All issues > Volume 21(11); 1978

Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1978;21(11):806-812. Published online November 30, 1978.

Reye's Syndrome 5 Cases of Report and Review of Literatures.

In Ho Kim, Kil Woo Kim, Myoung Sook Lee, Churl Young Chung

¹Department of Pediatrics, Paik Foundation Hospital, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

Authors had experienced 5 cases of Reye's syndrome in a 15mo. old female patient, 16mo. old male patient, two cases of 4 years old male patients, and 9mo. old male infant who were compatible with this syndrome since Mar. 1976. 2 cases of this patients have been recovered and observed at O.P.D. of ped. Department. Laboratory findings disclosed increased SGOT, SGPT, LDH, blood ammonia levels atthe all cases and decreased FBS and CSF sugar levels. Liver biopsy showed diffuse fatty metamorphosis of hepatic cells. A brief review of the related literaturre was also presented.

Keywords :