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Mediastinal Mass
Referral Subject: Urgent Referral for Evaluation of Mediastinal Mass in a Pediatric Patient Dear Colleague, I am writing to refer a 9-year-old female patient for your evaluation and management. She has been experiencing a recurrent cough and episodic fever for the past three months. Despite these symptoms, her routine laboratory investigations have returned within normal…
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Aplastic Anaemia
Referral Subject: Urgent Referral for Evaluation of a Pediatric Patient with Severe Haematological Abnormalities Dear Colleague, I am writing to urgently refer a 2-year-old female patient who presented with alarming hematological symptoms that require specialized evaluation. This previously healthy toddler has suddenly developed nasal bleeding and widespread ecchymosis across her chest and lower limbs. Clinical…
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Congenital Amegakaryocytic Thrombocytopenia
Referral Subject: Urgent Referral for Evaluation of a Pediatric Patient with Severe Thrombocytopenia Dear Colleague, I am writing to refer a 2-year-old male patient for your evaluation and management concerning recent haematological abnormalities. The patient has presented with gum bleeding and a diffuse petechial rash across his body, alongside a critically low platelet count. Patient…
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Immune Thrombocytopenia
Referral Subject: Urgent Referral for Evaluation of a Pediatric Patient with Severe Thrombocytopenia Dear Colleague, I am writing to refer a 6-year-old female patient for further evaluation and management of a concerning presentation involving severe thrombocytopenia. The patient has recently exhibited symptoms consistent with an upper respiratory tract infection accompanied by a persistent fever over…
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Acute Pancreatitis in a Child with Sickle Cell Disease
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is one of the common hemoglobinopathies around the world. It is characterized by a wide spectrum of complications that vary in severity. Vaso-occlusive crisis is the most common complication and accounts for the majority of admissions, while acute chest syndrome and sepsis are responsible for most of sickle cell-related mortalities. One…
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Novel Adenosine Deaminase 2 (ADA2) Mutations Associated with Haematological Manifestations
Deficiency of adenosine deaminase 2 (DADA2) is an autoinflammatory disorder characterized by various forms of vasculitis and is rarely manifesting as pure red cell aplasia (PRCA) or neutropenia. Very few reports in the literature document these associations. We, therefore, report two different novel mutations in the ADA2 (also known as cat eye syndrome chromosome region…
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Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome secondary to asymptomatic poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis in a child with sickle cell anaemia
A 9-year-old Saudi girl was presented to our hospital with a fever of 38.5 °C, cough, and shortness of breath. Her oxygen saturation was 88% on room air; her blood pressure was normal for her age (110/75 mmHg); and she had no tachycardia (80 beats/minute). She had had abdominal pain for 2 days that was…
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Priapism as an Unusual Symptom of T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in a Pediatric Case
A seven-year-old Saudi male child was admitted to our hospital presenting with neck swelling and a two-week history of fever, accompanied by abdominal pain, distension, fatigue, and reduced activity. Upon assessment, his oxygen saturation was recorded at 98% on room air, while his blood pressure was within the normal range for his age (110/75 mmHg),…