Congenital renal tumors are rare. In infancy, congenital mesoblastic nephroma is the most commonly reported renal tumor. It is recognized antenatally due to polyhydramnios and presents clinically as a palpable abdominal mass in the neonatal period.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThree years old boy with reassuring development had presented to the Pediatric Neurology clinic with a referral due to a large head. Occipito-frontal circumference was more than 97 centile with an unremarkable neurological examination. MRI brain exhibited an acute on chronic large right frontoparietal subdural hematoma with prominent mass effect.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPrimary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) involves cilia impairment, with resultant symptoms of repeated respiratory infections, sinusitis, and infertility. We report a seven-year-old boy of Arab ethnicity, with consanguineous parents, who was identified to have situs inversus totalis in neonatal life. There was a significant family history of ciliopathy as situs inversus totalis, infertility, and recurrent respiratory infections were noted in his two paternal uncles.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFVitreous detachment is a rarely reported manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We present here the case of a 20-year-old woman with a history of SLE who presented with a decrease in vision in both eyes, massive hepatosplenomegaly, and multiple joint pain. B-scan ultrasonography revealed bilateral vitreous detachment.
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