Reversible brachial diplegia in a case treated with cyclosporine

Reversible Pulmonary Hypertension in an Infant Treated with Diazoxide

Background: Diazoxide is the main therapeutic agent for congenital hyperinsulinism. The drug is generally well tolerated; however, in this report severe adverse effects including heart failure (HF) and pulmonary hypertension (PH) in an infant are reported.Case report: A sixteen-day male infant with persistent hypoglycemia and with diagnosis of congenital hyperinsulinism underwent near total pan...

Brachial amyotrophic diplegia associated with a novel SOD1 mutation (L106P).

Brachial amyotrophic diplegia (BAD) is a subtype of sporadic lower motor neuron disease (LMND) presenting with adult onset, mainly in men, and remaining largely restricted to proximal arm and shoulder girdle muscles without involvement of the lower limbs or appearance of pyramidal signs. 1,2 Mutations in the cop-per/zinc superoxide dismutase (SOD1) gene have been described in familial cases of ...

dyslipidemia in renal transplant recipients treated with cyclosporine a

A Case of Cyclosporine-Induced Sebaceous Hyperplasia in a Renal Transplant Patient Successfully Treated with Isotretinoin.

Vol. 28, No. 2, 2016 271 Received December 2, 2014, Revised April 14, 2015, Accepted for publication May 12, 2015 Corresponding author: Hyun Jeong Park, Department of Dermatology, Yeouido St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, 10 63-ro, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul 07345, Korea. Tel: 82-2-3779-1230, Fax: 82-2-783-7604, E-mail: [email protected]. kr This is an Ope...

Macrophage Activation Syndrome in Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis Successfully Treated with Cyclosporine A : A Case Report

Macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) is one of the serious complications of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) and recently, cyclosporine A has been found to be effective in patients with corticosteroid-resistant MAS. A 29-yr-old male was admitted with high fever and jaundice for one month. He was diagnosed as juvenile arthritis 16 yr ago. Physical and laboratory results showed hepatosplenomeg...