353 Alopecia as a Symptom of Neonatal Lupus

353 Alopecia as a Symptom of Neonatal Lupus: A Report of Case

351 Prevalence of Thyroid Peroxidase Autoantibodies (ANTI-TPO) in Women with Autoimmune Connective Tissue Diseases (ACTD) Georgios Papadopoulos, MD, Anastasia Vakaloudi, PhD, Eirene Koutsika, MD, Ekarerini Anastasiou, MD, and Asimoula Koteli, MD. Immunology Laboratory, General Hospital Agios Pavlos, Thessaloniki, Greece. Background: Chronic autoimmune thyroiditis, manifested by positive test fo...

A NEONATAL PRESENTATION OFCAROLI\'S DISE ASE WITH SEVERE ABDOMINAL DISTENTION AS A PRESENTING SYMPTOM

In this article , the authors introduce a case of Caroli's Disease (CD) according to the results of ultrasonography (U.S), abdominal computed tomography (CT scan) and hepatic biopsy that has been manifested in the neonatal period. In the routine examination of the neonate, abdominal protrusion was noticed. Then milk intoterance, inability of meconium passage and vomiting developed, during w...

Is Alopecia a Clinical Symptom in Kawasaki Disease?

A 20-months-old infant was admitted with prolonged fever, bilateral non-purulent conjunctivitis, strawberry tongue, lip cracking and maculopapular rash. Left branch coronary aneurysm formation was detected in Color-Doppler echocardiography. The diagnosis was Kawasaki disease. After 6 weeks, he had alopecia totalis. Although, alopecia areata has been seen in Kawasaki disease, but alopecia totali...

Laryngeal involvement as a presenting symptom of systemic lupus erythematosus.

Hemorrhagic Diathesis as the Presenting Symptom of Neonatal Cholestasis

A 4-week-old infant presented with a coagulation disorder resulting from a vitamin K deficiency. The vitamin K deficiency was caused by neonatal cholestasis due to biliary atresia. Jaundice, hepatomegaly and pale stools are the predominant presenting symptoms of biliary atresia, none of which were recognized in our patient before admission. However, the patient presented with bleeding caused by...