sweet potato/edema

The potential of tuber flour of Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam. cv. Brazlândia Branca (white sweet potato) as wound healing and antiulcerogenic agent was investigated in vivo in animal model. Excision on the back of Wistar rats was performed to induce wounds that were topically treated with Beeler's base

BACKGROUND Capillary hemangioma in the cranial cavity is rare. This report describes 2 additional cases presenting shortly after pregnancy and provides a systematic review summarizing clinical experience to date. METHODS Case reports were compiled retrospectively. Patient 1 was a 28-year-old woman

Sixteen patients with an unusual and distinct symptom complex were encountered during a four-year period. Principal features of this syndrome are (1) fever lasting more than seven days; (2) conjunctival injection; (3) changes in the mouth consisting of erythema of the oropharynx, "strawberry

Kawasaki disease (KD) is a systemic vasculitis frequent in children younger than 5 years of age. It involves coronary arteries and other medium-sized vessels. There also exists evidence of inflammatory and proliferative changes affecting the biliary tract and lymphocyte infiltration of the renal

Kawasaki disease (KD) is a common vasculitic disorder usually seen in children below 5 years of age. The disease can present with protean clinical manifestations which include high grade fever (for at least 5 days), rash, redness of the lips and a typical strawberry tongue, cervical lymph node

We report a unique mother-infant pair with variant staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome and probable intrapartum transmission to the neonate. Diagnosis of probable toxic shock was supported by the finding of fever, desquamative skin rash, multi-organ system involvement, and pronounced mucocutaneous

Mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome (MLNS) has been accepted in Japan as a newly recognized disease affecting most frequently patients under 5 years of age. It is now apparent that the syndrome, having been defined, is also recognized with increasing frequency in the continental United States and

The purpose of this study was to demonstrate microstructural differences between clinically similar, but aetiologically different, cases of corneal oedema in four subjects. In vivo confocal microscopy highlighted oedema of the basal epithelium, prominent nerve-keratocyte interactions, and typical

We report a case of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis (Y. ptbc) infection complicated by disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) that presented as Kawasaki disease (KD). A 9-year-old girl had been well until two days before, when she developed a fever, exanthem, and abdominal pain. An erythematous

Kawasaki syndrome, also known as mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome, is an acute vasculitis of infants and young children. We describe a four-year-old girl who presented with fever, a diffuse erythematous maculopapular rash, bilateral nonpurulent bulbar conjunctivitis, dry, red, fissured lips, a

Kawasaki disease (KD) is a systemic vasculitis of unknown etiology. The diagnostic criteria are fulfilled with fever of unknown origin and 4 of the following 5 criteria: bilateral conjunctival injection, cervical lymphadenopathy, polymorphous rash, oral mucous membrane changes (injected lips,

Herein, we report a rare case of hemolytic anemia with reticulocytopenia following intravenous immunoglobulin therapy in a young infant treated for Kawasaki disease. A 2-month-old boy presented with fever lasting 3 days, conjunctival injection, strawberry tongue, erythematous edema of the hands, and

Kawasaki disease is an acute, self-limiting vasculitis of unknown origin, characterized by fever, palms and soles edema, cervical lymphadenopathy, strawberry tongue, and non-exudative conjunctivitis. It is a multisystemic vasculitis that affects predominantly infants and young children. The most