parotitis/fatigue

A-59-year-old Japanese woman presented a cellulitis-like erythematous skin rash, low-grade fever, and general fatigue, accompanied by a firm swelling of the right parotid gland. She had a history of tick bite on the right lateral neck 2 weeks before. Serum anti-Borrelia burgdorferi antibody was

The authors report a 56-year-old woman with Ramsey Hunt syndrome with multiple cranial nerve paralysis and acute respiratory failure. Five days before admission, she experienced right otalgia and right facial pain and consulted an otolaryngologist of our hospital, who diagnosed the illness as acute

Mumps is a contagious viral illness and at one time was a very common childhood disease. With the implementation of widespread vaccination, the incidence of mumps in the population has decreased substantially. Mumps infection typically presents with a prodrome of headache, fever, fatigue, anorexia,

Cranial radiation therapy (CRT) is used to treat a wide range of malignant and benign conditions and is associated with a unique set of risks and complications. Early complications from CRT include fatigue, skin reaction, alopecia, headaches, anorexia, nausea/vomiting, exacerbation of neurologic

OBJECTIVE Primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) in childhood is a rare disease. Diagnostic criteria are available for adult patients only. In order to establish diagnostic criteria for juvenile pSS an analysis of 7 girls and one boy suffering from pSS with early onset is reported. Due to the rarity of

BACKGROUND Total body irradiation followed by bone marrow transplantation is well established as a part of the conditioning regimen in high dose therapy. The immediate tolerance of fractionated total body irradiation (FTBI) was investigated prospectively. METHODS From January 1995 to December 1998