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Posted On : 07 Jun 2017
i have one patient 5 yrs old male child weighting 17 kg c, o pain in lower limb {muscular} 20 days, backache since 10 days , pain in abdomen generalised since 5 days, decreased apetite, fever low grade since 5 days, now c, o pain in left thigh .on examination vitals normal no rash no generalised lymphadenopathy , no hepatosplenomegaly, investigations are
hb 9, tlc 9000, plt 3.2lakh, esr 107, mp negative
mountox test negative
usg abdomen s, o minimal free fluid,mesentric lymphadenopathy, bowel wall oedema,
ra factor negative, crp 13 which is positive
lft and rft normal
x ray chest and both hip joints normal
kindly give your opinion for management
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Expert Answer :
what about X ray doral and LS spine_?, if not then an Mri.HIGLY SUGGESTIVE OF AN INFECTIVE SPINE LESION. i would also rule out salmonella, one of the DD`s also could be rapidly progessing aggressive epidural tumour.
Answer Discussion :
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L karpagam
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elevated esr and positive crp ongoing inflammation so treat iv antiinflammatory it could be viral myositis socan do cpk
7 years ago
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Mounika
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Intestinal tuberculosis
7 years ago
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Rashid khan
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typhoid fever do thypidot IgM
7 years ago
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Ibrahim Ghazi
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I think he may need I.v. antibiotics and follow up , further work up like brucellosis agglutination test , CT abdomen and bone marrow exam .
7 years ago
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salma faroug
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need widal test for brucellosis
7 years ago




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