Parathyroid carcinoma with lung metastasis in a thirteen-year-old girl

Parathyroid carcinoma with lung metastasis in a thirteen-year-old girl

Parathyroid carcinoma is a rare disease in pediatric patients. We present a case of a 13-year-old girl who presented to the Thyroid Department for an asymptomatic palpable neck mass for 1 year. The high levels of calcium, ionized calcium, and parathyroid hormone level along with parathyroid scintigraphy studies suggested primary hyperparathyroidism. Parathyroid carcinoma was confirmed by biopsy...

Immature Teratoma with Embryonal Carcinoma; a Rare Malignant Mixed Germ Cell Tumor in a 13-Year-Old Girl

Malignant mixed germ cell tumors,though rare overall, are the most common type of malignant ovarian neoplasms in young and adolescent girls. These tumors are rapidly growing and can metastasize. We report a case of 13-yr-old girl who presented at SHKM GMC, Nalhar, Mewat, Haryana, India in December 2013 with huge abdominal lump of a malignant mixed germ cell tumor comprising both immature terato...

Mediterranean Stomatocytosis/macrothrombocytopenia in A 9-Year-Old Girl

Conservative Management of Duodenal Perforation with Toothpick in a 9- Year Old Girl; a Case Report

Background Foreign body ingestion is a relatively common in children. Most ingested foreign bodies spontaneously pass out of the body via the gastrointestinal (GI) system but sharp materials may perforate the GI tract and need to surgical intervention. Case Presentation  The patient was a 9-year-old girl with progressive abdominal pain for one month and admitted with acute abdomen impression. S...

A 12-year-old girl with pneumonia.

This 12-year-old girl was transferred from an outside hospital for treatment of pneumonia. She had been well until 7 days before admission, when she developed what was felt to be cellulitis of her left lower extremity. She was given intravenous clindamycin, and the swelling and erythema improved. However, the following day, she started having respiratory distress, and she was found to have an i...