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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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Hipertensão/etiologia , Meningite Asséptica/complicações , Síndrome da Leucoencefalopatia Posterior/complicações , Cegueira/etiologia , Criança , Humanos , MasculinoRESUMO
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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Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica/efeitos adversos , Países em Desenvolvimento , Enterocolite Neutropênica/induzido quimicamente , Enterocolite Neutropênica/diagnóstico , Leucemia-Linfoma Linfoblástico de Células Precursoras/tratamento farmacológico , Proctite/induzido quimicamente , Proctite/diagnóstico , Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica/uso terapêutico , Biópsia , Criança , Enterocolite Neutropênica/patologia , Humanos , Índia , Mucosa Intestinal/efeitos dos fármacos , Mucosa Intestinal/patologia , Obstrução Intestinal/induzido quimicamente , Obstrução Intestinal/diagnóstico , Obstrução Intestinal/patologia , Masculino , Proctite/patologia , Reto/efeitos dos fármacos , Reto/patologiaRESUMO
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.