Kaposifrom Hemangioendothelioma of the Skull in a 3 Year--Old Boy

kaposifrom hemangioendothelioma of the skull in a 3 year--old boy

kaposiform hemangioendothelioma (khe) appears as a single lesion at birth or early infancy in an equal sex ratio. a rare aggressive vascular proliferation has been recognized as a separate entity from other childhood vascular neoplasm. a 3-year-old iranian boy with a rapidly enlarging mass in his (posterior aspect of skull at the midline) skull was present here. physical examination revealed a ...

Radio-Cytopathological Diagnosis of Eosinophilic Granuloma of Skull in a 13-Year Old Boy

Eosinophilic granuloma is benign end of the spectrum of the Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) which is characterized by solitary or multiple lesions in bones, skin, lung, lymph node etc. Here, we present a case of a 13-year old boy with pain and swelling in the right parietal region of skull with no other complaint. A computerized tomography (CT) scan and subsequent fine needle aspiration cyt...

CARCINOMA OF THE ESOPHAGUS IN A FOURTEEN YEAR OLD BOY

This is the first documented case of esophageal carcinoma in a 14 year old boy which has been reported to date. Carcinoma of the esophagus is rare before the third decade. The present case highlights the fact that the condition should be kept in mind in the differential diagnosis of progressive dysphagia even in children and teenagers

Chronic Recurrent Multifocal Osteomyelitis in a 9-year-old Boy

  Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis (CRMO) is a rare aseptic, auto-inflammatory bone disorder. CRMO presents with bone pain with or without fever. The diagnosis of CRMO is a diagnosis of exclusion and should be included in the differential diagnosis of chronic inflammatory bone lesions in children. Cultures of the bone are typically sterile, antibiotic therapy does not result in clinic...

Early Puberty in a Two-year-old Boy

Precocious Puberty in a 2-year-old boy  A 2-year-old boy with precocious isosexual matura- (3) Lion is reported.  The pubertal values of serum LH, FSH and Testoste- (4) on and lack of any other pathologic finding were in favour of diagnosis of idiopathic sexual precocity.  The L.R.F. response test was of the adult pattern. The serum LH, FSH and Testosterone decreased following (5) treatment ...

Multivisceral Hydatidosis in a 5-Year-Old Boy