Primary spinal epidural extraosseous Ewing's sarcoma mimicking a spinal abscess.

abstract：:The objective of this study was to ascertain the reactions and experiences of parents whose children were defined as false-positive cases in a research program of screening 6-month-old babies for neuroblastoma. Parents of seven of the eight infants falling into this category participated in the study. Parents of five ...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Bell S,Parker L,Cole M,Craft AW

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the management challenge provided by a patient with kaposiform hemangioendothelioma associated with Kasabach-Merritt phenomenon. A female child presented at 14 months of age with an ecchymotic swelling of her right upper arm and axilla. Subsequently, she developed profound thrombocytopenia and hypofibrinoge...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Blei F,Karp N,Rofsky N,Rosen R,Greco MA

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:All pediatric osteosarcomas treated in our hospital between 1985 and 1995 were reviewed. There were 26 patients, 15 males and 11 females, aged 20 or less at diagnosis. All had limb primaries. Nineteen patients had localized disease and seven presented with metastases. Intensive multiagent chemotherapy was given both p...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Kwong DL,Ha SY,Chau KY,Choi PH,Chan GC,Kwong PW,Lau YL

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Modern treatment protocols lead to complete remission in a high proportion of patients with childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). However, a large number of them show a relapse of the disease. Treatment failure in these patients is mainly attributable to de novo or acquired resistance to a wide variety of cyto...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Kourti M,Vavatsi N,Gombakis N,Tzimagiorgis G,Sidi V,Koliouskas D,Athanassiadou F

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteoporosis is common in patients with thalassemia major. A 16-year-old patient with thalassemia major was referred for evaluation of osteoporosis. The results of dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry in a patient with thalassemia major are presented. The patient underwent measurements of the spine in both AP and lateral ...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Yildiz M,Canatan D

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to address the clinical impact of recombination-activating gene (RAG1) expression and tumor suppressor IKZF1 gene deletions in Philadelphia negative B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) patients. Fifty newly diagnosed pediatric Philadelphia negative B-ALL patients were included in thi...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Aref S,Khaled N,Menshawy NE,Sabry M,Agder MA

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bloodstream infections (BSI) represent one of the most serious complications in patients in the hematology-oncology unit. In this study, the prevalence, distribution, drug sensitivity profiles, and clinical outcome of BSI were analyzed in pediatric patients with hematological malignancies. Patients admitted to the ped...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Chen S,Liu S,Yuan X,Mai H,Lin J,Wen F

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fever and neutropenia (FN) is a common precipitant for hospitalization among children with cancer, but hospital utilization trends are not well described. This study describes national trends for hospital discharges for FN among children with cancer for the year 2012, compared with the authors' previous analysis from ...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Mueller EL,Croop J,Carroll AE

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective analysis was performed on febrile neutropenic episodes in patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) from 1992 to 2002. There were 222 febrile neutropenic episodes in 266 ALL patients with documented ANC < 500/mm(3). Of the 222 episodes, 98 (44%) had documented focus of infection; the rest were f...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Bakhshi S,Padmanjali KS,Arya LS

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 33 children, 23 with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and 10 with solid tumors, the phenotype of the enzyme adenosine deaminase (ADA) was detected in the erythrocytes by electrophoresis in cellulose acetate. In all children the ADA enzyme activity was also determined in the plasma by spectrophotometry at the onse...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Hatzistilianou M,Athanassiadou F,Catriu D,Makedou A,Hitoglou S,Papaeconomou A

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary immunodeficiency disorders (PID) are under-reported from the developing world. We present data regarding diagnosis and outcome from a hospital-based registry in India. Forty-seven patients fulfilled diagnostic criteria. Majority were males. Subgroups were disorders of immune dysregulation-29%, B&T-cell abnorma...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Chinnabhandar V,Yadav SP,Kaul D,Verma IC,Sachdeva A

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective, population-based registration of children with immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) was performed in Norway in 1996 and 1997. Ninety-two cases were identified, indicating an incidence of 5.3 per 100,000 children under 15 years. The sex ratio (female/male) was 1.2/1. Fifty-six percent presented with cut...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Zeller B,Helgestad J,Hellebostad M,Kolmannskog S,Nystad T,Stensvold K,Wesenberg F

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Homozygous beta-thalassemia is usually characterized by severe anemia requiring regular blood transfusion for survival. For homozygous patients with milder clinical manifestations and no dependence on transfusion therapy, the term thalassemia intermedia is usually applied. Genetic mechanisms that may ameliorate the cl...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Kanavakis E,Traeger-Synodinos J,Tzetis M,Metaxotou-Mavromati A,Ladis V,Kattamis C

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method is described to estimate MYCN (N-myc) oncogene amplification in neuroblastoma by the technique of differential polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The technique is quicker than conventional Southern blotting techniques and does not require radioactive materials. The ability to measure MYCN amplification from sma...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Huddart SN,Mann JR,McGukin AG,Corbett R

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A surveillance study was performed on the pattern and antimicrobial susceptibilities of microorganisms isolated from blood cultures in the main pediatric oncology unit in the United Arab Emirates. The only previous data were published in 1995. During 1998-2000, the pattern of bloodstream infection changed. Enterobacte...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Trad O,Jumaa PA,Afify Z

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW-MRI) offers potential to monitor response and predict survival in high-grade gliomas (HGG) and diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas (DIPG). We hypothesized that post-radiotherapy DW-MRI may provide prognostic imaging biomarkers in children and young adults wit...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Carceller F,Jerome NP,Fowkes LA,Khabra K,Mackinnon A,Bautista F,Marshall LV,Vaidya S,Mandeville H,Morgan V,Leach MO,Koh DM

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated serum C-reactive protein (CRP) level and serum sodium concentration as early indicators of bacteremia in neutropenic children in two different series in 1983-1984 (49 bacteremias) and 1989-1990 (29 bacteremias). During the earlier period, the goal was to avoid unnecessary antimicrobial therapy. Currently ...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Riikonen P,Saarinen UM,Perkkiö M,Hovi L,Siimes MA

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the causes of the childhood anemia is gastrointestinal system bleeding, which rarely results from parasites. The authors report on a 3-year-old boy with severe anemia and a history of hematemesis. While they were investigating the cause of the anemia and the hematemesis, a leech showing itself in the nasal pass...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Demirören K,Calişkan U

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate children with lymphadenopathy and clinical approach to the suspicion of malignancy. The authors evaluated 457 patients with peripheral lymphadenopathy, less than 19 years of age, and referred to the Pediatric Oncology Department of Gazi University Medical School during the periods...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Oguz A,Karadeniz C,Temel EA,Citak EC,Okur FV

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The treatment of a child with a relapsed state acute leukemia after allogeneic stem cell transplantation (allo-SCT) is a challenge. The authors report about a child with an acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), which relapsed after allo-SCT despite immunological intervention. It was further treated with a second line chem...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Hartwig M,Weigel S,Bernig T,Bader P,Dölken R,Beck J

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Outlining the treatment for an unclassifiable lymphoid malignancy is often difficult. A highly undifferentiated lymphomatous mass that relapsed in spite of intense chemotherapy and autologous transplant is reported. At relapse, there was differentiation into myeloid lineage. Though remission was achieved with AML-type...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Anoop P,Lancaster DL,Ethell ME,Potter MN,Wotherspoon A

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A two-step evaluation system is proposed to analyze the results of therapy for stage IV neuroblastoma in children over 1 year of age. Since most protocols consist of first-line chemotherapy followed by surgery and often high-dose chemotherapy with bone marrow rescue, "response" should assess the effect of chemotherapy...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Philip T,Helson L,Bernard JL,Zucker JM,Kremens B,Favrot M,Hartmann O

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the possible clinical application of the hypothesis that insufficient induction of 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine decarboxylase (DDC) causes accumulation and secretion of 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (DOPA) in unfavorable neuroblastomas, we measured plasma DOPA in 28 neuroblastoma patients. Abnormally high le...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Ikeda H,Suzuki N,Takahashi A,Kuroiwa M,Matsuyama S

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The treatment of pediatric severe aplastic anemia (SAA) with allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT), presents major challenges including the risks of graft failure, septic complications, and graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). Additive infusions of human umbilical cord derived mesenchymal stem ce...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Si Y,Yang K,Qin M,Zhang C,Du Z,Zhang X,Liu Y,Yue Y,Feng Z

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:According to the Fifth National Wilms Tumor Study (NWTS-5), tumor-specific loss of heterozygosity (LOH) for chromosomes 1p and 16q identifies a subset of patients with Wilms tumor (WT) who despite having favorable histology (FH) have a significantly increased risk of relapse and death. We aimed to find out 1p and 16q ...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Fawzy M,Bahanassy A,Samir A,Hafez H

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ondansetron, a highly selective 5-HT3 receptor antagonist, is available in an intravenous (IV) formulation and tables, but syrup would be particularly useful in children. As chemotherapy can affect taste perceptions, this study was undertaken to determine the preference between two flavors of ondansetron syrup in chil...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Stevens R,Votan B,Lane R,Schaison G,Hewitt M,Kohler J,Thyss A

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACis) are epigenetic agents that display antitumor activities in experimental medulloblastoma (MB). Fingolimod (FTY720), an immunosuppressant agent currently used in the treatment of multiple sclerosis, also has anticancer actions and can act as an HDACi. Here we examined whether fing...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Perla AS,Fratini L,Cardoso PS,de Farias CB,da Cunha Jaeger M,Roesler R

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Invasive fungal infection continues to pose a significant threat to immunocompromised patients, with cerebral aspergillosis being among the most feared ones. The authors describe an adolescent girl with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) with subsequent acute liver failure, who developed an aspergillus brain abscess. ...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Sterba J,Prochazka J,Ventruba J,Kren L,Valik D,Burgetova D,Mudry P,Skotakova J,Blatny J

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe a 10-year-old boy with beta-thalassemia major who received double-unit unrelated cord blood transplantation and had a rocky post-transplantation course that included an episode of massive pericardial effusion. Pericardial tube drainage was performed for evacuating fluid. Results showed hemorrhagic...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Chung HT,Hsieh TC,Yu MC,Chang YS,Lo WC,Jaing TH

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nesiritide is a recombinant formulation of B-type natriuretic peptide used most commonly in the treatment of adults with decompensated congestive heart failure. The physiologic effects of BNP include natriuresis, diuresis, and smooth muscle relaxation. These physiologic effects result in its beneficial therapeutic eff...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Wheeler AD,Tobias JD

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00