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Query: UMLS:C0019214 (hepatosplenomegaly)
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We describe an 18-year-old white male who developed lower extremity ischemia requiring amputation. He presented at 14 with pulmonary infiltrates, hepatosplenomegaly, fever, rash, adenopathy, uveitis, and arthralgias; clinical and laboratory findings were consistent with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection. Despite adequate treatment with antibiotics, he developed chronic arthralgias and fevers, with rash and pericardial effusion. Criteria for the diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus were not met; juvenile rheumatoid arthritis was diagnosed presumptively. Over the subsequent 4 years he developed lymphadenopathy with biopsy-proven nonnecrotizing granulomas, chronic leg ulceration with granulomatous histology, and acute-onset impending gangrene of the left foot. A biopsy of the posterior tibial artery demonstrated giant cell arteritis. Although the histologic features were consistent with Takayasu's arteritis, complete aortic arteriography was normal. Examination of the amputated leg showed multifocal segmental giant cell arteritis. Clinicopathologic features suggested, but were not fully consistent with, juvenile systemic granulomatosis. His disease may represent a separate sarcoid-like entity in the broad spectrum of vasculitis.
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PMID:Giant cell vasculitis with extravascular granulomas in an adolescent. 205 10

A patient with Engelmann's disease of bone (progressive diaphyseal dysplasia) also suffered from Raynaud's phenomenon, multiple nail fold infarcts, anaemia, leucopenia, hepatosplenomegaly, and a raised erythrocyte sedimentation rate. Her mother, who also had this inherited bone disease, was known to have Raynaud's phenomenon, necrotising vasculitis, and digital gangrene. Review of other published cases of Engelmann's disease indicates that some of these features are not uncommon. It is argued that Engelmann's disease is not primarily a metabolic bone disease but may be a systemic disorder which might be included within the spectrum of the inflammatory connective tissue diseases. The beneficial effects of steroid treatment on both skeletal and systemic features are compatible with this view.
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PMID:Engelmann's disease of bone--a systemic disorder? 707 46