Conservative Management of Duodenal Perforation with Toothpick in a 9- Year Old Girl; a Case Report

conservative management of duodenal perforation with toothpick in a 9- year old girl; a case report

background foreign body ingestion is a relatively common in children. most ingested foreign bodies spontaneously pass out of the body via the gastrointestinal (gi) system but sharp materials may perforate the gi tract and need to surgical intervention. case presentation  the patient was a 9-year-old girl with progressive abdominal pain for one month and admitted with acute abdomen impression. s...

Treatment of a Horizontally Impacted Permanent Incisor in a 9-Year-Old Girl: A Case Report

Abstract Impaction of maxillary central incisors is not common. Treatment of an impacted central incisor is challenging as it relates to facial esthetics and dental function. Although impaction of permanent teeth is rarely diagnosed in mixed dentition period, an impacted central incisor is usually diagnosed when there is a delay in the eruption of tooth. Tooth impaction may result from...

Management of renal abscess in a 5-year-old girl: A case report

Renal abscesses are rare in childhood. They have vague manifestations and any delay in proper diagnosis and treatment could lead to morbidity and mortality. We present a 5-year-old girl with multiple renal abscesses after pyelonephritis that lead to total nephrectomy due to multiple drug resistance.  The renal abscess may have subtle symptoms. Early diagnosis and treatment strongly prevents un...

Acute Flaccid Myelitis in A 9- year- old Girl: A Case Report

Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM), a polio-like paralysis in children no older than 21, has recently reemerged and increasing numbers of such cases have been reported worldwide since 2012. Accurate and early diagnosis of this condition could help with better management of the disease. A 9- year- old girl with chief complaint of headache, fever and vomiting was subsequently affected by an acute...

Idiopathic Perforation of the Sigmoid Colon in a 2.5 Years Old Girl: A Case Report

    Idiopathic colon perforation is rare in children. It is more common at the extremes of age. Splenic flextures, ileocecal and lower sigmoid regions are the most common sites of perforation. Delay in proper management of this condition is associated with high mortality and morbidity rate. We report on the case of a 2.5 years old girl who presented with fever, diarrhea, nausea and vomiting and...

Mediterranean Stomatocytosis/macrothrombocytopenia in A 9-Year-Old Girl