4th Pediatric Infectious Diseases Conference
 
 
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12 years old male presented to the causality complaining of: fever, dry cough, S.O.B and swelling of the left face, neck and upper limb for 7 days PTA. O/E: finger clubbing grade 2, hepato splenomegaly, visible pulsations in the pericordium and supra sternal notch, tachycardia, tachypnea, stony dullness over the lower zones of the chest. Investigations done as follow.. BFFM +ve Hb% 9 gm TWBC 15.000 mainly lymphocytes ESR 115 RFT was normal x-ray shows bilateral pleural effusion (moderate amount) CT scan of the chest shows cystic bronchiectasis and basal bulle.. pleural fluid tap was hemorrhagic and it's analysis shows: protiens : 4.5 g/dl sugar : 56 g/dl cells : lymphocytosis mantoux test was negative.. sputum for acid fast bacilli was negative.. Echocardiography was done and was normal. Rx : patient received I.V ceftrixone and ampiclox for 2 weeks and now he is on Ampiclox and cefixime capsules.. Please help us to reach a spot diagnosis and proper management. Thank you for being patient with us..
Answer
Rule out autoimmune disorder and malignancy. Do ANA, dsDNA, C3 and pleural fluid for cytospin. What is the LFT? Also are there any lymphnodes?
 
 
 
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