Case 31-1984

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Presentation of CaseA three-year-old boy was admitted to the hospital because of pancytopenia.He was well until two weeks earlier, when he became less active, with intermittent fever with a temperature as high as 38.9°C. Anorexia and vomiting developed. A physician made a tentative diagnosis of otitis media and prescribed amoxicillin, without improvement. Several days before admission the parents noticed periorbital petechiae. On the day of entry laboratory studies disclosed pancytopenia. The child was admitted to this hospital.There was a history of febrile seizures between the ages of 6 and 12 months, treated with phenobarbital. He had had . . .