Abstract
A 10-year-old girl developed an enlargement of parotid and submandibular salivary glands and lymph nodes up to 2.5 cm associated with edema of her upper eyelids. In further follow-up, she developed non-palpable, vasculitic skin lesions. She received cephixime, that co-incided with partial regression of lymph nodes. Re-occurrence of vasculitic lesions with bilateral edema of upper eyelids resembling Miculitz disease was observed. At 7 years of age, she developed asthma requiring the use of bronchodilators. Clinical examination: a 10-year-old girl, pale skin, at the both calves irregularly shaped, livid, painless, vasculitic lesions, 2-3 cm in size. The upper eyelids are swollen. Parotid and submandibular salivary glands and submandibular lymph nodes are enlarged.
Highlights
A 10-year-old girl developed an enlargement of parotid and submandibular salivary glands and lymph nodes up to 2.5 cm associated with edema of her upper eyelids
That co-incided with partial regression of lymph nodes
Authors’ details 1Pediatric Immunology, Mother & Child Health Institute, Belgrade, Serbia
Summary
A 10-year-old girl developed an enlargement of parotid and submandibular salivary glands and lymph nodes up to 2.5 cm associated with edema of her upper eyelids. PReS-FINAL-2276: IgG4 related disease in a 10-year-old girl From 20th Pediatric Rheumatology European Society (PReS) Congress Ljubljana, Slovenia. Introduction A 10-year-old girl developed an enlargement of parotid and submandibular salivary glands and lymph nodes up to 2.5 cm associated with edema of her upper eyelids. In further follow-up, she developed non-palpable, vasculitic skin lesions.
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