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December-2007 Volume-4, Issue-12

	DIAGNOSTIC DILEMMA Pediatriconcall. A 10 years old boy born of third degree consanguineous marriage presented with gradual onset weakness of lower limbs since 2 years. He had a generalized tonic convulsion at 5 years of age and then repeat convulsions every 15 to 30 days till 7 years of age. He is convulsion free since last 3 years. Similar complaints of weakness and convulsion is noted in elder sister now 12 years of age and had onset of disease at 5 years of age. What is the diagnosis? Read more… This section will now be moderated by one of the expert doctors of Pediatric Oncall to make it interesting and more useful to get a diagnosis. Last fortnight’s discussion: Authors reply: He was given MDI with Budesonide and Salmeterol and gradually his tachypnea decreased. He was suspected to have Bronchiolitis obliterans post pneumonia.

	TEACHING FILES Ira Shah. This month’s teaching File: A 4 year old presented with splenomegaly, hematemesis and malena. Colour Doppler did not show any collaterals initially but repeat colour doppler by the same sonologist after 5 days showed presence of portal cavernoma. Why did the earlier colour doppler not pick up portal cavernoma? Read the entire teaching clinical query in the section of “TEACHING FILES” and try the correct answer. Last month’s teaching file: Query: An 8 month old boy presented with multiple episodes of generalized tonic clonic convulsions On examination he had right sided hemiplegia without any cranial nerve involvement. What is the cause of the hemiplegia and where is the CNS lesion? Answer:Right temporal infarct and workup for thromboembolic phenomenon revealed Protein S deficiency.

	REVIEW ARTICLE Role of Probiotics in Preterm Neonates. Girish C Deshpande. Many trials have assessed the benefits of probiotics in reducing NEC, sepsis, and allergy in neonates and infants. Read the review of role of probiotics in preterms based on analysis of various randomized controlled trials on the same.

	EDUCATIONAL ARTICLE Ankyloglossia: Tongue Tie. Vinayak Deshmukh. Basically it is abnormally short lingual frenulum, which is congenital in origin. Management of this congenital defect has created lot of controversy. Read more…

	CASE REPORTS Peeling Skin Syndrome. Amar Surjushe, Resham Vasani, Minal Thakre, D. G. Saple. A 25 days old male child with peeling of the skin without aminoaciduria is presented. Read more…

	VIEWERS CHOICE Comparison of Throat Swab / Oropharyngeal Secretions with and without Chest Physiotherapy in Small Children Unable to Expectorate in Absence of Invasive Methods in Lower Respiratory Infections. Karuna Thapar, Sandeep Aggarwal, Naresh Jindal.

	IMAGE GALLERY SPOT DIGNOSIS This child presented with recurrent pain in hands and feet. On examination he had pallor and hepatomegaly with just palpable spleen. What is the diagnosis? Last Months Answer: Case 1: Beau’s lines Case 2: CNS Toxoplasmosis Try your clinical skills in the “SPOT DIAGNOSIS” for the fortnight and the lucky winner gets a child health CD – courtesy Pediatric Oncall

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