Clinico-pathologic conference: fetomaternal transfusion.

A case is presented of a newborn infant with severe fetomaternal transfusion, which resulted in profound anemia and early demise.

Plexiform neurofibroma in type 1 neurofibromatosis.

A 13-year-old African-American girl was admitted to the hospital for surgery. She was diagnosed with Type I neurofibromatosis at the age of 1 year after she was noted to have multiple café au lait spots. Her past medical history included a history of neurofibroma in the base of the brain, treated with radiation therapy and ventriculoperitoneal shunt, as well as a recent diagnosis of bilateral optic gliomas, treated with chemotherapy.

Clinico-pathologic conference: an 11-year-old girl with lupus erythematosus, venous thromboses, and purpura fulminans.

An 11 year old girl with known diagnosis of lupus erythematosus with nephritis was admitted with respiratory distress during an episode in which she had infection with varicella-zoster virus complicated by purpura fulminans. She had a downhill course, terminating with a pulmonary embolus.