A 5-year-old boy with miliary and osteoarticular tuberculosis

Acute miliary tuberculosis in a five-month-old boy

Yau Ma Tei Dermatology Clinic, 12/F, Yau Ma Tei Specialist Clinic, 143 Battery Street, Kowloon, Hong Kong A five-month-old boy presented with fever and multiple cutaneous papular eruptions. Skin biopsy revealed disseminated cutaneous tuberculosis (tuberculosis cutis disseminata). Tissue culture revealed Mycobacteria bovis (BCG). He was later diagnosed to have severe combined immunodeficiency. T...

Multivisceral Hydatidosis in a 5-Year-Old Boy

Congenital miliary tuberculosis in an 18-day-old boy

Congenital tuberculosis (TB) is a rare disease that is associated with high mortality. Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent, may be transmitted from the infected mother to the fetus by the transplacental route or by aspiration of infected amniotic fluid. Clinical symptoms and signs are not specific. Miliary patterns are the most common findings in the chest X-rays of many infants wit...

5 Year-old Boy with a Hearth Murmur and Fever

A 5 year old boy was recently diagnosed with Myelodysplastic Syndrome Refractory Cytopenia (MRC), for which bone marrow transplantation was needed. He was admitted to the emergency ward because of fever and a need for oxygen with unknown cause while awaiting the transplantation. Physical examination revealed normal breath sounds and a systolic heart murmur; temperature was 39.8 degrees Celsius....

Two year-old boy with ischemic stroke

Arterial ischemic stroke (AIS) in adults is considered a serious health threat and requires urgent medical treatment. Prompt diagnosis allows the therapeutic option of thrombolysis within the time window of 3 to 6 hours after first symptoms. Alternatively, early anti-platelet therapy is effective in improving the outcome after stroke. The incidence of pediatric AIS range from 2 to 5 per 100 000...