Apparent cyclic vaginal bleeding in a child: factitious disorder.

A 20-mo-old girl was brought to our department by her mother because of breast enlargement. She was diagnosed with premature thelarche. One month later, she returned to our hospital with a complaint of vaginal bleeding.

Transient Congenital Hypothyroidism in Turkey: An Analysis on Frequency and Natural Course.

Objective: Prevalence of congenital hypothyroidism (CH) in Turkey at birth was reported to be as high as 1:650 in 2008-2010. Incidence rates of permanent and transient CH separately are unknown due to lack of follow-up data. We aimed to evaluate the impact of transient hypothyroidism on increasing incidence of CH and to determine the natural course and the clinical, biochemical, and imaging characteristics of transient CH.

Vitamin D intoxication due to an erroneously manufactured dietary supplement in seven children.

Pediatric cases of vitamin D intoxication (VDI) with dietary supplements have not been previously reported. We report on 7 children with VDI caused by consumption of a fish oil supplement containing an excessively high dose of vitamin D due to a manufacturing error. Seven children aged between 0.

Clinical features of extrapulmonary tuberculosis in children.

Objective: To review the clinical features of the extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB) in children.

Methods: Sixty-four children with extrapulmonary TB followed in Ankara Social Security Children's Hospital between June 1995 and May 2003 were reviewed.

Results: The mean age was 7.