Concurrent Acute Glomerulonephritis and Retropharyngeal Abscess in 10 Year Boy: A Case Report
| Autor: | Deepali Garg, Jaya Shankar Kaushik, Narain Das Vaswani, Seema Rohilla, Sudha Yadav |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Respiratory tract infections business.industry Clinical Biochemistry lcsh:R Retropharyngeal abscess lcsh:Medicine Paediatrics Section Glomerulonephritis General Medicine respiratory tract infections medicine.disease Dysphagia Surgery haematuria Nephritic syndrome medicine.anatomical_structure Cervical lymph nodes Oliguria Throat medicine nephritic syndrome hypocomplementemic glomerulonephritis medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, Vol 11, Iss 7, Pp SD13-SD14 (2017) |
| Popis: | Postinfectious Glomerulonephritis (PIGN) usually follows 1-2 weeks after respiratory tract infection and 4-6 weeks after skin infection. Acute Glomerulonephritis (AGN) is uncommon with simultaneous severe throat infections. We describe a 10-year-old boy who was presented with high grade fever, dysphagia and tender swelling over left side of neck. Examination also revealed enlarged multiple cervical lymph nodes on the same side of neck. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of soft tissue of neck revealed evidence of retropharyngeal abscess. The next day, he subsequently developed haematuria and oliguria with borderline raised blood pressure. His corresponding blood urea and serum antistreptolysin O (ASO) levels were raised with low C3 levels. He had a remarkable improvement on injectable broad spectrum antibiotics with complete resolution of fever and neck symptoms. At eight weeks follow up, complete resolution of microscopic haematuria with normal C3 levels was observed. The present case highlights a 10-year-old young boy with retropharyngeal abscess presenting with clinical and laboratory evidence of Poststreptococcal Glomerulonephritis (PSGN). |
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