Young Girl With Headache

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A Young Girl with Fits.

A young girl presented with fits vomiting and epigastric pain. Investigations including CT-Scan brain, MRI brain, MRV brain and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) examination were normal. Her urine was screened for porphobilinogen which was positive. She responded to intravenous dextrose and hypercaloric diet

A young girl with H syndrome and coeliac disease

H syndrome is an autosomal recessive genodermatosis with reports dating back to the last decade. This syndrome is caused by mutations in the SCL29A3 gene. The clinical characteristics of this syndrome consist of dermatological manifestations, including hyperpigmented, hypertrichotic, and indurated patches and plaques. It affects various systems by causing heart anomalies, hepatosplenomegaly, hy...

An 8-year-old girl with headache and syncope.

An 8-year-old black female with hypertension and insulin resistance presents to the emergency department with a severe headache and fainting episode. She reports that she has had headaches over the past few days that have been treated with ibuprofen, but had sudden onset of a severe headache while standing up giving an oral presentation at school today. Her teacher allowed the patient to sit do...

Young girl with multiple intracranial hydatid cyst

8 years young girl presented with uncontrolled seizures in obtunded and bedridden state. MRI brain showed multiple extra-axial coalescent cystic lesions in bilateral frontotemporo parietal regions - diagnosed as multiple hydatid cyst. We used irrigation saline during surgery and a total 35 cysts were removed intact, one by one separately and histologically confirmed as hydatid cyst. Postoperati...