Biomedical subjects

Madhuri V Kulkarni

Publications and source records attributed to Madhuri V Kulkarni.

5 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed2004

Bilateral anotia with congenital hypothyroidism.

Bilateral anotia or microtia is known to be associated with multiple order malformations. The authors report a young infant who presented with failure to thrive and recurrent respiratory tract infections. The patient had bilaterally absent pinnae; instead small skin tags were present. He also had asymmetric crying facies and clinical evidence of hypothyroidism in the form of hoarse voice, constipation and generalized hypotonia. Thyroid function tests confirmed the diagnosis of hypothyroidism.

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PubMed2003

Arthritis in HIV.

A five and half-year-old boy with arthritis involving large joints is reported. The child was found to be seropositive for HIV. Various rheumatological manifestations have been described in adults with HIV infection. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of HIV infection presenting as arthritis in pediatric age group in Indian literature.

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PubMed2003

Coffin-Lowry syndrome.

The Coffin-Lowry syndrome is an established syndrome of severe mental and growth retardation, characteristic dysmorphic features and skeletal anomalies. The authors report a one and half year old boy with classical features of this syndrome. Early recognition of this condition is important for genetic counseling and prevention of progressive skeletal deformities.

Coffin-Lowry Syndrome↗

PubMed2003

Candida tropicalis meningitis in a young infant.

Candida tropicalis is a rare species of Candida causing meningitis. The authors report a young infant who developed Candida tropicalis meningitis following a prolonged stay in a neonatal intensive care unit for respiratory distress and intra-cranial hemorrhage. The child was successfully treated with recommended doses of Amphotericin B and 5-flucytosine for eight weeks.

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PubMed2002

Traumatic posterior cerebral artery occlusion in a 14-month-old child.

Following a head injury, a 14-month-old male presented with neck stiffness and 24 hours later developed bilateral lateral rectus palsies. An unenhanced cerebral computed tomographic scan performed on admission revealed evidence of subarachnoid hemorrhage, cerebral edema, and mild-to-moderate compensated supratentorial hydrocephalus. A second scan performed 96 hours after the head injury revealed a mural thrombus at the tip of the basilar artery without any evidence of infarction. A third scan performed 12 days later revealed that the thrombus had resolved. However, a left posterior cerebral artery territory infarct was visualized. We postulate that the thrombus had embolized to the left posterior cerebral artery and caused occlusion of its cortical branch and subsequent infarction. A magnetic resonance angiography performed 20 days later excluded any vascular abnormality. The bilateral lateral rectus palsies persisted at the 6-month follow-up. To our knowledge, a head injury leading to a posterior cerebral artery territory infarct has not been reported earlier in a young child.

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