[Periodic fever, aphtosus stomatitis, pharyngitis, cervical adenopathy syndrome (PFAPA syndrome) in 4-years old girl--case report].

نویسندگان

  • Agnieszka Krzywicka
  • Małgorzata Rusek-Zychma
  • Małgorzata Barć-Czarnecka
  • Dagmara Roszkowska
چکیده

Characteristic feature of PFAPA syndrome is periodic episodes of fever recurring in 21-28 days in infants and young children. Fever is accompanied by aphtosus stomatitis, pharyngitis and cervical adenopathy. Diagnosis of this syndrome are based on typical clinical manifestations, because there are no characteristic changes in laboratory findings. The reason of this syndrome is unknown. We described a case of 4 years old girl with typical manifestations of this syndrome. We excluded others reasons of periodic fever. PFAPA syndrome passed after 2 years of duration after adenothomy.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Przeglad lekarski

دوره 64 Suppl 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2007