A case of acute Gingko poisoning in a year and 7 months old boy was presented. The patient manifested vomiting and tonic convulsive seizure after 2 hours of Gingko ingestion and followed by sensory disturbance, miosis, positive Babinski sign, leukocytosis and increased CSF pressure. Patient recovered 3 days later with symptomatic treatment such as anticonvulsanr and parenteral fluid administration. The authors report the case with review of prtinent literature.
Eating ; Fruit* ; Ginkgo biloba* ; Humans ; Infant ; Leukocytosis ; Male ; Miosis ; Poisoning ; Reflex, Babinski ; Seizures ; Vomiting

A case of congenital diaphragmatic hernia in a newborn was presented, who had characteristic clinical and X-ray findings. The case manifested dyspnea, cyanosis and shift of the heart and mediastinum to the right immediately after birth, which was throught to be congenital diaphragmatic hernia and verified by autopsy. On autopsy, a large left diaphragmatic defect resulting massive diaphragmatic hernia and ipsilateral pulmonary hypoplasia were found. The authors report the case with review of pertinent literature.
Autopsy ; Cyanosis ; Dyspnea ; Heart ; Hernia, Diaphragmatic* ; Humans ; Infant, Newborn ; Lung* ; Mediastinum ; Parturition

A case of histiocytic medullary reticulosis in 14-years-old girl was presented, who had characteristic clinical and histiopathologic findings. The patient manifested intermitten fever, general weakness, weight loss, multiple skin lesion and pancytopenia with terminal massive bleeding. The clinical finding with fatal course and hematologic features were basically identical to those of previously documented histiocytic medullary reticulosis and verified with autopsy. On autopsy, systemic proliferation of the actively phagocytic atypical histiocytes was found. The authors report the case with review of pertinent literature.
Autopsy ; Female ; Fever ; Hemorrhage ; Histiocytes ; Humans ; Pancytopenia ; Skin ; Weight Loss