[Pediatric surgery].

Abdominal Splenosis: An Unusual Cause of Bowel Obstruction in a 7-Year-Old Child

Splenosis is a rare condition defined as a heterotopic auto-transplantation of splenic tissue, typically after blunt abdominal trauma. It can occur anywhere in the abdominal cavity, or even the chest. Splenosis found in clinical practice is relatively rare because most patients are asymptomatic. We report a rare case of abdominal splenosis in a 7-year-old boy, 3 years after an abdominal blunt t...

Multivisceral Hydatidosis in a 5-Year-Old Boy

A Comparative Analysis between Right and Left Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernias

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is a rare congenital anomaly of the diaphragm with an incidence of 1:2000-5000 of live births. This study retrospectively evaluated patients who had been operated on for CDH at our department of Pediatric Surgery between January 2013 and December 2016. The Demographic Data and outcomes of right CDH cases (Group 1) were compared with left CDH cases (Group 2).

Pediatric Department Experience in the Treatment of Pulmonary Hydatid Cysts in Children

Pulmonary hydatid cysts in children are a significant public health problem in Tunisia. While hepatic cysts are the most common in adult pathology, the lung is the number one location for hydatid cysts in children which causes a serious problem due to lack of standardized therapeutic strategy. We reported our experience in diagnosis and management of pulmonary hydatid cysts in a pediatric depar...

Neonatal Appendicitis: Difficult Diagnosis with Enterocolitis

The clinical presentation of appendicitis in the newborn is nonspecific. The diagnosis was always made after surgical exploration for acute abdominal findings mimicking necrotizing enterocolitis. We report the case of acute appendicitis in a newborn diagnosed intraoperatively after neonatal occlusion symptoms.

O12: Presurgical Evaluation in Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery

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