Idiopathic Infantile Hypoglycaemia

Idiopathic infantile asymmetry and infantile hemiplegia.

In their recent paper, Philippi et al. [1] proposed a welcome evaluation scale which may be used across the different approaches that have been applied to infants with idiopathic asymmetry. It provides a functional view based on posture, spontaneous and reactive movements, hopefully unifying the host of syndromes under which these children came in the past. All these disorder categories (briefl...

Prognosis in infantile idiopathic scoliosis.

A review was performed of 86 cases of infantile idiopathic scoliosis treated between 1962 and 1979. The single primary curves were classified as resolving, stable, progressive with a low rib--vertebra angle difference (RVAD) and progressive with a high RVAD. Two single primary curves subsequently developed a second curve and 17 were double when first diagnosed. Prognosis was difficult to establ...

Ketotic (idiopathic glucagon unresponsive) hypoglycaemia: diazoxide effects.

Persistent hyperinsulinemic hypoglycaemia followed as benign infantile convulsion

An 18-month-old boy developed seizures at 3 months of age. He developed normally and, his EEG and brain CT revealed no abnormal findings. The blood sugar level was normal at that time, thus he was diagnosed as having benign infantile convulsion. At 7 months of age seizures reappeared, and hypoglycaemia associated with hyperinsulinism was observed during the seizures. With conservative therapy h...

Idiopathic infantile arterial calcification: case report.

Idiopathic infantile arterial calcificationI (IIAC) is a rare disorder characterized by calcium deposition in the internal elastica lamina of medium and large arteries and it has been defined in term of molecular genetics. It is usually fatal, approximately 85% of all patients die within the first months of life owing to ischemia of vital organs. Death from myocardial infarction usually occurs ...