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Differential diagnosis of renal mass: question

Authors: Andrew Fretzayas, Maria Moustaki, Efthimia Alexopoulou, Polyxeni Nicolaidou

Published in: Pediatric Nephrology | Issue 3/2010

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A 6-year-old girl was admitted because of a low-grade fever of 5 days’ duration. She had an isolated, bulging, block of tender, firm, cervical lymph nodes, without erythema or increased temperature of the overlying skin. A full blood count showed white blood cells of 5.7 × 10³/μl, with neutrophils 39%, lymphocytes 51%, monocytes 6%, and eosinophils 4%; hemoglobin level 12.7 g/dl; hematocrit 37.4%; platelets 340 × 10³/μl. The findings of urine analysis were normal. The child was given clindamycin intravenously for 10 days, and the block of lymph nodes gradually resolved. …

Title: Differential diagnosis of renal mass: question
Authors: Andrew Fretzayas
Maria Moustaki
Efthimia Alexopoulou
Polyxeni Nicolaidou
Publication date: 01-03-2010
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Pediatric Nephrology / Issue 3/2010
Print ISSN: 0931-041X
Electronic ISSN: 1432-198X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-009-1216-8

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