Utility of pan-immune-inflammation value as a predictor of the prognosis of childhood lupus.

Background: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic inflammatory multisystemic disease. Monitoring disease activity thoughtout the disease course is important for effective management and assessment of disease outcome.

Objective: To assess whether the pan-immune inflammation value (PIIV) at diagnosis could predict organ involvement and disease activity in childhood SLE (cSLE) patients after 12 months of disease onst.

Repeated attacks of hereditary angioedema in pediatric female.

A 16-year-old female presented to an outpatient clinic with a 13-year history of recurrent episodes of abdominal pain, vomiting and mild cutaneous swelling, either spontaneously or following minor trauma. The episodes occurred every 1-2 months. There was no family history of a similar complaint or hereditary angio-oedema (HAE).