Faten Tinsa

..Magnetic resonance imaging The authors showed an intramedullary mass extending from the bulbomedullary junction to T1 with leptomeningeal dissemination. The patient died 2 weeks after diagnosis...

..The tumor was removed and the outcome was favourable without recurrence at five years of the follow up...

..The most common forms of abdominal TB in children are adhesive peritonitis and nodal disease...

..These localizations are very rare. On the follow-up, 3 patients had hypoacousia and only 1 had severe sequelae, despite a diagnostic delay...

..Biopsy of the lesions showed Langerhans cell histiocytosis. This patient did not have any other organ involvement, which is rare. The outcome was favourable with vinblastine and corticoids...

..These lesions were treated by surgical excision with satisfactory results. This size, extent, and early age of appearance make this case highly unusual...

..He had craniofacial dysmorphy, congenital heart defects, urogenital and cerebral anomalies, and severe developmental delay. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of this combination of chromosomal abnormalities...

..This patient was found to be homozygous for the arylsulfatase A pseudodeficiency. This condition is rare and can lead to a severe disease. Prenatal diagnosis was performed in this family, and the fetus was healthy...

..The mutation was found to be heterozygous in the parents. To the best of the authors' knowledge, this mutation has never been reported...

..Chromosomal analysis revealed a normal male karyotype with 46,XY. Skin biopsy was normal. To the best of our knowledge, this combination of anomalies has not been reported and this case may be a unique syndrome...

..The failure of RNA synthesis to recover to normal rates after UV-C irradiation provides a useful diagnostic test and the clinical feature that correlates most strongly with defective RNA synthesis is photosensitivity...

..Mediastinal mass of tuberculous origin is exceedingly rare in infant...

..Community acquired pneumonia is responsible for a high morbidity in children. The etiological diagnosis is not always easy and treatment remains probabilistic...

..Triple X is a sex chromosomal abnormality that involves the presence of three sex chromosomes resulting in 47, XXX karyotype. Most patients suffering from this syndrome are usually mentally normal or subnormal with no gross malformation...

..Neisseria meningitidis is one of the major causes of meningitis in children and adolescents, but it is uncommonly found in neonatal meningitis...

..Thiamine-responsive megaloblastic anemia syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive disorder defined by the occurrence of megaloblastic anemia, diabetes mellitus, and neurosensoriel deafness, responding in varying degrees to thiamine treatment...

..Febrile seizure is a frequent cause of hospitalization. Its management remains problematic. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, lumbar puncture, which is not devoid of risk, is strongly recommended in infants under 1 year...

..The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of nebulized terbutaline in bronchiolitis as measured by improvement in clinical score, oxygen saturation or reduction in duration of hospitalization...

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..Amphotericin B is the first-line agent for the treatment of systemic disease. Aim: To describe a congenital candidiasis in a full-term newborn...

..Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis (XGP) is a specific form of chronic inflammatory kidney disease rarely seen in children. The Symptoms are often vague and non-specific..