Trichobezoar is a rare pathology in which swallowed hairs accumulate in the stomach. Large amounts can thus accumulate over the years forming a hair ball. The usual presentatation is with early satiety and malnutrition. The diagnosis may be suspected in young females with abdominal pain, epigastric mass and malnutrition, who have a history of trichophagia. A small trichobezoar can be treated us...

Methods Family pattern (Karen Mahover) (Groups 1,2,3), HouseTree-Person (John N. Buck) (Group 1), Scale of Tailor by Spilberg-Hanin (Group 3), the Lüscher color test (Groups 2,3), Junior–Senior High School Personality Questionnaire by Cattell (HSPQ – teenager version) (Group 3), Picture of a non-existent animal (M.Z. Dukarevich) (Groups 2,3), Cattell’s methods for junior personality psychology ...

A case of larva migrans or serpiginous linear dermatitis on the scalp of a teenager is reported. An ancylostomid larva was found within a sebaceous gland acinus. The unusual skin site for larva migrans as well as the penetration through the sebaceous gland are highlighted. The probable mechanism by which the parasite reached the skin adnexa is discussed.

Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) is associated with mutation in the gene coding for pyrin which lead to accentuated innate immune responses involving the IL1 and probably Th1 pathways. We present a teenager who had FMF and Behçet disease and developed secondary amyloidosis. We hypothesized that anti-IL1 treatment would be beneficial for both controlling the disease activity and maintaining re...

Intraspinal subdural lipomas are rare tumors of the spinal canal. Such tumors occur in the thoracic and cervical region; however, extension into the posterior fossa and fourth ventricle is most unusual. We describe two children, an infant and a teenager, with progressive neurologic deficit from such a lipomatous tumor. The lipoma in the infant extended into the lower fourth ventricle and caused...