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An Unusual Cause of Lung Abscess in a Previously Healthy Girl.
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October 2024
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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- A 15-year-old girl experienced fatigue, loss of appetite, and significant weight loss over four months, along with fever, productive cough, and chest pain for four days prior to her hospital visit.
- At the hospital, she presented with anemia and a lung infection that was unresponsive to 10 days of antibiotic treatment, despite receiving a blood transfusion.
- Further imaging revealed a lung abscess and a mass on her left kidney, prompting her referral to a specialized medical center for further evaluation and treatment.
Confused Images Confused Eyes: A Case of Ultrasound Misdiagnosis of Pelvic Actinomycosis.
Diagnostics (Basel)
August 2024
Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences & Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital (SAMS & SPPH, Affiliated Hospital of UESTC), Chengdu 610014, China.
Article Synopsis
- The article discusses a case of pelvic actinomycosis in a 52-year-old woman, initially misdiagnosed as an ovarian malignant tumor due to similar symptoms and imaging results.
- The patient's condition involved symptoms such as difficulty defecating, abdominal pain, and abnormal findings in biopsies and imaging, leading to the identification of Actinomyces infection.
- Treatment with penicillin and removal of her intrauterine device (IUD) significantly improved her health, highlighting the importance of recognizing actinomycosis in patients with abdominal masses and prior IUD use.
Splenic Abscesses in the Pediatric Population: A Literature Review of an Uncommon Entity.
Cureus
July 2024
Radiodiagnosis, Government Medical College, Patiala, Patiala, IND.
Splenic abscess in the pediatric population is a rare but serious condition. Its incidence is reported to be between 0.05% and 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFClinical characteristics, effectiveness and cost of different treatment methods for invasive e liver abscess syndrome.
Zhong Nan Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban
May 2024
Department of Infectious Diseases, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410008, China.
Objectives: Bacterial liver abscess is one of the common infectious diseases of the digestive system. Invasive liver abscess syndrome (IKLAS) refers to cases where, in addition to liver abscess, there are migratory infections foci or other invasive manifestations. The clinical characteristics and risk factors of IKLAS are not fully elucidated, and there is a lack of research on the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of different treatment methods.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAnti-IL12p40 autoantibodies in a teenage girl with multiple recurrent abscesses.
Clin Immunol
September 2024
Immune deficiencies Lab, National Institute of Pediatrics, Mexico City, Mexico. Electronic address:
More frequent among adults, phenocopies may be caused by somatic mutations or anti-cytokine autoantibodies, mimicking the phenotypes of primary immunodeficiencies. A fourteen-year-old girl was referred for a two-year history of weight loss and multiple recurrent abscesses, complicated recurrent pneumonia, pyelonephritis, osteomyelitis, and septic shock, without fever. She had started with nausea, hyporexia, and weight loss, then with abscesses in her hands, knee, ankle, and spleen.
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