1. [Chronic, infantile, neurologic, cutaneous and articular syndrome (CINCA) in an infant].
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Milewska-Bobula B, Lipka B, Rowecka-Trzebicka K, Rostropowicz-Denisiewicz K, Romicka A, and Witwicki JM
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- Anti-Inflammatory Agents therapeutic use, Histamine H1 Antagonists therapeutic use, Humans, Infant, Male, Syndrome, Joint Diseases diagnosis, Nervous System Diseases diagnosis, Skin Diseases diagnosis
- Abstract
Background: CINCA syndrome is a clinical syndrome of unclear etiology, characterized by a chronic multi-organ inflammatory process unsusceptible to treatment., Case Report: An 18-month-old boy was admitted because he suffered, since the age of 2 months, from cutaneous, articular and neurological changes, lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly, choroiditis and psychosomatic development retardation. These clinical symptoms were unsusceptible to anti-inflammatory and antihistaminic drugs. Rehabilitation was not effective either., Conclusion: A long-term clinical observation is required before sustained multi-organ changes beginning in early childhood and exclusion of other chronic inflammatory diseases enable the diagnosis of CINCA syndrome.
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- 1998
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