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A Case of Disseminated Cryptococcosis with Skin Lesion and Miliary Shadows of the Lung.
Chan Ho Bang, Sang Keun Chi, In Ho Kim, Sang Woo Kim, Ill Hyang Ko
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1982;25(4):399-403.   Published online April 30, 1982
A Case of disseminated cryptococcosis in a 5-year old girl is reported. Although twenty four pediatric cases of cryptococcosis were reported in Korea for the past 15years, this case's clinical picture is interesting and make diagnostic difficulties from miliary tuberculosis. She was transferred from a local clinic under the impression of miliary tuberculosis with chest X-ray showing miliary shadows. Mantoux...
A Case of Report of Letterer-Siwe Disease.
Nam Heon Kim, Jung Ho Lee, In Ho Kim, Churl Young Chung, Jong Eun Joo, Ill Hyang Ko
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1981;24(12):1213-1217.   Published online December 15, 1981
We experienced a cass of Letterer-Siwe disease in 2 month old infant. The patient was presented charateristic clinical findings such as hepatosplenomegaly, petechia, anemia, gene-ralized lymphadenopathy, and lung infiltration. The diagnosis was confirmed by lymphnode biopsy and bone marrow aspiration, which was compatible to Letterer-Siwe disease. A poor prognostic factor in Histiocytosis X is younger age (below 18 month), hepatospleno-megaly, anemia,...