ABSTRACT
Primary neonatal hyperparathyroidism is a life threatening disease because of severe hypercalcemia. The best therapy is early total parathyroidectomy which requires permanent replacement therapy. We describe the first case treated by total parathyroidectomy and late autotransplantation of cryopreserved parathyroid tissue. Twenty months after transplantation, serum calcium and phosphate levels are normal in the absence of any supplementary treatment.
Subject(s)
Hyperparathyroidism/congenital , Parathyroid Glands/transplantation , Tissue Preservation , Female , Freezing , Humans , Hyperparathyroidism/diagnostic imaging , Hyperparathyroidism/therapy , Infant , Infant, Newborn , Parathyroid Glands/surgery , Radiography , Transplantation, AutologousSubject(s)
Chromosome Aberrations/complications , Down Syndrome/complications , Leukemia/complications , Blood Platelets , Bone Marrow/pathology , Child, Preschool , Chromosome Disorders , Cytarabine/therapeutic use , Female , Humans , Leukemia/drug therapy , Leukemia/pathology , Primary Myelofibrosis/complications , Primary Myelofibrosis/pathologyABSTRACT
The authors described a 6 years old boy suffering from acute lymphoblastic leukemia and treated by the B.F.M. protocol who presented during intensive chemotherapy period a aspergillus renal abscess apparently unique. During the postoperative period the evolution was progressively favorable under prolonged anti-fungal treatment. The different clinical features, the non facilities of diagnosis and the mean possibility of treatment in aspergillus infection in immunodeficient patients are reviewed.
