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Report of a Case

C. CASSIMOS, M.D.; C. ANASTASEA-VLAHOU, M.D.; C. KATTAMIS, M.D.; E. KANAVAKIS, M.D.

Am J Dis Child. 1960;100(6):914-917.

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The term Aldrich's syndrome was given by Krivit and Good⁴ to a condition characterized by thrombocytopenia, eczema, and recurrent infections in infancy and childhood. This clinical entity was first described in a family by Aldrich, Steinberg, and Campbell¹ in 1954. Later Huntely and Dees,³ and Wolff and Bertucio,⁵ reported 11 additional cases of infants and children who died from the same disease, while Cummins and co-workers² described the syndrome in twins who are still alive. Krivit and Good⁴ carried out extensive immunohematological and endocrinological investigations on seven other cases. Despite these studies the etiology of the syndrome still remains unknown.

Here, we present another case of this interesting syndrome.

Report of Case

A 4-month-old male infant was admitted to the Childrens Hospital of Athens University on March 15, 1959, because of fever, vomiting, and bloody diarrhea. At the age of 45 days he had . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Athens, Greece

Pediatric Clinic, University of Athens (Dr. Cassimos).; From the Department of Pediatrics, University of Athens (Professor and Chairman of Pediatrics Dr. K. B. Choremis).; Ass. Professor in Pediatrics (Dr. Cassimos), Instructor in Pediatrics (Dr. Anastasea-Vlahou), Senior Resident in Pediatrics (Dr. Kattamis, Dr. Kanavakis), University of Athens.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Jan. 28, 1960.

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