Case report: Forensic anthropological assessment in a suspected case of child abuse from South Africa

Abstract Background We reported the case of a two-old-year boy with a painful acute hemorrhagic edema. This is a self-limited benign condition: usually, affected children are well appearing and this strongly support the diagnosis. In the opposite, in our case, we observed a painful presentation of the edema. Therefore, we demonstrated that rarely, this condition could have also a painful presentation. Conclusions This case report helps clinician to know that also acute hemorrhagic edema could have a painful presentation, so we must considered it in the differential diagnosis with sepsis, sickle cell crisis and child abuse. We believe that these findings will be of interest to pediatricians.

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Dirofilaria repens in a cat with acute liver failure : case report

Journal of the South African Veterinary Association ◽

10.4102/jsava.v71i3.713 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 71 (3) ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

E.V. Schwan ◽

D.B. Miller ◽

D. De Kock ◽

A. Van Heerden

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Case Report ◽

Acid Phosphatase ◽

Liver Failure ◽

Acute Liver Failure ◽

Dirofilaria Immitis ◽

Dirofilaria Repens ◽

Fine Needle Aspirate ◽

Fine Needle ◽

Antigen Capture

Acute liver failure was diagnosed in a 12-year-old cat. Fine needle aspirate cytology revealed high numbers of unsheathed microfilariae and a hepatocellular reaction with no evidence of bacterial infection. The microfilariae were identified as those of Dirofilaria repens by acid phosphatase staining. The high number of microfilariae seen in both the blood and the liver aspirate samples as well as the favourable response to ivermectin amongst other drugs administered, is suggestive that D. repens was the cause of the liver insult. A positive result obtained with an antigen-capture ELISA (Dirochek (r)) for Dirofilaria immitis antigen was interpreted as false. This is the 1st report of Dirofilaria repens for South Africa.

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Child abuse, a case report

Medical Journal of Indonesia ◽

10.13181/mji.v13i1.124 ◽

2004 ◽

pp. 59

Author(s):

Andri M.T. Lubis ◽

Syaiful A. Hadi

Keyword(s):

Child Abuse ◽

Case Report

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A case report of evaluating a large-scale health systems improvement project in an uncontrolled setting: a quality improvement initiative in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

BMJ Quality & Safety ◽

10.1136/bmjqs-2012-001244 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 22 (11) ◽

pp. 891-898 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Kedar S Mate ◽

Wilbroda Hlolisile Ngidi ◽

Jennifer Reddy ◽

Wendy Mphatswe ◽

Nigel Rollins ◽

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Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Quality Improvement ◽

Case Report ◽

Health Systems ◽

Large Scale ◽

Quality Improvement Initiative ◽

Improvement Project ◽

Kwazulu Natal

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First report of a parasitic mite, Leptotrombidium (Hypotrombidium) subquadratum (Lawrence) (Acari : Trombiculidae : Trombiculinae), from dogs and children in the Bloemfontein area, South Africa : case report

Journal of the South African Veterinary Association ◽

10.4102/jsava.v72i2.629 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 72 (2) ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

H. Heyne ◽

E.A. Ueckermann ◽

L. Coetzee

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Case Report ◽

National Park ◽

Kruger National Park ◽

First Report ◽

Elephant Shrew ◽

Parasitic Mite ◽

First Time

Leptotrombidium subquadratum larvae were collected for the first time in 1994 from dogs in Bloemfontein. The larvae have been collected annually, during the summer months, over a period of 6-7 years. Previously the only known hosts were scrub hare (Lepus saxatilis) (locality unknown) and short-snouted elephant shrew (Elephantulus brachyrhynchus) (Kruger National Park). These mites cause severe itching and dermatitis in humans and dogs.

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