Twelve-year-old boy with decreased vision in his right eye

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...

An 11-year-old boy with emesis, decreased appetite, fever.

This 11-year-old boy was well until 2 weeks before admission, when he developed emesis, decreased appetite, and low-grade fever. One week before admission, he was seen by a physician and diagnosed with “stomach fl u.” However, a heart murmur was heard, and it was noted that his pulse was 140 bpm, and his blood pressure was 100/60. He had no outpatient testing at that time. Two days later, he ha...

A 35-year-old woman presenting with pain, reduced right-eye vision, and headache.

A 35-year-old woman presented to the emergency department of Moorfields Eye Hospital with a 10-day history of pain, reduced vision in her right eye, and headache. She described the visual disturbance as “sparkly lights.” She had undergone bilateral lensectomy at the age of 7 weeks for congenital cataract and was aphakic. Her corrected visual acuity was 6/36 in each eye with +19.0 D sphere corre...

A 4-year-old boy with pain in his left shoulder.

Apreviously healthy 4-year-old boy presented with left shoulder pain. Two nights prior to admission he was sleeping in bed with his grandmother and awoke complaining that his left arm hurt. Although he went to school the next day, he left early due to arm pain caused by trying to put on his jacket. That night, he couldn’t sleep due to persistent fever and pain, so he was taken to an emergency d...

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