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Bull Soc Pathol Exot
August 2019
Service de dermatologie et IST, CHU Sylvanus-Olympio, université de Lomé, Togo.
The purpose of this study was to describe the epidemio-clinical profile, and treatment of vascular cutaneous abnormalities in Togo. It was a retrospective study of patients recorded in dermatology for vascular cutaneous abnormality between 1998 and 2017. During the study period, 120 (0.
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November 2017
Department of Pediatric Hematology Oncology, Zahraa University Hospital, Beirut 1131, Lebanon.
Autoimmune hemolytic anemia is a rare hematologic entity in children. Etiologies are mainly viruses or bacteria. We describe here a case of severe warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia (IgG- and C3d-positive direct antiglobulin test) in an immunocompetent 6-month-old infant with acute Cytomegalovirus infection that responded well to corticotherapy and intraveneous immunoglobulins without using blood component transfusion.
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October 2017
Unité de Neurologie Pédiatrique, Hôpital des Enfants, CHU Purpan, Toulouse, France.
A 21-day-old male infant was admitted with signs of intracranial hypertension. Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed a voluminous mass in the posterior fossa with an intense peripheral enhancement on T1 images with gadolinium. The child was treated secondarily by surgical decompression of the posterior fossa and the lesion was biopsied.
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April 2015
Laboratoire de parasitologie, Hôpital des enfants, Rabat, Maroc.
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a parasitic disease that is a public health problem in Morocco and is one of the frequent infectious causes of macrophage activation syndrome (MAS). The combination of clinical and laboratory criteria, even very unspecific, make it possible to diagnose MAS, but a definitive diagnosis requires cytological examination. Rapid treatment is essential.
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January 2009
Service de Médecine Infantile C, Hôdpital d'Enfants de Tunis -Jebbari Bab Saadoun-Tunis.
Unlabelled: THE AIM of this study is to determine factors predicting development of chronic thrombocytopenic idiopathic purpura.
Methods: It was a retrospective study, regarding the cases of PTI diagnosed in "service de medicine infantile C Hôpital d'Enfants de Tunis" during 11 years. A comparison was done between two groups: the first including acute PTI and the second including chronic and recurrent PTI.
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