Diseases of Infancy and Childhood IV Flashcards
SIDS
yes, cause of death
prior to 1 year of age**
unexplained death after autopsy, review of death scene, and review of clinical history
diagnosis of exclusion
leading cause of death between 1 month and 1 year
SIDS
most occurence of SIDS
between 2 - 4 months old
ALTE
apnea, change in color, choking
increased risk for SIDS
environmental risk factors for SIDS
prone or side sleeping
co-sleeping
hyperthermia
infant risk factors for SIDS
brainstem abnormality - resp center prematurity male multiple birth prior SIDS sibling
maternal risk for SIDS
young age smoking drug abuse - either parent no prenatal care low socioeconomic status
postmortem findings in cases of sudden infant death
not SIDS
- viral myocarditis
- conenital anomaly
- child abuse
- long QT syndrome
- bronchopneumonia
- aortic stenosis
rolling over and killing baby
only with intoxicated parents
SIDS postmortem findings
most common - petechiae
-thymus, parietal pleura, epicardium
- congested lungs
- CNS astrogliosis
- hypoplasia of arcuate nucleus
triple risk model for SIDS
vulnerable infant
critical development period
exogenous stressor
serotonergic 5-HT system
in medulla
- involved in arousal
- abnormalities here may be basis of SIDS
-also - laryngeal chemoreceptors that inhibit resp centers
choristoma
normal cells in abnormal location
hamartoma
overgrowth of cells native to organ
most common benign tumor of infancy
hemangioma
-most go away over time
skin, face, scalp
aka port-wine stains
maybe present with VHL disease
lymphangiomas
hamartomas or neoplastic
lymphangiectasis
dilation of lymph channels
diffuse swelling of extremity
lymph tumors in children
often in deep neck
-typically benign
ETV6-NTRK3
fusion transcript present in congenital-infantile fibrosarcomas
useful diagnostic marker
mature teratoma
benign
immature teratoma
malignant
2 peaks of teratomas in children
first at 2 years of age
-congenital neoplasma
second in late adolescence
-slower growing
sacrococcygeal teratoma
most common teratomas in children
-more often in female (4:1)
- majority are benign
- but malignant are highly aggressive
benign - usually infants less than 4 months
fibrosarcomas
bad prognosis in adults
-congenital-infantile variant has better prognosis
-presence of EVT6-NTRK3 fusion transcript
most deaths in children under age 15
leukemias
small round blue cell tumors
sheets of cells with small, round nuclei, and frequently show features of organogenesis specific to site of tumor origin
“-blastoma”
malignant neoplasms 0-4 years
leukemia retinoblastoma neuroblastoma hepatmblastoma wilms tumor soft tissue sarcoma (rhabdo) teratomas CNS tumors
malignant tumors 5-9 years
leukemia retinoblastoma neuroblastoma hepatocellular carcinoma soft tissue sarcoma CNS tumor ewing sarcoma lymphoma
period for wilms tumor
0-4 years
eriod for teratomas
0-4 years