Meningitis, Aseptic/complications , Posterior Leukoencephalopathy Syndrome/complications , Blindness/etiology , Child , Humans , MaleABSTRACT
Neutropenic enterocolitis is a common gastrointestinal complication in children undergoing chemotherapy for a variety of malignancies. It usually involves ileum and caecum, and involvement of rectum has rarely been reported. The authors report neutropenic enterocolitis in a child undergoing chemotherapy for acute lymphoblastic lymphoma which presented with ileus along with a mass like lesion in the rectum.
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Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/adverse effects , Developing Countries , Enterocolitis, Neutropenic/chemically induced , Enterocolitis, Neutropenic/diagnosis , Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma/drug therapy , Proctitis/chemically induced , Proctitis/diagnosis , Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/therapeutic use , Biopsy , Child , Enterocolitis, Neutropenic/pathology , Humans , India , Intestinal Mucosa/drug effects , Intestinal Mucosa/pathology , Intestinal Obstruction/chemically induced , Intestinal Obstruction/diagnosis , Intestinal Obstruction/pathology , Male , Proctitis/pathology , Rectum/drug effects , Rectum/pathologyABSTRACT
Acquired amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia is an unusual hematological disorder characterized by thrombocytopenia along with markedly diminished megakaryocytes in the bone marrow. There is no uniform consensus on the treatment and the case reports in pediatric age group are few. The authors report a child with this condition who responded to cyclosporine alone.