Hypocalcaemic cataract as a presenting symptom of renal insufficiency.

Marfan syndrome presenting with transient renal insufficiency.

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...

Respiratory insufficiency as the primary presenting symptom of multiple-system atrophy.

BACKGROUND Respiratory stridor, sleep-disordered breathing, and respiratory insufficiency are part of the clinical spectrum of multiple-system atrophy (MSA). We have encountered cases where these were presenting symptoms, with the diagnosis of MSA being initially unrecognized. OBJECTIVE To describe cases in which breathing difficulties were the initial and primary manifestation of MSA. DESI...

Congenital rickets presenting with hypocalcaemic seizures.

At Ataturk University Hospital, eight infants who presented with hypocalcaemic seizures were subsequently found to have rickets. Their mothers had osteomalacia. Neither mothers nor infants received vitamin D supplementation. Maternal vitamin D deficiency and non-supplementation in the infants were causes of rickets in these patients. It is recommended that neonatal hypocalcaemia may be due to m...

Renal vein thrombosis as a presenting symptom of multiple genetic pro-coagulant defects.

Renal vein thrombosis (RVT) may present as an acute or chronic event, the latter being more common, and patients are usually asymptomatic. Acute RVT is more frequent in younger patients and is characterized by a sudden onset of severe flank pain associated with marked costovertebral angle tenderness and macroscopic haematuria. RVT is a known complication of the nephrotic syndrome. Other causes ...