Ewha Med J.  1979 Mar;2(1):67-71. 10.12771/emj.1979.2.1.67.

A Case of di Guglielmo Syndrome

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Korea.
  • 2Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Korea.

Abstract

A case of di Guglielmo syndrome in 9 year old boy was presented. This syndrome is characterized by excessive erythroid precursors with abnormal morphology both in the bone marrow and blood, and rare in childhood. He visited with the chief complaints of general weakness, weight loss, epistaxis and abdominal distension. Physical examination showed pallor, grade I-II/VI systolic murmur on apical area and marked abdominal distension with hepatosplenomegaly. we confirmed the patient by the peripheral smear and bone marrow aspiration.


MeSH Terms

Bone Marrow
Epistaxis
Humans
Male
Pallor
Physical Examination
Systolic Murmurs
Weight Loss
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