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Four-Month-Old Infant With Intussusception Presenting As Altered Mental Status, Luis Maldonado, Jennifer Takagishi
Four-Month-Old Infant With Intussusception Presenting As Altered Mental Status, Luis Maldonado, Jennifer Takagishi
Pediatrics Faculty Publications
Objective: To remind pediatric care providers that an altered mental status can be the only presenting symptom for intussusception, a life-threatening diagnosis.
Method: A case report that presents a unique presentation of intussusception: a 4-month old boy with neurological findings after a reported head injury.
Conclusion: Diagnosis of intussusception in the pediatric population is highly dependent on its classical presenting signs and symptoms: sudden severe colicky abdominal pain, vomiting, and an abdominal mass in children between 3 months and 6 years of age. Consider that an altered mental status can be the only presenting symptom.
Hyperparathyroidism Two Years After Radioactive Iodine Therapy In An Adolescent Male, Danielle L. Gomez, Dorothy I. Shulman
Hyperparathyroidism Two Years After Radioactive Iodine Therapy In An Adolescent Male, Danielle L. Gomez, Dorothy I. Shulman
Pediatrics Faculty Publications
Primary hyperparathyroidism is a very rare complication following radioactive iodine therapy. There is typically a latency period of more than a decade following radiation exposure and, therefore, it is observed almost exclusively in adults. Consequently, pediatricians are not aware of the association. We present a case of primary hyperparathyroidism due to a solitary parathyroid adenoma occurring in an adolescent male two years following radioactive iodine treatment for papillary thyroid carcinoma. Periodic screening of serum calcium following ablative doses of radioactive iodine for thyroid cancer may be justified even in adolescents.