abdominal mass is one of the commonest clinical findings in children. the purpose of this study was to evaluate abdominal masses in different age groups in a referral children surgical center. we retrospectively reviewed records of 325 patients (57% boys, mean age 37.7 months) admitted to amir kabir hospital in period of 12 years for abdominal mass surgery. the 4 most common abdominal masses wa...

Background: Regarding the significance of abdominal masses in children, we aimed to identify the pathology of masses according to the age and sex groups. Materials and Methods: We retrospectively reviewed pathological reports of 461 patients with abdominal mass that underwent resection or biopsy during the study period (25 years). Results: One hundred and eighty six cases (40%) were non-neo...

Laparoscopy has been used for decades now in the treatment of various abdominal pathologies general surgery, urology, gynecology and pediatric surgery. The use laparoscopy establishing diagnosis when other modalities have failed is also well known. aim this study was to assess uses as a diagnostic tool problems Mosul City hospitals its benefits achieving accurate diagnosis. Between year 2009 20...

abdominal masses in neonatal period is one of the main causes of patients bed ridden in infantal surgery wards. the rapid encounterance with these patients has caused a decrease in mortality and morbidity. this study is a kind of historical research which has been conducted on data base management systems of two above mentioned hospitals between years 1361-1378. the final outcome was only 25 ca...

background: regarding the significance of abdominal masses in children, we aimed to identify the pathology of masses according to the age and sex groups. materials and methods: we retrospectively reviewed pathological reports of 461 patients with abdominal mass that underwent resection or biopsy during the study period (25 years). results: one hundred and eighty six cases (40%) were non-neoplas...

introduction: management of pediatric blunt abdominal trauma in resource-restricted settings requires precise clinical expertise. in this study, we reviewed pediatric patients who were suspected to have blunt abdominal trauma in a level iii trauma center in iran. materials and methods: in a cross-sectional study, 66 injured children were studied from october 01, 2014 to october 01, 2015 in niks...

BACKGROUND Renal cell carcinoma is the most common kidney tumor in adults and accounts for approximately 3% of adult malignancies. An increased incidence of second malignancies has been well documented in a number of different disorders, such as head and neck tumors, and hairy cell leukemia. In addition, treatment associated second malignancies (usually leukemias and lymphomas but also solid tu...

Pediatric liver tumors account for approximately 1% of all liver tumors and up to 2% of all pediatric malignancies [1,2]. While the overall incidence of liver tumors is rare, the liver remains the third most common organ of origin for solid abdominal tumors in the pediatric population [3]. The majority of pediatric liver tumors, both benign and malignant, occur (almost) exclusively in children....

BACKGROUND The use of computed tomography (CT) to screen for injuries in pediatric blunt abdominal trauma (BAT) is increasing, concurrent with increasing concern over long-term risk of radiation-associated malignancies. We proposed to determine features that could be identified in the early assessment of these patients, which can predict the likelihood of clinically important intra-abdominal in...

We present a 15-years old young child primarily presented to general surgeon for abdominal mass and gross haematuria. His detailed imaging studies and other relevant investigations revealed that it is a case of Paediatric Renal Cell carcinoma (RCC), which was clinically not associated with any of the known malignancies or syndromes. On detailed histo-pathological examination this was reported a...