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Somdipa Pal,Yamini Krishnan,Gazel Sainulabdin,Krishnan V. Parameswaran 대한소아혈액종양학회 2022 Clinical Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Vol.29 No.1
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most common malignancy of children. Gastrointestinal complications can occur during treatment of these children due to disease infiltration in gut or treatment-related toxicity. Intestinal obstruction is one of these complications and this occurs mostly due to constipation and impacted stool. Intussusception is a very rare entity in children with ALL. Left sided colo-colic intussusception is even rarer. Most of the intussusceptions are ileo-colic and are as-sociated with a lead point. We present a case of left sided colo-colic intussusception in an 8-year-old child with ALL. There was no lead point or leukemic infiltrate in the resected part of the intussusception. Our child had typhlitis leading to in-tussusception which is a very rare occurrence. Awareness regarding this complication with ALL is important for prompt diagnosis and treatment.
Effect of 2–6 weeks of systemic steroids on bone mineral density in children
Kuniyil Athira,Pal Somdipa,Sachdev Namrita,Yadav Tribhuvan Pal 대한소아청소년과학회 2022 Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics (CEP) Vol.65 No.5
Background: The use of systemic steroids for 6+ weeks in children is associated with decreased bone mineral content (BMC) and density (BMD). However, the effects of a shorter duration of use on BMD are unknown.Purpose: To determine the effect of the use of systemic steroids for 2–6 weeks on BMD and BMC in pediatric patients.Methods: Twenty-five pediatric patients (21 with tuberculosis, 2 with systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis, 1 with inflammatory bowel disease, 1 with autoimmune hemolytic anemia) who received systemic steroids for 2–6 weeks and 25 age- and sexmatched controls were enrolled. BMC, BMD, and z scores of the whole body (WB), lumbar spine (LS), nondominant distal radius (DR), and total body less the head (TBLH) were determined by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry at baseline, the end of steroid therapy or 6 weeks (whichever was earlier; first follow-up), and at the end of 3 months from baseline (second follow-up) in patients and at baseline in controls. The values were adjusted for confounding variables. Continuous and categorical variables were compared using Student t test and the chi-square test or Fisher exact test, respectively. Pairwise comparisons employed Bonferroni correction.Results: Statistically significant decreases in BMC, BMD, and all z scores were observed. BMC declined by 5.37%, 2.08%, 1.82%, and 2.27%, and 11.42%, 3.75%, 3.34%, and 4.17% for WB, LS, DR, and TBLH, respectively, at the first and second follow-ups, respectively. Similarly, BMD declined by 2.01%, 2.31%, 2.18%, and 1.70% and 4.59%, 3.76%, 3.14%, and 3.50% for the WB, LS, DR, and TBLH, respectively, at the first and second follow-ups, respectively. A significant negative correlation was found among bone densitometric parameters, duration, and cumulative dose.Conclusion: The use of systemic steroids for 2–6 weeks in pediatric patients decreased the BMD and BMC of trabecular and cortical bones, an effect that persisted after discontinuation.