A 10-year-old immunocompetent girl with endogenous fungal endophthalmitis: Report of a case and review of the literature

2021 ◽  
pp. 112067212110378
Author(s):  
Silvana Guerriero ◽  
Rosanna Dammacco ◽  
Valeria Albano ◽  
Tiziana Rizzo ◽  
Flavio Cassano ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Endogenous Endophthalmitis ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Pediatric Age ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Management Guidelines ◽  
Fungal Endophthalmitis ◽  
Pediatric Age Group ◽  
Endogenous Fungal Endophthalmitis ◽  
Inflammatory Changes ◽  
Timely Treatment

Endogenous Endophthalmitis (EE) is a rare cause of blindness in the pediatric age group and this may account for the paucity of management guidelines in the literature. In this report, we describe our experience with a 10-year-old immunocompetent female who developed EE and became blind because of rapidly progressive and destructive inflammatory changes in her eye in spite of seemingly timely treatment.

scholarly journals Eosinophilic Enterocolitis Diagnosed by Means of Upper Endoscopy and Colonoscopy with Random Biopsies Treated with Budenoside: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ghulamullah Shahzad ◽  
Duane Moise ◽  
Seth Lipka ◽  
Kaleem Rizvon ◽  
Paul J. Mustacchia
Keyword(s):  
Inflammatory Process ◽  
Colonic Mucosa ◽  
Clinical Presentation ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Pediatric Age ◽  
Peripheral Eosinophilia ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Unique Case ◽  
Protein Losing Enteropathy ◽  
Pediatric Age Group

Intense infiltration of gastrointestinal and colonic mucosa with eosinophils or acidophilic gastroenteritis (EG) is a relatively uncommon picture for a pathologist endoscopist especially outside the pediatric age group and is highly suggestive of an ongoing chronic inflammatory process. Existing literature projected a hypothetical association with allergy but the exact pathophysiology is still unknown. Association with malabsorption, protein losing enteropathy, and refractory ulcers with gastrointestinal bleeding makes the clinical presentation more complicated. We present a unique case of diarrhea and abdominal pain in the clinical presentation with associated peripheral eosinophilia, asthma, and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). The patient's symptoms abated after initiation of budesonide.

REVIEW OF CARCINOIDS IN CHILDREN

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1962 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 953-960
Author(s):  
Jack Lavyrl Field ◽  
Lucile Frances Adamson ◽  
Harry E. Stoeckle
Keyword(s):  
White Male ◽  
Signs And Symptoms ◽  
Primary Site ◽  
Carcinoid Tumors ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Pediatric Age ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Pediatric Age Group ◽  
Cardiac System ◽  
Gastrointestinal Carcinoid

A review of the literature revealed 19 cases of nonfunctioning gastrointestinal carcinoid tumors reported in the pediatric age group, with the primary site in the appendix in 15 of these. A case of functioning carcinoid in a 15-year-old white male is reported. Classic signs and symptoms of increased circulating serotonin were observed, except those of the cardiac system.

The aberrant pancreas in the pediatric age group: case report and review of the literature

1992 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 214-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. L. de'Angelis ◽  
C. Del Rossi ◽  
E. Romanini ◽  
I. Dodi ◽  
C. Ghinelli
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Pediatric Age ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Aberrant Pancreas ◽  
Group Case ◽  
Pediatric Age Group

scholarly journals Synchronous Primary Brain Tumors in the Pediatric Age Group. Report of Two Cases and Review of the Literature

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (12) ◽  
pp. 14-19
Author(s):  
Omar Chamdine ◽  
Marwah Abdulkader ◽  
Wisam Al-Issawi ◽  
Shaymaa Al-Umran ◽  
Youssef Housaawi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Brain Tumors ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Pediatric Age ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Primary Brain Tumors ◽  
Pediatric Age Group ◽  
Group Report

NEUROLOGIC SYMPTOMS ASSOCIATED WITH CAT SCRATCH DISEASE

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1957 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-22
Author(s):  
Edwin M. Paxson ◽  
R. James McKay
Keyword(s):  
Residual Effect ◽  
Etiologic Factor ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Pediatric Age ◽  
Cat Scratch Disease ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Positive Skin ◽  
Sterile Culture ◽  
Pediatric Age Group ◽  
History Of

Two cases of cat scratch disease with associated encephalopathy involving patients in the pediatric age group have been reported. They fulfill the criteria for such a diagnosis, namely: (1) history of cat scratch or of contact with a cat; (2) regional adenopathy; (3) positive skin test with cat scratch antigen; (4) histologic picture of biopsied lymph nodes consistent with cat scratch disease plus a sterile culture obtained from the same node; (5) otherwise unexplained encephalopathic symptoms developing within 6 weeks of the appearance of adenopathy. Review of the literature and this report of two cases suggests that this disease may be sudden and severe in onset but is self-limited with benign sequelae and in most cases without residual effect. In all cases of encephalitis with associated unexplained lymphadenopathy the diagnosis of cat scratch disease should be entertained as an etiologic factor.

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