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Selected AbstractsCoronary Recanalization Due to Presumed Thrombosis Following Surgical Ligation of a Large Right Coronary Artery to Right Ventricle FistulaCONGENITAL HEART DISEASE, Issue 4 2008John T. Fahey MD ABSTRACT We report angiographic findings in an infant with congestive heart failure due to a large right coronary artery to right ventricular fistula who underwent surgical ligation. Repeat catheterization 2 years later unexpectedly showed extensive thrombosis of the right coronary artery with multiple recanalized channels supplying the right coronary distribution. Review of the literature showed that this may not be an uncommon finding. [source] P58 Multisensitization to plants: clinical caseCONTACT DERMATITIS, Issue 3 2004António Luís Santos We observed a 65 years old male patient with pruritus, scaling erythema and liquenification areas on the face, neck, forearms and hands. For six years he had a story of episodic crisis of exsudative erythema associated with farm work. The skin biopsy showed irregular acantosis with slight hyperkeratosis and a mild multifocal lymphohistiocytic infiltrate, with many eosinophils. The patch tests with the Contact Dermatitis Portuguese Group of Study standard tray were positive for colophony, perfume mix and lactone mix. The patch tests with plant series were positive to atranorin, usnic acid, alantolactone, Parthenolide, lichen mix, Frulania dilatata, Achillea millefolium and Tanacetum extracts. Treatment was started with oral prednisone and hydroxyzine plus topical hydrocortisone and emollient cream with great improvement. The patient was advised about the avoidance of possible allergens sources. This kind of multisensitization to plants is an uncommon finding and poses diagnostic and therapeutic problems. This patient had a sustained recovery by avoiding farm work and by removal of in house plants. [source] Development of Diaper Rash in the NewbornPEDIATRIC DERMATOLOGY, Issue 1 2000Marty O. Visscher Ph.D. This study documents the earliest stages of rash in a cohort of 31 healthy term newborns over the first 28 days of life. The diaper area was evaluated using a standardized diaper rash grading scale. The anal, buttock, genital, intertriginous, waistband, and leg areas were assessed separately. At birth the average grade was 0.1 and none of the infants had specific features of advanced rash. Nineteen percent had dryness and/or slight redness. By day 7, 71% of infants had some features of skin compromise, giving rise to an overall grade of 0.6. Both the frequency and overall grade increased during postnatal weeks 2 and 3. Overall scores for days 21 and 28 were the same (1.1). The perianal area had the highest overall regional rash grade. Gender differences were present for the genital area only. These findings indicate that epidermal barrier breakdown is an uncommon finding at birth. Clinical signs of irritated skin in the diaper area develop progressively over the first postnatal month. A better understanding of the mechanisms conferring epidermal barrier protection at birth may be important for developing skin care products and practices to extend this protection later into life. [source] Pneumatosis intestinalis and diarrhea in a child following renal transplantation,PEDIATRIC TRANSPLANTATION, Issue 3 2003G. Chelimsky Abstract: Pneumatosis intestinalis is an uncommon finding beyond the neonatal period, but it has been reported in immunocompromized pediatric patients. The association of pneumatosis intestinalis in children following renal transplantation has to the best of our knowledge been only reported once in children. We describe a 4-year-old female who developed intermittent emesis, weight loss, and intermittently loose bloody stools after cadaveric renal transplantation at age 3.5 years. An abdominal x-ray demonstrated extensive pneumatosis in the colon. The infectious work-up was negative. Histologically, she had increased eosinophils throughout the lamina propria in the rectum. A glucose breath test was suggestive of small bowel bacterial overgrowth. She was treated with 10 days of metronidazole with resolution of the diarrhea and occult blood in stools. One month after the treatment she had radiologic resolution of her pneumatosis. Based on this report, pneumatosis intestinalis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of children after organ transplant suffering from diarrhea, abdominal pain, or blood in the stool. [source] | ||||||||||