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Cureus
November 2024
Department C, National Institute of Nutrition of Tunis, Tunis, TUN.
Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is a common autoimmune pathology requiring lifelong insulin therapy. We report the case of a 12-year-old girl with T1DM admitted to Department C of the National Institute of Nutrition of Tunis for diabetic ketosis. She had suffered from T1DM for five years, with poor glycemic control (hemoglobin A1C = 10%) and poor therapeutic adherence.
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December 2024
Shiraz Transplant Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Esophageal embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma (ERMS), a rare pediatric cancer, mimicked achalasia in a case involving dysphagia and vomiting. Diagnosis and chemotherapy necessitate careful monitoring due to potential complications. A 12-year-old girl with no prior medical history presented with progressive dysphagia and vomiting.
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November 2024
Department of Gynecology-Obstetrics, Mohammed V Military Teaching Hospital, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Rabat, University Mohammed V Rabat, Morocco.
Introduction And Importance: Juvenile breast hypertrophy, also known as juvenile macromastia or juvenile gigantomastia, is a rare disorder characterized by rapid, excessive breast growth in prepubertal or peripubertal girls, with no apparent cause. Juvenile breast hypertrophy is considered one of the most challenging mastopathies to manage.
Case Presentation: We present the case of a 12-year-old Moroccan girl with virginal breast hypertrophy, who was successfully treated.
Spinal Cord Ser Cases
December 2024
Department of Neurosurgery, Spine Surgery Unit, Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Introduction: Spinal cord arteriovenous malformations (SCAVM) are rare congenital vascular malformations, characterized by two or more AVMs affecting any of the spinal segments. SCAVM has complex pathophysiology and may be associated with acute, or progressively neurological deficits.
Case Presentation: A 12-year old girl, presented with progressive neurologic deficits secondary to compressive cervical myelopathy due to a cervical metameric SCAVM.
Cureus
November 2024
Surgical Gastroenterology, Madurai Medical College, Madurai, IND.
Pancreatic solid pseudopapillary epithelial neoplasm (SPEN) is a rare pancreatic tumor with low-grade malignant potential. They often present in young women in their second and third decade of life, with only a small minority concerning children. It has a good prognosis, with a five-year survival rate of up to 97%.
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