Publications by authors named "Eline Chauvet"
We report the case of a Syrian female refugee with late diagnosis of glutaric aciduria type 1 characterised by massive axial hypotonia and quadriplegia who only started adequate diet upon arrival in Switzerland at the age of 4 years, after a strenuous migration journey. Soon after arrival, she died from an unexpected severe upper cervical myelopathy, heralded by acute respiratory distress after a viral infection. This was likely due to repeated strains on her hypotonic neck and precipitated by an orthotopic os odontoideum who led to atlanto-axial subluxation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPediatric chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP) is an acquired immune-mediated disorder of the peripheral nervous system with a number of diagnostic pitfalls. A subset of treatment-resistant CIDP adult patients have been found with antibodies against paranodal proteins. We report the first pediatric case in a 14 year-old adolescent with a severe CIDP phenotype in whom positive anti-neurofascin 155 antibodies were found in his serum.
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- Tuberculosis is a widespread illness affecting vulnerable populations, especially in low-resource areas, and is particularly notable for causing lymphadenopathy in children, though this usually isn’t severe.
- A two-year-old malnourished child exhibited an unusual case with painless and significantly enlarged lymph nodes that led to a diagnosis of tuberculosis after fine needle aspiration.
- Successful treatment with anti-tuberculosis therapy emphasizes the need for clinicians to recognize atypical cases for prompt diagnosis and care.
Accessory spleen rupture may occur after blunt abdominal trauma or, more rarely, spontaneously. Although only few cases are described in adults, it is even more uncommon in children. We report the case of a 13-year-old boy with traumatic accessory spleen fracture.
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