Young Boy with Hematemesis

A young boy with abdominal pain.

Mystery case: a young boy with myoclonic jerks.

A 16-year-old right-handed boy presented for consultation for recent development of seizures. He is the product of a normal pregnancy and delivery without a history of developmental delay, head trauma, or family history of epilepsy. A year and a half prior to our consultation, the patient noted that his hand would suddenly jerk across the page while writing in his morning classes. Stress would ...

A Young Boy With High Fever and Lethargy

A Young Boy With High Fever and Lethargy A 5-year-old boy is brought to the emergency department (ED) by his parents. They report that, for the past week, the child has had a high fever (temperature up to 40oC [104oF]), generalized weakness, lethargy, and lack of appetite. The boy’s eyes are bloodshot and he has refused food and drink. The child has no history of cough, shortness of breath, hem...

Takayasu's disease in a young black boy.

BACKGROUND Takayusu's disease is a rare disease affecting women predominantly during the child- bearing age. It is a primary vasculitis condition of large-vessels that responds well to steroid therapy. Immunosuppressives and vascular reconstruction may be needed as necessary. PROCEDURE Reference was made to the case note of this young boy who was being co-managed by cardiology and vascular cl...

Intraoral Rhabdomyosarcoma in a Young Boy

Soft tissue sarcomas are malignant extraskeletal tumors of mesenchymal origin and uncommon in children.1,2 Rhabdomyosarcoma is most common and constitutes about 10 to 15% of the malignant neoplasms affecting children. The tumor is located with a high incidence in the head and neck region followed by the extremities and perineal region. We recently encountered one such interesting case of intrao...