INTRODUCTION Acute acalculous cholecystitis (AAC) occurs more frequently in critically ill patients, in the immediate postoperative period, after trauma or extensive burns. It has a high rate of morbidity and mortality. Ischemia, infection and vesicular stasis are determinants in its pathogenesis. MATERIAL AND METHOD Retrospective study including all cases of AAC diagnosed in our pediatric in...

Intoxications in pediatric age represent a frequent cause of visit to the hospital emergency unit. Herb-made products can be toxic for the infant. The neurotoxic properties of the star anise (Illicium verum) have been widely described, although it is a classic product used to treat the infantile colic. Hepatic failure due to the consumption of anise herb elaborated infusions is presented as an ...

BACKGROUND Familial partial lipodystrophy of the Dunnigan type (FPLD 2) is a rare autosomal dominant disorder caused by the mutations of the lamin A/C gene leading to the defective adipogenesis, premature death of adipocytes and lipotoxicity. FPLD 2 is characterized by a progressive loss of subcutaneous adipose tissue in the limbs and trunk, and accumulation of body fat in the face and neck wit...

We performed a family study to evaluate a total of 34 extended family members (8 siblings, 23 children and nephews, and 3 grandchildren) of an adult patient with celiac disease (CD), a 58- year-old male with severe neurologic involvement manifested as myoclonias. We found 3 other members affected with CD (a 44-year old sister, a 39-year old niece, and a 26-year old nephew). Two of them were com...

De novo autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is a rare disorder first described in 1998. It appears in patients with liver transplants for non-AIH etiology. The few cases in the literature make it a little known entity due to mechanisms that are unclear. We present the case of a woman with a liver transplant whose graft developed de novo AIH. Diagnosed with primary biliary cirrhosis, the patient underwen...

This patient was an 18-year-old woman with a history of psoriasis treated only with topical medication. No other conditions were recorded. She was the daughter of a patient who had undergone liver transplantation for liver cirrhosis secondary to chronic HCV infection and alcohol abuse. The patient presented with no symptoms but reported sporadic pain on her upper right quadrant of the abdomen. ...

BACKGROUND Anorexia Nervosa is a Psychiatric eating disorder of adolescence age with a high morbidity and mortality. CASE PRESENTATION We describe a common case of anorexia nervosa (AN) in a female adolescent complicated by less known conditions related to refeeding syndrome. At admission, the girl showed a mild hypercholesterolemia with progressive normalization of the values. The initial lo...

Mehmet Halil Celiksoy1, Stephan Borte2, Aydan İkincioğulları3, Meltem Ceyhan Bilgici4, Filiz Karagöz5, Ayhan Gazi Kalaycı6, Alişan Yıldıran3 1Ondokuz Mayıs University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Samsun, Turkey 2Leipzig University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Clinical Immunolgy, Leipzig, Germany 3Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of ...