Background: Kala-azar and hepatitis B may present with overlapping systemic and hepatic features, creating diagnostic uncertainty in paediatric patients. Case Presentation: A 9-year-old boy presented with fever, cough, generalised weakness, weight loss, and loss of appetite for o...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2026/v17i7561
Scrub typhus is a multisystem infection that can mimic surgical and other infectious conditions, and delayed recognition may lead to fatal outcomes. We report a 14-year-old girl who presented with features suggestive of an acute abdomen, including abdominal pain, vomiting, loose...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2026/v16i2516
Background: Varicella is typically a mild, self-limiting illness in children. However, global data from the World Health Organization estimate more than 4.2 million cases annually requiring hospitalisation and 4,200 deaths, with children comprising the majority. Rare but severe c...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2026/v17i6556
Background: a well known radiological finding “bone within a bone” isseen in a variety of conditions of which ‘Osteopetrosis’ is one. “Osteopetrosis of infantile origin” is one of its rare and aggressive subtypes which is inherited as autosomal recessive and often leads to death...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpr/2026/v16i1505