Open AccessTWO AUTOPSY CASES OF REYE'S SYNDROME
Author(s) -
MOTOI Makoto,
KOBAYASHI Shoji,
OGAWA Katsuo,
MURAKAMI Motomasa,
AOYAMA Koji,
YODA Tadao
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
acta patholigica japonica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.73
H-Index - 74
ISSN - 0001-6632
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1970.tb02750.x
Subject(s) - pathological , autopsy , reye's syndrome , medicine , pathology , vomiting , edema , inflammation , reye syndrome , gastroenterology
Autopsies were carried out on a ten‐month old male and another 7‐year‐old boy who died within a few days after showing slight upper respiratory infection as a prodromal symptom, followed by vomiting, disturbances of consciousness and high fever. Both of these cases showed high transaminase levels, accompanied by low blood sugar, and patho‐anatomically, they had marked fatty degeneration of the liver and kidneys, and remarkable edema of the brain. The lung showed a slight inflammation of the interstitiums. Only mild inflammation was found in the intestines. These clinical and pathological findings coincide with the conception of Reye's syndrome, and some discussions have been made about the differentiation between Reye's syndrome and those closely resembling this syndrome. ACTA PATH. JAP. 20: 251–259, 1970.