Two cases of infantile hemiplegia

Idiopathic infantile asymmetry and infantile hemiplegia.

In their recent paper, Philippi et al. [1] proposed a welcome evaluation scale which may be used across the different approaches that have been applied to infants with idiopathic asymmetry. It provides a functional view based on posture, spontaneous and reactive movements, hopefully unifying the host of syndromes under which these children came in the past. All these disorder categories (briefl...

Two Cases of Infantile Scurvy

Solitary infantile myofibromatosis: report of two cases.

Infantile myofibromatosis (IM) is an unusual tumor of infancy and early childhood. It typically presents as a solitary or multicentric nodular mass involving skin, soft tissue, bone, or viscera. We describe 2 cases of solitary infantile myofibromatosis (IM) of the soft tissue with typical light microscopic features. The first is a 7-month-old boy who had a rapidly growing tumor of the right thi...

The Effects of Hemispherectomy on Intellectual Functioning in Cases of Infantile Hemiplegia.

Infantile hemiplegia in pediatric dental set-up

Infantile hemiplegia refers to brain injuries that occur before or at birth and lead to hemiplegia/ total paralysis of one side of the body, including the face, arm and leg. The main purpose of this article is to provide valuable information to pediatric dentists about the review and treatment alternatives for patients with infantile hemiplegia. This article reports the case of a 12-year-old gi...