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PFAPA syndrome: Case report

PFAPA sendromu: Olgu sunumu

Mervan Bekdaş(Abant İzzet Baysal Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Çocuk Sağlığı Ve Hastalıkları Ad, Bolu)
Pages
134–137
Publication Date
2013-05-01
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The attacks of the patient dramatically resolved after a single dose of metilprednisolon.

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Objective & Hypothesis:PFAPA syndrome periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis, cervical adenitis is a pediatric periodic disease characterised by recurrent febrile episodes.
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Key Findings & Data:This syndrome usually observed under 5 years of age and common in boys.
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Conclusion & Impact:The attacks of the patient dramatically resolved after a single dose of metilprednisolon.
🔬Design:Makale
📍Scope:Comprehensive Sample
⚙️Variables:PFAPA · tekrarlayan ateş · servikal adenit

Abstract

PFAPA syndrome periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis, cervical adenitis is a pediatric periodic disease characterised by recurrent febrile episodes. This syndrome usually observed under 5 years of age and common in boys. In this case report, a 4 year old boy with complained of recurrent attacks of fever, tonsillitis and cervical lenfadenitis is presented. The attacks had recurred every 20-25 days. The attacks of the patient dramatically resolved after a single dose of metilprednisolon.

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PFAPA sendromu periyodic ateş, aftöz stomatit, farenjit ve servikal lenfadenit tekrarlayan ateş atakları ile karekterize bir periyodik çocukluk çağı hastalığıdır. Bu sendrom genellikle 5 yaş altı ve erkek çocuklarda daha fazla gözükmektedir. Bu yazıda 4 yaşında 20-25 günde bir tekrarlayan ateş, tonsillit ve servikal lenfadenit ile başvuran bir erkek çocuk sunuldu. Ataklar tek doz metilprednizolon tedavisi ile dramatik olarak düzeldi.

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Bekdaş, M. (2013). PFAPA syndrome: Case report. Abant Tıp Dergisi, Cilt: 2 Sayı: 2, 134–137. https://doi.org/10.5505/abantmedj.2013.46330

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