The rash of atopic dermatitis in most instances does not vesiculate unless a secondary bacterial infection occurs as well. The possibility of other rare disorders must be considered in the diagnosis, especially in patients with frequent infections, failure to thrive, or developmental delay. These ...
Clinical characteristics harbored weight loss/failure to thrive, abdominal pain, diarrhea, constipation, hematochezia, fever, perianal lesions, rash, oral ulcer, and joint pain. The colonoscopy findings were analyzed retrospectively in combination with histopathological results. We evaluated all the results...
Differential diagnosis. Pediatric rheumatologists have be- come increasingly aware of the importance of accurate differ- ential diagnosis in the evaluation and management of children with rheumatic complaints. Several observations have been made concerning infectious agents. Lyme arthritis, originally ...
“a patient is diagnosed with FMF if they have a score of 10 or more points, based on the presence and frequency of fever, serositis, arthritis, skin rash, and MEFV gene mutations” while they in reality are suggestive for FMF with at least two among fever, abdominal pain, chest pain,...
193,194,195 Chikungunya fever is an acute febrile disease associated with severe arthralgia and arthritis, as well as headache and maculopapular rash—in comparison to DENV, CHIKV infection is more frequently associated with symptomatic disease.193,196,197 In children, cutaneous, neurologic, and ...
Does the child have a rash? Scarlet fever occurs only in GABHS infections; Is the child suffering from headache, abdominal pain and vomiting? All are very common; Is the child sick during the months of November through to May? Strep infections occur during the school year, and the incidence...
In children, fever and central nervous system (CNS) symptoms are commonly attributed to CNS infections [1]. The incidence of CNS infections is greater in developing nations (726 cases per 100,000 persons) than in developed populations (11 per 100,000 people) [2, 3]. As a result, pediatr...
In West Nile virus, the signs and symptoms are nonspecific and include fever, malaise, periocular pain, lymphadenopathy, and myalgia. West Nile virus has some unique physical findings including fine, maculopapular, erythematous rash; proximal muscle weakness; and flaccid paralysis. This rash is comm...
CONCLUSIONS: The highlighted case underscores the importance of including scurvy in the differential diagnosis for pediatric patients with lower extremity pain without fever. A detailed dietary history focusing on vitamin C intake is crucial during clinical evaluation. Early initiation of vitamin C therapy...
He received a second dose of IVIG with resolution of fever, rash, conjunctivitis. ECG and echocardiography were still normal. For the unexpected course of the disease, the chest radiographs were performed and revealed consolidation in the right middle lobe and opacity of the pulmonary hilum. TC ...