A Girl with Palpitations and Periodic Weakness

A 14-year-old girl with fatigue, weakness, and pallor.

This 14-year-old previously healthy girl presents with a 6-week history of increasing fatigue, weakness, and pallor. She was well until 6 weeks before admission when she went on a 2week Mediterranean cruise with her family. During the cruise, she started having nasal congestion and rhinorrhea. Upon returning home, she was prescribed a 10day course of Augmentin for possible sinusitis by one of h...

A 10-year-old girl with progressive generalized weakness.

Dr. Harvey Sarnat: A.Y. was a 10-year-old Mexican girl who presented with a 7-year history of progressive weakness. She was the full-term product of an uncomplicated pregnancy and delivery, weighing 2850 grams at birth. Early developmental milestones were achieved at the expected rate until age three, when frequent falling was noted. Progressive weakness of her legs ensued, and at age nine year...

Palpitations following regular ibuprofen dosing in a 13-year-old girl: a case report

INTRODUCTION The sensation of palpitations may either be the initial or the only symptom of cardiac arrhythmia. We describe a case of an apparent clear temporal relationship between standard ibuprofen dosing and palpitations. A review of the medical literature revealed this to be, to the best of our knowledge, the first reported case of this type. CASE PRESENTATION A 13-year-old Caucasian gir...

A 7-year-old girl with periodic flank discomfort.

A7-year-old girl with a 12-month history of intermittent left flank pain was transferred to our institution from an outside hospital. Severe pain occurred about once per month and was associated with multiple episodes of nonbloody, nonbilious emesis. The pain did not radiate and was not alleviated or exacerbated by anything else. Symptoms lasted 2 to 3 days and then gradually resolved. The pati...

A 5-Year-Old Girl with Fatigue, Diffuse Edema, and Weakness.