Abstract Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is a severe and rare manifestation of SARS-CoV-2 infection. A 10-year-old-girl without epidemiological context of COVID-19 presented with fever, headache, and vomiting with two days of evolution. She was hemodynamically stable. Laboratory tests showed lymphopenia, mild thrombocytopenia, and positive C-reactive protein. Reverse transcription polymera...
Swyer-James-MacLeod syndrome, or unilateral hyperlucent lung syndrome, is a rare entity associated with post-infectious bronchiolitis. Clinical presentation may include recurrent chest infections or exertional dyspnea, or it may result from an incidental finding following chest X-ray. Treatment is usually individualized and ranges from conservative management to surgical intervention. Here in is described the c...
Introdução:O sequestro pulmonar é uma malformação rara caracterizada por uma massa de tecido pulmonar não funcionante que recebe irrigação arterial proveniente de uma artéria sistémica. Pode classificar-se em sequestro intralobar e sequestro extralobar. Os sequestros intralobares raramente são diagnosticados nos lactentes. Caso clínico: Descrevemos o caso clínico de um lactente de dois meses de idade, com qua...
A 14 month-old boy presented with failure to thrive and severe mental and motor development delay. On physical examination he presented with severe axial hypotonia and dysmorphic syndrome: peculiar facies with small eyes, micrognathia, raised intermamilar distance. He also had multissistemic involvement with nephritic proteinuria, hypertrophy cardiomiopathy with pericardial effusion, raised transaminases, func...