Digital Gangrene in Association with Retinoblastoma

Digital Gangrene in Association with Retinoblastoma

We report a 5-year old boy, diagnosed with Retinoblastoma (RB) in the right eye and subsequently developed digital gangrene as a result of Raynaud’s phenomenon. Color Doppler ultrasound showed occlusion of radial and ulnar arteries of the left upper limb. Antinuclear Antibody, Antiphospholipid Antib...

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Main Authors: Sarthak Das, Barath Jagadisan, Niranjan Biswal, Sriram Krishnamurthy, Subashini Kaliaperumal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited 2018-03-01
Series:Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
Subjects:
paraneoplastic syndrome
raynaud’s phenomenon
color doppler ultrasound
Online Access:https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/11319/32445_F(AnG)_PF1(AJ_SHU)_PFA(AJ_SL)_PB(AJ_AP)_PN(AP).pdf
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spelling doaj-744c562218d541e195dc093230c91a1d2020-11-25T02:06:33ZengJCDR Research and Publications Private LimitedJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research2249-782X0973-709X2018-03-01123XD04XD0510.7860/JCDR/2018/32445.11319Digital Gangrene in Association with RetinoblastomaSarthak Das0Barath Jagadisan1Niranjan Biswal2Sriram Krishnamurthy3Subashini Kaliaperumal4Assistant Professor, Department of Paediatrics, JIPMER, Karaikal, Puducherry, India.Associate Professor, Department of Paediatrics, JIPMER, Karaikal, Puducherry, India.Senior Professor, Department of Paediatrics, JIPMER, Karaikal, Puducherry, India.Additional Professor, Department of Paediatrics, JIPMER, Karaikal, Puducherry, India.Additional Professor, Department of Opthalmology, JIPMER, Karaikal, Puducherry, India.We report a 5-year old boy, diagnosed with Retinoblastoma (RB) in the right eye and subsequently developed digital gangrene as a result of Raynaud’s phenomenon. Color Doppler ultrasound showed occlusion of radial and ulnar arteries of the left upper limb. Antinuclear Antibody, Antiphospholipid Antibody (APLA) and rheumatoid factors were negative. The patient was treated with low molecular weight heparin (enoxaparin), nifedipine, and analgesics. Raynaud’s syndrome and digital gangrene constitute a rare paraneoplastic process, which was not reported with retinoblastoma earlier.https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/11319/32445_F(AnG)_PF1(AJ_SHU)_PFA(AJ_SL)_PB(AJ_AP)_PN(AP).pdfparaneoplastic syndromeraynaud’s phenomenoncolor doppler ultrasound
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author Sarthak Das
Barath Jagadisan
Niranjan Biswal
Sriram Krishnamurthy
Subashini Kaliaperumal
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Barath Jagadisan
Niranjan Biswal
Sriram Krishnamurthy
Subashini Kaliaperumal
Digital Gangrene in Association with Retinoblastoma
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
paraneoplastic syndrome
raynaud’s phenomenon
color doppler ultrasound
author_facet Sarthak Das
Barath Jagadisan
Niranjan Biswal
Sriram Krishnamurthy
Subashini Kaliaperumal
author_sort Sarthak Das
title Digital Gangrene in Association with Retinoblastoma
title_short Digital Gangrene in Association with Retinoblastoma
title_full Digital Gangrene in Association with Retinoblastoma
title_fullStr Digital Gangrene in Association with Retinoblastoma
title_full_unstemmed Digital Gangrene in Association with Retinoblastoma
title_sort digital gangrene in association with retinoblastoma
publisher JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited
series Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
issn 2249-782X
0973-709X
publishDate 2018-03-01
description We report a 5-year old boy, diagnosed with Retinoblastoma (RB) in the right eye and subsequently developed digital gangrene as a result of Raynaud’s phenomenon. Color Doppler ultrasound showed occlusion of radial and ulnar arteries of the left upper limb. Antinuclear Antibody, Antiphospholipid Antibody (APLA) and rheumatoid factors were negative. The patient was treated with low molecular weight heparin (enoxaparin), nifedipine, and analgesics. Raynaud’s syndrome and digital gangrene constitute a rare paraneoplastic process, which was not reported with retinoblastoma earlier.
topic paraneoplastic syndrome
raynaud’s phenomenon
color doppler ultrasound
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