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Serena Tropia

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Congenital Hepatic Fibrosis

2005

The disease presentation of autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (OMIM #263200, ARPKD) is highly variable and includes polycystic kidneys, pulmonary hypoplasia, and congenital hepatic fibrosis. The authors report an unusual case of ARPKD presenting with hepatosplenomegaly and cytopenia mimicking acute leukemia.

Liver CirrhosisMalePathologymedicine.medical_specialtyAdolescentPancytopeniaHepatosplenomegalyurologic and male genital diseasesPulmonary hypoplasiahemic and lymphatic diseasesmedicineHumanscytopeniaPolycystic Kidney Autosomal RecessivesplenomegalyCytopeniaAcute leukemiapolycystic kidney diseasebusiness.industryHematologymedicine.diseasePancytopeniaeye diseasesfemale genital diseases and pregnancy complicationsAutosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney DiseaseOncologyDisease PresentationPediatrics Perinatology and Child HealthCongenital hepatic fibrosismedicine.symptomTomography X-Ray ComputedbusinessHepatomegalyJournal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
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Effectiveness of cyclosporine and mycophenolate mofetil in a child with refractory evans syndrome

2011

Evans Syndrome is a rare autoimmune disease consisting of hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia and/or neutropenia. It may be associated with other autoimmune or lymphoproliferative diseases. Its course can be extremely serious and, rarely, even life-threatening

Hemolytic anemiaVincristinePediatricsmedicine.medical_specialtyEvans syndromeoutcome.CyclophosphamideEvans’ syndrome Cyclosporine Mycophenolate mofetil Treatment Outcomelcsh:MedicineCase ReportNeutropeniaPediatricshemic and lymphatic diseasesmedicineevans syndromeOutcomeAutoimmune diseasebusiness.industryMycophenolate mofetillcsh:Rlcsh:RJ1-570lcsh:PediatricsEvans’ syndromemedicine.diseaseDiscontinuationTreatmentImmunologyCyclosporineRituximabbusinessmedicine.drugPediatric Reports
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Focal nodular hyperplasia of the liver: an unusual association with diabetes mellitus in a child and review of literature

2010

Abstract Hepatic hemangioma, adenoma and focal nodular hyperplasia are the most frequent benign lesions of the liver, but they are all infrequent among pediatric population. The reports of focal nodular hyperplasia in children have recently increased in number, with many cases associated to drug intake, particularly to chemotherapy. We here describe, to our knowledge, the first case of focal nodular hyperplasia in association with diabetes mellitus in childhood.

MalePathologymedicine.medical_specialtyAdenomamedicine.medical_treatmentBiopsyDiagnosis DifferentialBiliary atresiaDiabetes mellitusBiopsyCase reportmedicineHepatectomyHumansChildChemotherapymedicine.diagnostic_testbusiness.industryFocal nodular hyperplasialcsh:RJ1-570lcsh:Pediatricsmedicine.diseaseDiabetes Mellitus Type 1Focal Nodular HyperplasiaDifferential diagnosisHepatectomybusinessTomography X-Ray ComputedFollow-Up Studies
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