An unusual presentation of the Papillon-Lefevre syndrome as recurrent liver abscesses.
The Papillon-Lefevre syndrome is a rare genetic disorder with a predisposition to severe infections. We describe Papillon-Lefevre syndrome in a 17 year old boy from a family where four out of eight siblings were affected with this disease and who presented with recurrent pyogenic liver abscesses over a period of 9 years, an association never previously reported.
Anuradha
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Department of Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College and Associated Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi.
Agarwal
S K
SK
Singh
N P
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Gupta
A
A
Chowdhury
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V
D000293:Adolescent; D006801:Humans; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D010214:Papillon-Lefevre Disease / Q000235:genetics*; D011859:Radiography