Publications by authors named "S Kayemba-Kay's"
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- Abdominal pain in children is common and can be caused by various issues, with acute appendicitis being a primary concern when pain is in the right lower abdomen.
- An 8-year-old boy presented with acute abdominal pain, and while appendicitis was suspected, a diagnosis of giant hydronephrosis was made instead, which had been overlooked in earlier assessments.
- The boy underwent robot-assisted surgery to correct the hydronephrosis, is recovering well, and highlights the importance of thorough examination and awareness of rare conditions in pediatric cases.
Introduction: Celiac disease typically presents with symptoms of malabsorption, but extraintestinal manifestations are increasingly reported. Aplastic anemia as the mode of celiac disease presentation is extremely rare in children.
Case Presentation: We report a 2-year-old boy who presented with loose stools, loss of appetite, and bicytopenia with severe aregenerative normocytic anemia.
Spontaneous neonatal renal vein thrombosis, a known pathology without clear management guidelines: An overview.
Int J Pediatr Adolesc Med
March 2020
Renal vein thrombosis (RVT) was first described in 1837 by Rayer. Although tremendous progress has been achieved in the comprehension of its pathophysiology, its management remains controversial over 20 decades later. Therapeutic modalities vary from supportive measures alone to the utilization of thrombolytic agents whose protocols are derived from adult medicine.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFType 1 diabetes mellitus in Gabon: A study of epidemiological aspects.
Int J Pediatr Adolesc Med
September 2019
Background And Objective: Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is the most frequent endocrinopathy in children. Its replacement therapy requires insulin, without which, death is inevitable. This treatment is expensive and a financial burden for diabetic children and their families, especially in Africa.
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