GANGRENOUS INTUSSUSCEPTION IN A CHILD FOUR YEARS OLD; INTESTINAL RESECTION; RECOVERY.

Adrenocortical carcinoma in a 8 years old child: a Case Report

Background:Unilateral tumors or masses of the adrenal gland are common. They are categorized as either functional (hormone-secreting) or silent and as either benign or malignant. Adrenocortical tumors are rare in childhood, with an incidence of 0.3-0.5 cases per one million child-years. Almost half of childhood tumors are adrenocortical carcinomas (ACC). Most ACCs are sporadic, but specialy i...

Uncommon Manifestation of Complex Partial Seizure in a 7 Years old Child ; a Case Report

Complex partial seizures are known as focal seizures with impaired awareness. Excluding the first year of life, complex partial seizures are the most frequent type of seizures in patients with epilepsy. A detailed history of the patient and family members is a vital element in diagnosing seizures. Although rare, psychotic and anxiety symptoms in individuals may be the result of the seizure. A 7...

A Child with Intestinal Basidiobolomycosis

Fungal infections of the gastrointestinal tract are not common in children, especially in immunocompetent ones. In this case report we describe a child who was presented with abdominal pain and mass, bloody diarrhea and fever. He was treated for amebiasis, but due to treatment failure and deterioration of his condition, he underwent a laparatomy. Histologic examination of the excised bowel in ...

[Anesthesia for intestinal obstruction in a six years old child with cerebro-oculo-facio-skeletal syndrome].

Successful treatment of two cases of gangrenous intussusception in childhood.

Early surgical correction of an acute intestinal intussusception in childhood usually results in a satisfactory recovery, but when gangrene of the constricted bowel has occurred the mortality rate is very high. Only three recoveries were reported by Ladd and Gross (1941) in 18 cases in which a primary anastomosis was carried out to deal with this complication. A Mikulicz double enterostomy oper...