A 12-year-old boy with renal failure and haemoptysis

A 12-year-old boy with renal failure and haemoptysis

A 12-year-old boy, previously well, presented with increasing pallor, lethargy and intermittent gross haematuria for 1 month. He also had a history of haemoptysis for the previous 5 days. His blood pressure was normal and he had pedal oedema. There was no hepatosplenomegaly, joint swelling or skin rash. Laboratory investigations (Table 1) revealed anaemia, hypoalbuminaemia and elevated serum cr...

Fulminant and Fatal Multiple Organ Failure in a 12-Year-Old Boy With Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infection

Mycoplasma pneumoniae (Mp) is a unique pathogen that causes not only pulmonary but also extrapulmonary manifestations that must be rapidly diagnosed. A 12-year-old boy, with no relevant medical history, presented with fever, severe epigastric pain, and vomiting. Laboratory findings showed fulminant and cholestatic hepatitis, hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, acute kidney injury, disseminated ...

A 12-year-old boy with X-linked agammaglobulinaemia who had breakthrough infection, thrombocytopenia and acute renal failure.

THE CASE A 12-year-old boy first presented to the Advanced Paediatric Centre, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education Research, Chandigarh in October 2002 when he was 6 years old with complaints of recurrent episodes of chest infection since he was 4 years old. On examination he was 106 cm tall, had clubbing, atrophic tonsils but no palpable lymph nodes. A chest X-ray showed bilateral lowe...

baclofen induced encephalopathy in a 6-year-old boy with advanced renal failure

how to cite this article: malak m, barzgar m. baclofen induced encephalopathy in a 6-year-old boy with advanced renal failure. iran j child neurol. spring 2015;9(2):61-63.   abstract baclofen is a drug for many diseases for all ages, but it is hazardous in patients with renal failure. this article talks about a case of baclofen overdose in a child with renal failure. a 6-year-old boy admitted t...

A 12-year-old boy with increasing verbal aggression.