Browsing by Author "Das, Samrat"

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    Case 1: Eye Discharge in a 10-day-old Neonate Born by Cesarean Delivery.
    (Pediatrics in review, 2018-04) Singh, Gagandeep; Galvis, Alvaro; Das, Samrat
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    Case 3: Increased Snoring in a 7-year-old Boy.
    (Pediatrics in review, 2017-12) Bhoopalan, Senthil Velan; Das, Samrat
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    Faculty development/mentoring evolution of mentorship in academic medicine.
    (Journal of investigative medicine : the official publication of the American Federation for Clinical Research, 2020-03) Das, Samrat
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    Miliary tuberculosis in a paediatric patient with psoriasis.
    (BMJ case reports, 2021-03) Kilgore, Jacob; Pelletier, Jonathon; Becken, Bradford; Kenny, Stephen; Das, Samrat; Parnell, Lisa
    We present a 16-year-old girl with a history of well-controlled psoriasis, on immunosuppression, who sought evaluation in the emergency department for 4 months of fever, cough and unintentional weight loss. The patient had seen multiple providers who had diagnosed her with community-acquired pneumonia, but she was unimproved after oral antibiotic therapy. On presentation, she was noted to be febrile, tachycardic and chronically ill-appearing. Her chest X-ray showed diffuse opacities and a right upper lobe cavitary lesion concerning for tuberculosis. A subsequent chest CT revealed miliary pulmonary nodules in addition to the cavitary lesion. The patient underwent subsequent brain MRI, which revealed multifocal ring-enhancing nodules consistent with parenchymal involvement. The patient was diagnosed with miliary tuberculosis and improved on quadruple therapy. Though rates of tuberculosis are increasing, rates remain low in children, though special consideration should be given to children who are immunosuppressed.
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    Utilization of Imaging to Identify a Benign Condition Mimicking Acute Appendicitis in a Child.
    (Journal of investigative medicine high impact case reports, 2018-01) Phalke, Neelam; Mehta, Zubin; Das, Samrat
    One of the most concerning causes of abdominal pain affecting children is acute appendicitis. However, there are benign conditions that can closely mimic appendicitis in children. In this article, we present a case of a child admitted for possible acute appendicitis and determined to have a condition known as omental infarction. The patient was managed medically and made a full recovery without surgical intervention. The aim of this case report is to review omental infarction and present a way of differentiating this disease from appendicitis, utilizing imaging, with the goal of avoiding surgical intervention. We also discuss the presentation and imaging findings of and another closely related condition-epiploic appendagitis. It is important to differentiate appendicitis from these 2 conditions as they can be often managed medically without surgical intervention.