INTRODUCTION The differential diagnosis of neutropenia includes medications, infections, autoimmune diseases, and deficiencies of Vitamin B12 and folate. The association of Vitamin B6 deficiency with severe neutropenia is a rare finding. CASE PRESENTATION A 51-year-old Caucasian woman presented with fever and profound neutropenia (48 neutrophils/uL). Her clinical history included non-Hodgkin ...

INTRODUCTION Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KFD), or histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis, is a rare entity of unknown etiology in young adults that is typically characterized by cervical lymphadenopathy and persistent fever. The pathogenesis of KFD has been suggested to be an abnormal immune response, and infections or autoimmune diseases are considered to be involved in KFD. However, KFD associat...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Radiographic determination of viable disease in cervical adenopathy following RT for head and neck cancer can be challenging. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the utility of US, with or without FNA, in regard to the postradiotherapy effects on documented metastatic adenopathy in patients with oropharyngeal cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study included 133 p...

Acute septicaemic melioidosis with pulmonary hilar prominence: a case report with a unique chest radiographic pattern", In acute septicaemic melioidosis chest radiographs most commonly show nodular densities, upper lobe pneumonitis with cavity formation, and irregular mottled densities with dissemination throughout both lungs. A rarely reported but unique radiographic pattern of bilateral pulmo...

Medullary thyroid cancer is a rare neuroendocrine tumor with aggressive behavior and an uncertain prognosis. Calcitonin the associated marker; however, tumors of lung or intestine can also present high values. We report case 53-year-old patient presenting dry cough for 3 years. Computed tomography (CT) showed 58-mm expansive lesion in right anterior mediastinum cervical ultrasound informed 9-mm...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence and most common etiologies of scalp scaling in infants and prepubertal children and the specificity of head and neck lymphadenopathy for the diagnosis of tinea capitis associated with scalp scaling. DESIGN/METHODS A cross-sectional study of 300 children, 200 from an urban general pediatric practice and 100 from 2 urban pediatric dermatology practices, was...