Drug-specific Treg cells are induced during desensitization procedure for rituximab and tocilizumab in patients with anaphylaxis.

Biologic agents (BA) are able to induce an adaptive immune response in a proportion of exposed patients with the onset of anti-drug antibodies (ADA), which are usually responsible for hypersensitivity reactions (HR). Drug desensitization (DD) for BA allows transient clinical tolerance to the drug in reactive patients. The paper aimed to analyse the modification of drug-specific immune responses along DD in two patients with previous ADA-mediated HR (anaphylaxis) to rituximab and tocilizumab.

Hypersensitivity reactions to biologics used in rheumatology.

: Biological agents (BAs) target disease mechanisms and have modified the natural history of several immune-mediated disorders. All BAs are immunogenic, resulting in the formation of antidrug antibodies (ADAs), which can neutralize drug activity leading to loss of response and potential relapse. In addition, ADAs can also cause serious adverse events such as infusion hypersensitivity reactions (HRs).

Determinants of early dilated cardiomyopathy in neonates with congenital complete atrioventricular block.

Aims: Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) can occur in infants with congenital complete atrioventricular block (CCAVB) treated by permanent pacemaker (PM), even without other congenital heart defects. The objective is to find the risk factors of this complication.

Methods And Results: Retrospective analysis of a single-centre experience.

Herlyn-Werner-Wunderlich syndrome: uterus didelphys, blind hemivagina and ipsilateral renal agenesis. Sonographic and MR findings in 11 cases.

Background: Uterus didelphys with obstructed hemivagina and ipsilateral renal agenesis is a rare entity, sometimes referred to as Herlyn-Werner-Wunderlich syndrome (HWW). It usually presents after menarche with progressive pelvic pain, sometimes with regular menses, and a palpable mass due to hemihaematocolpos. The diagnosis is generally made only if the suspicion of this genitourinary syndrome is raised.

Pleuropulmonary blastoma, a distinctive neoplasm of childhood: report of three cases.

Background: Pleuropulmonary blastoma (PPB) is a rare, aggressive dysontogenetic neoplasm affecting children. It was identified as a distinct entity by Manivel in 1988 and later subdivided into three types on the basis of the histological pattern, with increasing malignancy from type I (cystic) through type II (solid/cystic) to type III (solid).

Objective: To report on the imaging findings, clinical presentation, and differential diagnosis, mainly cystic malformations.

Isolated tubal torsion: a rare cause of pelvic pain at menarche. Sonographic and MR findings.

Isolated torsion of the fallopian tube is a rare clinical entity, especially in adolescents and at menarche. The diagnosis is essentially made at laparoscopy or at laparotomy because of nonspecific clinical signs. We present a case of isolated tubal torsion in a 12-year-old girl a few days after menarche, highlighting the sonographic and MR findings.

Heart rate variability in healthy children and adolescents is partially related to age and gender.

We evaluated 24-h time-domain heart rate variability (HRV) in 103 (46 females) healthy children and adolescents. Subjects were divided into four male and four female groups (ages 1-5, 6-10, 11-15, 16-20 years) and 24-h ambulatory Holter monitoring was performed. HRV was assessed by SDNN, SDNN index (SDNN-i), SDANN, rMSSD, pNN50.