Nadia Mebrouk, Boutaina Halimi, Najlae El Attari, Youssra Abdeljalil, Chtouki Loubna & Abdelali Bentahila·Asian Journal of Pediatric Research·2023
We report the case of a 28-month-old boy who displayed symptoms of Henoch-Schonlein purpura (HSP), a type of small-vessel vasculitis that affects multiple systems in childhood and is caused by IgA. The symptoms include dermatological, abdominal, articular, and renal manifestation...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2023/v12i3239
Kawasaki disease (KD) is a common pediatric vasculitis with a risk of coronary artery aneurysm. In this report, we review some particularities of KD disease, especially coronary involvement, and highlight its aspects during the COVID-19 epidemic which saw the emergence of a syndr...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2023/v12i2237
Sinus histiocytosis, also known as Rosaï Dorfman Syndrome (SRD), is a noncancerous condition that causes the growth of large masses of histiocytes in lymph nodes, primarily in the cervical area. Visceral damage is common, and diagnosis is made through histological examination. Th...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2023/v12i2236
Hicham Ziani, Ayoub Ettaj, Yassine Regragui, Nabil Elachhab, Aziza Bentalha, Alae El Koraichi & Selma El Kettani·Asian Journal of Pediatric Research·2023
Aims: The chondromyxoid tumor is a benign primary bone tumor of cartilaginous differentiation whose location is atypical and rarely described in the literature. Case Report: A 10 year old child, who consulted the emergency room of the children's hospital of Rabat for a hard and p...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2023/v12i2234
Aims: The prevalence of allergy to Argan oil is increasing over the years. It manifests itself in an extremely polymorphous way and responds to all possible routes of exposure: ingestion, contact or inhalation. The provocation test remains the key examination to confirm an allerg...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2023/v12i2235
Aims: Food allergy to mustard is often unrecognised in children; however, it deserves early recognition as a potentially severe immunoglobulin e (IgE)--mediated allergy with a risk of anaphylaxis. The aim of this work is to show the value of performing an oral challenge test to c...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2023/v12i1233
Aims: Pachyonychia congenita is a rare genodermatosis related to mutations in the genes encoding keratins. Illustrations of such a typical case of this uncommon condition have rarely been seen in the literature, hence the interest of our case report. Case Report: An 11-year-old g...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2023/v12i1232
Aims: Solitary nodular calcinosis of Winer is a rare and benign form of localized idiopathic cutaneous calcinosis. Its dermoscopic features may be useful for early diagnosis, but have never been described in the literature to our knowledge. Case Report: A 5-year-old child present...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2023/v12i1231
P. Aitekele Kangama, J. C. Angali Kashundu, J. M. Aninge Memeyo, R. Assani Ramazani, J. L. Botuli Lofoka, C. Mondaka Ngolu, P. Nyange Dikete, B. Wale Ndjadi, Bokota Sola Hugues & Bomela Yenga Jacquie·Asian Journal of Pediatric Research·2023
The study concerns the experience of mothers in the Makiso commune of Kisangani (DR Congo) with regard to the administration of care for children hospitalised in paediatrics, carried out over a period from 15 August to 31 December 2022. It aimed to identify the daily experience o...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2023/v12i1229
Introduction: Sickle cell disease, an autosomal recessive genetic disorder is characterized by chronic haemolytic anaemia often leading to life-threatening events triggered by acute sickling of red blood cells and microvascular occlusion resulting in frequent admissions. Aim: To...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2023/v12i1230
Aims: To sensitize clinicians on the need to consider achalasia in HIV infected children presenting with dysphagia. Presentation of Case: A 14-year-old HIV-infected boy presented with 4years of difficulty and painful swallowing. It was initially to solid food and progressed to li...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2023/v11i4228
Introduction: Thiamine deficiency has historically affected countries and populations consuming milled white rice. Thiamine deficiency in infants can have an acute presentation of encephalopathy with shock with severe metabolic acidosis and death sometimes, if not promptly treate...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2023/v11i4227
A 12-year-old girl presented with three ulcerated lesions on her face that were red, swollen, had advancing borders, and undermined. Despite treatment with intravenous and topical antibiotics, the ulcers did not improve, and cultures showed no growth of organisms. The patient did...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2023/v11i4225
Aims: Pityriasis lichenoides chronic is a rare inflammatory dermatosis, unusually hypochromic in dark phototypes. The evolution of the disease is usually benign, but a malignant transformation in mycosis fungoides is reported. You have to know how to think about it when faced wit...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2023/v11i4226
Aim: Onychomycosis is a rare pathology in infants which constitutes 15.5% of onychodystrophies in children, especially those with Down syndrome and the immunocompromised. Dermosocpy is an innocuous examination allowing to guide the clinical diagnosis and to avoid invasive examina...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2023/v11i4224