Shedding light on Pseudo-TORCH  Syndrome” : Navigating  the diagnostic dilemma

 Dr.Venkatesh Kumar M,  Dr.C.Jayakumar ,Dr.Praveena Bhaskaran, Dr.Navya George AIMS KOCHI  Three month old extremely preterm ba( 27 weeks+2  days), 3rd of triplet born IVF pregnancy  presented with recurrent non bilious vomiting of 3 weeks duration .She had a  stormy neonatal period with  respiratory distress, conjugated hyperbilirubinemia, fungal and MRSA sepsis, anaemia of prematurity(received 5 blood Read More …

Case of DOCK8 deficiency

Dr.Ghaniya KC , DrSheela Nampoothiri DrSajith Keshavan Dr.Praveena N.Bhaskaran , Dr.Steffy Sunny , Dr.Navya George , Dr.Shela Sany ,DrC Jayakumar  AIMS Kochi Eleven year old girl child , presented with complaints of dry cough for 2 weeks , high grade intermittent fever, fast breathing and Chest retractions for 2 days. She  had 3 episodes of Pneumonia  at Read More …

Brief, subtle and nonspecific symptoms in malignancies.

Dr Varsha V S, Dr C Jayakumar,DrPraveena drNavya George  Dept of Pediatrics , Amrita institute of medical sciences. Four  years 5 month old developmentally normal previously asymptomatic female child presented with complaints of on and off high grade fever of 2 weeks duration associated with generalized fatigue and leg pain.History was negative for any other significant symptoms Read More …

Giant coronary aneurysm in a Three month old

Dr Jerin.K.John, , Dr Krishna Kumar, Dr Shine Kumar, Dr Suma Balan Dr C Jayakumar A three-month-old ba presented with fever, reduced activity, and loose stools for 3 days. The ba  had  rashes all over the body. After taking blood for culture and other  investigations antibiotics was started Irrespective of antibiotics  ba  continued  to have Read More …

Sonology scores 

DrSreelekshmy , DrShilpa Radhakrishnan, DrNaveen Viswanath , Dr C Jayakumar Aims Kochi  6 year old female child,was admitted due to high grade intermittent fever and wet cough of 8 days. Vitals were stable and PICCLE was normal . Clinically child had 3cm soft liver below the right costal margin and just palpable spleen. CBC and Read More …

Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection

Dr.Subbulakshmi P S, Dr.Jayasree.C, Dr.Jayakumar.C AIMS, Kochi Ba with Intra cranial calcificationDrSubbulekshmi ,DrJayasree ,DrC Jayakumar 34 week old gestational age ba born LSCS due to fetal distress cried only after resuscitation and later developed respiratory distress ,reached AIMS with neo puff supportBa was kept NPO initially to start oral feeds a day later and Read More …