Case 2: An 12-year-old girl with recurrent sleep attacks

A 12-year-old girl with pneumonia.

This 12-year-old girl was transferred from an outside hospital for treatment of pneumonia. She had been well until 7 days before admission, when she developed what was felt to be cellulitis of her left lower extremity. She was given intravenous clindamycin, and the swelling and erythema improved. However, the following day, she started having respiratory distress, and she was found to have an i...

A 9-year-old girl with recurrent infections.

A Case Report of Pelvic Tuberculosis in a 12-Year-Old Virgin Girl

Background: In virgin girls pelvic tuberculosis is rare, and due to nonspecific symptoms and radiographic studies, there is a possibility of misdiagnosis, and mortality so strong clinical suspicion, especially in girls exposed to tuberculosis is important in diagnosing the disease. This study reports a case of pelvic tuberculosis in a 12-year-old virgin girl. Case Presentation: In this case st...

Narcolepsy with Obstructive Sleep Apnea in a 4-Year-Old Korean Girl: A Case Report

A 4-yr-old girl has exhibited severe snoring, restless sleep and increasing daytime sleepiness over the last 3 months. The physical examination showed that she was not obese but had kissing tonsils. Polysomnography demonstrated increased apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) of 5.2, and multiple sleep latency tests (MSLT) showed shortened mean sleep latency and one sleep-onset REM period (SOREMP). She was...

Giant pulmonary bulla with mediastinal shift in a 12 1/2 year old girl.

Pulmonary bulla in children represent interesting entities. Mostly congenital bronchopulmonary foregut malformations and acquired cysts like pneumatocoeles have also been described. We present a case of a 12 1/2 years old girl with acute onset respiratory distress symptoms harbouring a huge pulmonary cyst exhibiting mass effects, resulting in mediastinal deviation. Following initial workup, cys...