Şenay Demir

Acute transverse myelitis in a child with Lyme disease and a review of literature.

Acute transverse myelitis is a rare Borellia burgdorferi-related neurologic complication in childhood. We present a 12-year-old girl who was diagnosed with acute transverse myelitis associated with a borreliosis infection. We also review clinical features in all five cases of Borellia burgdorferi-related transverse myelitis in children. We describe here the sixth child with borreliosis-related transverse myelitis.

Approaches to Female Congenital Genital Tract Anomalies and Complications

Objective: Female congenital genital tract anomalies may appear with quite confusing and deceptive complications. This study aims to evaluate the difficulties in diagnosis and treatment of female c...

AKUT SEREBRAL VENÖZ SİNÜS TROMBOZU: FARKLI PRESENTASYONLA GELEN İKİ ÇOCUK OLGU

Cocuklarda akut serebral venoz sinus trombozu nadir gorulen durum olmasina karsin, siklikla enfeksiyonlara sekonder gorulmektedir. Serebral venoz sinus tromboz klinigi, etkilenen damarin lokalizasyonuna, damarin buyuklugune ve hastanin yasina gore degisiklik gosterir. Bu yazida 2 farkli presentasyonla karsimiza cikan akut serebral venoz sinus trombozlu, 8 ve 12 yasinda 2 cocuk olgu sunulmustur.

Polyarteritis nodosa: a case presenting with renal mass

An adolescent girl was hospitalized due to fever and abdominal flank pain. A left renal haematoma was detected on magnetic resonance imaging. Renal angiography demonstrated multiple microaneurysms at both hepatic arteries, intrarenal segments of the bilateral renal arteries, and inferior lobar segment of the left pulmonary artery, which is consistent with the diagnosis of polyarteritis nodosa. Vasculitic syndromes should be considered in patients with visceral haemorrhage.