Cristina Oana Mărginean, Lorena Elena Melit, Maria Oana Marginean, Nicoleta Suciu, Raluca Damian and Simona Mocan

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Pancreatic metaplasia is defined as the development of pancreatic tissue in an abnormal location and without direct connection to the pancreas. The heterotopic pancreatic tissue is most frequently noticed in the antral gastric mucosa, duodenum and jejunum. We present the case of a 13-year-old patient, admitted in Pediatrics Clinic 1 Targu-Mures, for recurrent abdominal pain and heartburns. The laboratory tests pointed out lymphocytosis (41%) with monocytosis (8.9%), eosinophilia (4.9%), an increased number of reticulocytes (20%), a decreased serum level of triglycerides and a value above the superior limit for calcium and magnesium. The abdominal ultrasound did not reveal any pathological modifications. The superior digestive endoscopy showed a granular gastric mucosa, therefore we took a biopsy of the antral mucosa, The pathological exam pointed out a fragment of pancreatic metaplasia in the antral gastric mucosa. The evolution was favorable with diet and treatment for the associated lesions. The particularity of the case consists in the presence of pancreatic metaplasia of the gastric mucosa in a patient with recurrent abdominal pain and heartburns, without significant familial or personal history.

Keywords: pancreatic metaplasia, child, abdominal pain, heartburn

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Lorena Elena Melit, Cristina Oana Mărginean, Raluca Damian, Maria Oana Marginean and Andreea Dinca

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Ulcer disease is a pathology with low incidence in pediatric population, with an unspecific symptomatology or even absent, thus leading to the development of complications. We present the case of 2 years and 10 monthold male patient, admitted in the regional hospital with the diagnosis of febrile acute gastroenteritis, who in evolution (after 5 days) associated digestive hemorrhage, thus being transferred in the Pediatrics Clinic I, Targu-Mures. The superior digestive endoscopy performed after the hemodynamic and metabolic re-equilibration, pointed out 2 ulcers in the duodenal mucosa, one with active bleeding. The treatment with proton pump inhibitors and the adequate diet initiated determined the patient’s favorable evolution. The particularity of the case consists in the appearance of 2 duodenal ulcers of the duodenal mucosa in a small child, without significant personal history, with adequate life conditions, without associated risk factors and without infection with Helicobacter pylori.

Keywords: “kissing-ulcer”, child, superior digestive hemorrhage

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Andreea Dinca, Cristina Oana Mărginean, Lorena Elena Melit, Maria Oana Marginean and Raluca Damian

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Acute gastroenteritis with Clostridium difficile is insufficiently studied in the specialty literature due to its small incidence at this age, with increased rates of morbidity and mortality. We present the case of a 1 year and 10 month-old child, diagnosed with hereditary lactose intolerance in the neonatal period, admitted in the Pediatrics Clinic I, Targu-Mures, for vomiting, loss of appetite, decreased consistency stools, with a bed smell, with bacterial infection signs in the blood tests and slowly favorable evolution under treatment with cephalosporin. The patient is readmitted after 1 day from discharge with the reappearance of bad smell stools and loss of appetite, with unfavorable evolution after administering a 3rd generation cephalosporin, thus we raise the suspicion of infection with Clostridium difficile, confirmed by the identification of toxins in the stools, with favorable evolution under treatment for anaerobe germs (metronidazole). The particularity of the case consists in the development of a gastroenteritis with Clostridium difficile in a small child (1 year and 10 months), known with retardation in the neuro-psychomotor and language development, repeated episodes of hypoglycemia, with hereditary lactose intolerance which represented a challenge in establishing the diagnosis.

Keywords: Clostridium difficile, child, gastroenteritis, hereditary lactose intolerance

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Alexandra Latcu, Alina Grama, Lenuţa Popa, Lorena Elena Melit, Mihaela Chincesan and Oana Marginean

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Introduction. The adrenogenital syndrome with neonatal onset can manifest by repeated vomiting, dehydration and severe hydro-electrolytic disequilibria. The diagnostic approach, the metabolic reequilibration and the maintenance of the electrolytic balance in normal ranges by chronic treatment can be associated with difficulties.
Objective. We present a case of adrenogenital syndrome with severe neonatal onset, evolution accompanied by different complications, but with a prognosis improved by the adequate chronic treatment.
Material and method. A male child with small birth weight, was admitted in the Pediatrcs Clinic I, Targu-Mures, at the age of 3 weeks, with a severe clinic-biological syndrome by chronic vomiting and severe dehydration, and apparent macrogenitosomia. We performed a wide spectrum of investigations in acute phase, but also afterwards for the elaboration of the differential diagnosis.
Results. We identified persistent hyponatremia and hypopotassemia, an increased level of 17-OH progesterone (44.96 ng/ml) and the cortisol under the normal limit (3 ug/dl). We discovered significantly increased concentrations of ACTH (103 pg/ml in the morning) and total serum cholesterol (186.72 ng/dl). The macromolecular analysis pointed out the heterozygote genotype for the following mutations: 12G, R356W, P453S. The adequate chronic treatment with cortisone improved the prognosis; at the age of 1 years and 5 months, he presents an adequate height, weight and psychomotor development.
Conclusions. We fulfilled the conditions of the diagnosis of adrenogenital syndrome with neonatal onset in a heterozygote child. The small age the uncharacteristic symptomatology can be a burden for establishing an early diagnosis of adrenogenital syndrome.

Keywords: vomiting, newborn, hyponatremia

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