Pleural Thickening after Pleural Effusion: How can we Follow-Up in Children?

Introduction: No clear information exists about the factors affecting pleural thickening following parapneumonic effusion in children. We aimed to investigate factors that affect the resolving time of pleural thickening after parapneumonic effusion.

Methods: Between the years of 2007-18, 91 patients, which were followed due to diagnosis of pleural thickening after parapneumonic effusion, were assessed.

Association between deep neck space abscesses and internal carotid artery narrowing in pediatric patients.

Background/aim: Our aim was to interpret the effects of deep neck space abscesses on the adjacent carotid artery according to abscess location, as well as to determine narrowing by calculating the mean stenosis ratios.Materials and methods: Neck computed tomography scans and clinical data of 45 children with neck abscesses were evaluated retrospectively for abscess location and internal carotid artery narrowing. The lumen areas of the carotid arteries were measured from standard levels, and stenosis ratios were calculated with two different techniques.

Life-threatening agranulocytosis, anemia, and plasmacytosis after dipyrone use for fever in a child.

Dipyrone or metamizole Na (Novalgin) is commonly used as an antipyretic, analgesic, and spasmolytic agent in some parts of the world; however, it is banned in developed countries because of severe side effects. Here we present a case of a 4-year-old boy who developed life-threatening agranulocytosis, anemia, and marked plasmacytosis in his bone marrow after dipyrone use for fever, which resolved with steroid therapy.