Ovarian tumours in children : a review of 18 cases.

Background: To review the experience of Children's Hospital of Rabat in managing ovarian tumours in children.

Materials And Methods: There were 18 patients between 2 and 15 years of age who presented with an ovarian tumour at Children's Hospital of Rabat between January 2000 and December 2008. Data collected from the hospital medical records included age at diagnosis, patient's history, presenting complaints, radiological examination, tumour markers, management, operative procedure, histopathological examination and outcome of the patients.

Factors and motives of unsafe behaviors of road users.

A questionnaire to measure factors and motives of unsafe behaviors of road users was constructed. This study tool was applied on a final sample of 5586 drivers in twelve out of forty eight districts in Algeria. The aim of the present study was to sort out the different factors and motives that make road users opt for the unsafe behaviors.

[Mesenchymal hamartoma of the liver in a child: a case report].

Mesenchymal hamartoma of the liver is a rare, benign tumor that presents mostly before the age of 2 years. Its pathogenesis is poorly understood. We present the case of a 2.

An exceptional case of urogenital sinus associated with a scrotal pouch and duplicate urethra in a female child.

We report the case of an unusual genitourinary anomaly in a 5-year-old patient. The malformation consisted of a para-anal persistent urogenital sinus in a 46XX patient associated with a scrotum-like structure in the presumed clitoral location. A duplicate urethra arising from the anterior aspect of the bladder neck drained into the scrotal pouch.

Duplicate bladder exstrophy: a unique variant.

Duplicate bladder exstrophy is an extremely rare congenital malformation. Two forms have been described, the anteroposterior form and the collateral form, which is the less common. We report a case of bladder exstrophy in association with a duplicated lower urinary tract, omphalocele, colic duplication and diphallia.