Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis in a Pediatric Patient.

Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) is a rarely diagnosed interstitial lung disease with variable manifestations. It results from repeated inhalation of certain antigens, e.g.

Clinical correlation and prognostic significance of immunofluorescence in renal biopsies of patients having Glomerulonephritis.

Objective: To correlate the immunofluorescence (IF) findings on renal biopsies of patients of glomerulonephritis (GN) with the clinical course of the disease.

Methods: This retrospective descriptive study was done at the Department of Pediatrics Medicine Unit-I, Nishtar Hospital Multan, from January 2008 to January 2019. A total of 387 cases of both gender, aged up to 16 years, diagnosed having GN on the basis of renal biopsies by light microscopy (LM) and IF findings, were included.

Frequency of autoimmune thyroiditis in children with Celiac disease and effect of gluten free diet.

Objective: To determine the frequency of autoimmune thyroiditis in children with Celiac disease and the effect of gluten free diet on autoimmune thyroiditis.

Methods: We enrolled 100 patients, age 1-12 years of either gender diagnosed as Celiac disease (CD) in this prospective observational study in the Department of Pediatric Medicine, from 1 January 2018 to 30 June 2019. Diagnosis of autoimmune thyroiditis was made if anti-thyroperoxidase >35 iu/ml or anti-thyroglobulin >20 iu/ml at diagnosis of CD and then at one year on gluten free diet (GFD) in all cases.