A Wise Fisherman and a Young Boy

Takayasu's disease in a young black boy.

BACKGROUND Takayusu's disease is a rare disease affecting women predominantly during the child- bearing age. It is a primary vasculitis condition of large-vessels that responds well to steroid therapy. Immunosuppressives and vascular reconstruction may be needed as necessary. PROCEDURE Reference was made to the case note of this young boy who was being co-managed by cardiology and vascular cl...

Intraoral Rhabdomyosarcoma in a Young Boy

Soft tissue sarcomas are malignant extraskeletal tumors of mesenchymal origin and uncommon in children.1,2 Rhabdomyosarcoma is most common and constitutes about 10 to 15% of the malignant neoplasms affecting children. The tumor is located with a high incidence in the head and neck region followed by the extremities and perineal region. We recently encountered one such interesting case of intrao...

Spontaneous hypothermia in a young boy.

A 13-year-old boy who maintains his body temperature between 33 and 35 degrees C was investigated. Tests of peripheral and central thermoregulatory function did not show a specific abnormality, except for some generalised hypothalamic dysfunction of unknown aetiology. He responded appropriated when his temperature was altered from its usual low level. His temperature regulatory mechanisms appea...

A young boy with abdominal pain.

Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma in a Young Boy

* To whom correspondence should be addressed: Wendy Kar Yee Ng Tel: (519) 639-9128 E-mail: [email protected] INTRODUCTION Soft tissue tumours are classified according to the tissue they appear as: such as muscle, fat, fibrous tissue, vessels and nerves. Rhabdomyosarcoma is the most common soft tissue sarcoma of childhood and adolescence, and is a skeletal muscle tumour. It occurs in any anato...