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Q. The patient is a 5-year-old with cc of both feet dorsum edema, which started 3-4 months ago.p, E`mild splenomegaly. No fever.well nourished. Growth is normal.lab data.only moderate eosinophilia.mild microcytic anemia. Toxocara canis serology -ve. 2-month follow-up is normal. What is ddx, and what o ...

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A 6-month-old boy presented in July 2024 with a right knee swelling and an inability to extend the right knee for 2.5 months. The swelling developed 10 days after receiving the Pentavalent vaccine in the right thigh. There was no history of fever, we ...

How to interpret IGRA results in a child less than 2 years of age?

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Diagnostic Dilemma

A 7 month old boy born of non consanguineous marriage presented with fever, cough, cold and 3 episodes of convulsion within 6 hours. Initially the convulsion was generalized tonic clonic convulsion followed by 2 left focal convulsion each lasting for 5-10 minutes without past ictal drowsiness. There ...

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