Browsing Clinical Vignette Symposium 2020 by Subject "Pediatrics"
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Birth Trauma Masquerading as Child Physical Abuse
(2020-05)INTRODUCTION: Birth trauma is a common cause of injury to newborn infants. In a minority of infants, birth trauma is mistaken for abusive injury. Suspected abuse requires additional diagnostic workup and involvement of ... -
A Case of Congenital Syphilis Complicated by Severe Hepatocellular Dysfunction, Thrombocytopenia, and Atypical Skin Lesions
(2020-05)INTRODUCTION: Congenital Syphilis (CS) is an infection caused by the spirochete Treponema Pallidum. It’s transmitted predominantly via the placenta, and only severe cases are clinically apparent at birth. Its incidence has ... -
Disseminated Histoplasmosis in an Immunocompromised Pediatric Patient
(2020-05)INTRODUCTION: Histoplasma capsulatum is a thermally dimorphic fungi that is highly endemic in the central and eastern United States. The fungus lives in soil contaminated by bird or bat droppings and is aerosolized and ... -
Enteric Duplication Cyst in a Patient with Suspected Milk-Protein Allergic Proctocolitis
(2020-05)INTRODUCTION: Gastrointestinal duplication cysts are rare congenital malformations that are typically discovered by routine prenatal ultrasound. These cysts can arise anywhere along the gastrointestinal tract but are most ... -
Fusobacterium Nucleatum Brain Abscesses in an Immunocompetent Adolescent with Dental Braces
(2020-05)INTRODUCTION: Fusobacterium nucleatum is an anaerobic, non-spore forming, gram-negative bacilli that is commonly found in soil, respiratory tracts of animals, and can be isolated from oropharyngeal specimens of healthy ... -
Penile Injury in Infant Male: Accident or Abuse?
(2020-05)INTRODUCTION: Traumatic injury to the penis may occur from a wide variety of mechanisms in the context of accidental injury, or child physical or sexual abuse. Accidental penile injuries may include injuries occurring ... -
Right Supraclavicular Lymphadaenitis Caused by Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease
(2020-05)INTRODUCTION: Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease is a rare and self-limiting condition with unknown etiology that is most commonly seen in young Asian women. It usually presents with low grade fever that varies from one week to one ... -
Severe Coarctation of the Aorta: A Delayed Diagnosis
(2020-05)INTRODUCTION: Coarctation of the aorta (CoA) is a congenital heart disease characterized by narrowing of the aorta near the aortic isthmus. The incidence of CoA is 4 out of every 10,000 births, accounting for 6–8% of all ...