Only about 300 cases of LAD I have been reported Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Saunders 2004; 701-07. worldwide.3 Although cases of LAD1 have been reported 2. Crowley CJ, Curnutte TJ, Rosin RE. An Inherited Abnormality of Neutrophil Adhesion: Its Genetic Transmission and its Association with a from all over the world, to our knowledge, this is the first Missing Protein. N Engl J Med 1980; 302: 1163-68. case reported from Pakistan. The aggressive nature of this 3. Etzioni A. Leukocyte Adhesion Deficiency (LAD) Syndromes. Orphanet disease demands prompt diagnosis as aggressive Encyclopedia 2005; pp 1-4. 4. Karsan A, Cornejo CJ, Winn RK, Schwartz BR, Way W, Lannir N et al. antibiotic therapy to prevent infections can help in Leukocyte Adhesion Deficiency Type II Is a Generalized Defect of De Novo waiting period for finding a suitable donor for bone GDP-Fucose Biosynthesis. J Clin Invest 1998; 101: 2438-45. marrow transplant. 5. Helmus Y, Denecke J, Yakubenia S, Robinson P, Luhn K, Diana L et al. Leukocyte adhesion defect 2 patients with a dual defect of the GDP- fucose transporter. Journal of the American society of hematology. May 2006; 107 Conclusion 3959-66. The rarity of this disease requires that physicians 6. Bonilla FA, Bernstein IL, Khan DA, Ballas ZK, Chinen J, Frank MM et al. Practice Parameter for the Diagnosis and Management of Primary have a high index of suspicion in a child with history of Immunodeficency. Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology 2005; 94: delayed umbilical cord separation, repeated infections and S1-S63. marked leukocytosis, even in the absence of infections. The 7. Kliegman RM, Stoll BJ. The fetus and the neonatal infant. In: Behrman RE, Kliegman RM, Jenson HB, eds. Nelson text book of pediatrics. 16th ed. diagnosis can be established by flowcytometric analysis of Philadelphia, PA: WB Saunders; 2000:257. neutrophils surface integrins. 8. Oudesluys-Murphy AM, Eilers GA, de Groot CJ. The time of separation of the umbilical cord. Eur J Pediatr 1987; 146:387-89. References 9. Razvi S, Murphy R, Shlasko E, Cunningham-Rundles C. delayed separation of the umbilical cord attributable to urachal anomalies. Pediatrics 108; 1. Boxer L.A. Neutrophils. In: Nelson text book of pediatrics. 17th ed. August 2001, 493-94.

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Right Ventricular Hypoplasia and : Autopsy Case Eren Bülent, Nursel Turkmen, Recep Fedakar Uludag University Medical Faculty, Forensic Medicine Department, Council of Forensic Medicine of Turkey Bursa Morgue Department, 16059, Bursa, Turkey.

Abstract autopsy case of a 3-months-old baby girl with right hypoplasia and severe stenosis of aorta who died due to Neonatal cardiac malformation cases mostly need pneumonia. surgical repair. It is important to describe the morphological features of these malformations. A 3 months-old baby girl Case Report was brought to a local clinic after three days antibiotic A 3 months-old baby girl with 65 cm. height and therapy. No signs of life were present. Autopsy findings 5500gr. weight, was brought to a local clinic dead after three showed adhesion of right ventricular surfaces which caused days of antibiotic therapy due to cough of three days the chamber volume to significantly decrease. The duration. Autopsy findings showed petechia over the ventricular wall was thinned, out and become crescent surface of lungs, in cut section oedema, consolidation and shaped. This rare autopsy case, with right ventricle mottled discoloration consistent with pneumonia. Minimal hypoplasia and severe stenosis of aorta is presented. pericardial effusion was appreciated, was enlarged, Introduction weighing 55 gr. Dissection of the heart revealed adhesion of right ventricular surfaces inside which significantly The great majority of neonatal cardiac malformation decreased the chamber volume. Ventricular wall was cases need surgical repair; failing which they cannot thinned to 0.2 cm, and acquired a crescent shape (Fig 1), survive. It is crucial to specify the morphological features of Tricuspid and pulmonary valves were normal, as also the these malformations.1 Among the right ventricular exit to pulmonary arteries. On the left side of the heart, left malformations, dysplasia of the right ventricle and Uhl ventricular wall was thick (1.6 cm.) and ventricular anomaly are well studied and are found to be significantly chamber was enlarged. Degeneration and stenosis of the related to sudden cardiac deaths.2,3 Hypoplasia and aortic valves was appreciated (Fig 2). In the abdomen, dysplasia of the right ventricle can present with severe mesenteric lymph nodes were prominent. Microscopic symptoms in early life.4,5 In this report we present an evaluations showed; disarray in bundles,

Vol. 58, No. 11, November 2008 645 stenosis of aorta as in our case; but right heart dysplasias accompanied by different anomalies such as pulmonary atresia and anomalous coronary artery has been reported.8 Significant thickening in the right ventricular wall is consistent with the literature as an important finding in dysplasic cases.2,9 Uhl's anomaly is a very rare anomaly with unknown aetiology, characterized by congenital partial or complete absence of right ventricular myocardium. Associations with other congenital heart diseases, familial occurrency, sudden death and arrhythmia with Uhl's anomaly have been reported.3 The crescent appearance that we described macroscopically has been reported as an echocardiographic finding which may be seen in isolated right ventricular hypoplasia cases.4 Histo-pathological Figure 1: Crescent shaped right ventricle. studies of D'Amati et al. described different forms of ventricular dysplasias.6 Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy is progressive myocardial atrophy of the right ventricle, which was recently included among cardiomyopathies in the revised WHO classification. The specific gene defects as well as the defective coded proteins have not yet been identified.7 Similar to our case, it has been shown that cases with right ventricular dysplasia may exhibit segmental or diffuse loss of myocardial fibers with transmural fatty or fibrofatty replacement, accounting for electrical instability at risk of life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias6,7,9 and also it was explained that inflammatory infiltration in right ventricle may be observed.2 It has been reported that for unknown reasons, these cases may develop cardiomegaly,3 atrial and ventricular dilation, diverticula formation in their terminal stage. Joy et al reported that isolated hypoplasia of right ventricle can present with cyanosis in childhood, besides underlined that diagnosis and management strategy of isolated hypoplasia of right ventricle in children is difficult.5 It has also been documented that during the Figure 2 Stenosis of the aortic valves. course of the disease, in addition to right ventricular failure, left ventricle could be involved as well.2 hyperaemic changes in spleen and kidney, pneumonia in The patients were subjected to surgery for Glenn's gray hepatization stage, and reactive hyperplasia in operation, Fontan procedures which are reported in mesenteric lymph nodes. The cause of death was reported as literature.2,3 Basso et al. reported, that variants of right cardiac anomaly and pneumonia. venhtricular dysplasias need to adopt strict diagnostic criteria, warranted not only in the clinical setting but also Discussion in the forensic and general pathology arena. Also stated The leading arrhythmogenic right ventricular that, when dealing with a case of sudden death, in which malformations are dysplasias,1,2,6 hypoplasias4,5 and rarely the only morphologic finding consists of an increased Uhl anomalies or congenital hypoplasia of right ventricular amount of epicardial or intramyocardial fat, a more myocardium.2,3 Studies identified new forms of convincing arrhythmogenic source such as myocardial arrhythmogenic dysplasias, but the etiology and inflammatory infiltrates, fibrosis, anomalous pathways, pathogenesis of arrhythmogenic right ventricular and ion channel disease should be searched, to avoid an 9 cardiomyopathy are still unknown.7 Literature search over-diagnosis of cases. revealed no result for right ventricular hypoplasia with Autopsy findings are conclusive in order to

646 J Pak Med Assoc differentiate morphologically diverse cardiac anomalies and ventricular hypoplasia: report of two cases.J Cardiol. 1989; postmortem evaluations are important contribution to 19:637-46. 5. Joy MV, Venugopalan P, Sapru A, Subramanyan R. Isolated hypoplasia of understand cardiac origin medicolegal sudden deaths in right ventricle with : a rare form of cyanotic heart neonatal population. disease. Indian Heart J. 1999; 51:440-3. 6. d'Amati G, Leone O, di Gioia CR, Magelli C, Arpesella G, Grillo P, Marino References B, et al.Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy: clinicopathologic correlation based on a revised definition of pathologic 1. Devine WA, Webber SA, Anderson RH. Congenitally malformed patterns.Hum Pathol. 2001; 32:1078-86 from a population of children undergoing cardiac transplantation: 7. Thiene G, Basso C, Calabrese F, Angelini A, Valente M. Pathology and comments on sequential segmental analysis and dissection. Pediatr Dev pathogenesis of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy. Herz. Pathol. 2000; 3:140-54. 2000; 25:210-5. 2. Corrado D, Basso C, Thiene G, McKenna WJ, Davies MJ, Fontaliran F, et 8. Burrows PE, Freedom RM, Benson LN, Moes CA, Wilson G, Koike K, et al. Spectrum of clinicopathologic manifestations of arrhythmogenic right al. Coronary angiography of pulmonary atresia, hypoplastic right ventricle, ventricular cardiomyopathy/ dysplasia: a multicenter study. J Am Coll and ventriculocoronary communications. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1990; Cardiol. 1997; 30:1512-20. 154:789-95. 3. Kilinc M, Akdemir I, Sivasli E. A case with Uhl's anomaly presenting with 9. Basso C, Thiene G. Adipositas cordis, fatty infiltration of the right severe right heart failure. Acta Cardiol. 2000; 55:367-9. ventricle, and arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy. Just a 4. Kondo O, Ono Y, Arakaki Y, Takahashi O, Kamiya T.Isolation right matter of fat? Cardiovasc Pathol. 2005; 14:37-41.

Case Report

Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease presenting with fever, lymphadenopathy and dysphagia AKM Mosharraf-Hossain,1 Pran Gopal Datta,2 AS Ahmed Amin,3 M Jalal Uddin4 Department of Medicine,1 ENT Department,2,3 Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka, Pathology Department,4 Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Abstract reticular cells accompanied by numerous histiocytes and extensive nuclear debris.3 Kikuchi Fujimoto Disease (KFD) can present with dysphasia, fever and lymphadenopathy. A young We present a case of KFD having dysphasia along Bangladeshi girl presented with fever, cervical with fever and lymphadenopathy due to retropharyngeal LN lymphadenopathy, dysphasia, weight loss and skin rash. enlargement narrowing pharyngeal lumen. The review of Antitubercular drugs were given on clinical judgement, with literature showed only one case series of 58 KFD patients in no improvement after one month. Later, fine needle Southern Taiwan. Of these only 1 patient had odynophasia.4 aspiration and histopathology of Lymph Node suggested No case of retropharyngeal LN enlargement has been KFD. Computerized Tomography (CT) scan of neck reported.5 revealed enlarged retropharyngeal lymphnode (LN) causing Case Report pharyngeal narrowing. Oral Prednisolone was given In December 2003, a 19 year old Bangladeshi female showing improvement and no relapse was encountered. presened with fever, weight loss, rash and swelling in the KFD may present with dysphasia uncommonly neck for 5 weeks. She was a known case of Bronchial along with fever and lymphadenopathy. Awareness of this Asthma since childhood. She had no history of tuberculosis disorder by clinicians and pathologists will help prevent (TB) exposure. Physical examination revealed enlargement misdiagnosis and inappropriate treatment. of cervical lymphnodes (LNs). The LNs were multiple, 1-3 cm in diameter, soft to firm in consistency, discrete, mobile Introduction in right supraclavicular and both jugolodiagastric, Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KFD) is an enigmatic, submandibular and posterior cervical chains. The benign and self-limited syndrome characterized by regional erythematous macules were noted symmetrically in both lymphadenopathy with tenderness, predominantly in the lower extremities. Her temperature was 101°F and weight cervical region, usually accompanied with mild fever and 39 Kg. Her complete blood count (CBC) showed ESR 40 night sweats. Initially described in Japan, KFD was first mm, neutropenia, Mantoux test (MT) 6 mm after 72 hours reported in 1972 almost simultaneously by Kikuchi1 and and normal chest skiagram (CXR). Anti-tubercular drugs Fujimoto et al.2 as lymphadenitis with focal proliferation of including rifampicin, isoniazid, ethambutol and

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