Predictive Factors of Pulmonary Hydatid Complications in Children.

Background: Pulmonary echinococcosis in children has frequent and severe complications. The aim of our study was to determine predictive factors of pre and postoperative complications of pediatric pulmonary hydatid cyst.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective descriptive and analytic study conducted from January 2010 to December 2018.

Entropic Descent Archetypal Analysis for Blind Hyperspectral Unmixing.

In this paper, we introduce a new algorithm based on archetypal analysis for blind hyperspectral unmixing, assuming linear mixing of endmembers. Archetypal analysis is a natural formulation for this task. This method does not require the presence of pure pixels (i.

Metanephric adenoma diagnosed on biopsy in an infant: a case report.

Background: Metanephric adenoma is a rare benign renal tumor of the kidney, uncommonly observed in children. It is often misdiagnosed preoperatively as a malignant neoplasm, leading to an unnecessary nephrectomy. The challenge is to make the right diagnosis preoperatively and therefore manage it with conservative surgery.

Intussusception Caused by Heterotopic Pancreas: A Tunisian Case Series of 5 Pediatric Patients.

Heterotopic pancreas (HP) is a rare congenital developmental anomaly of the gastro-intestinal tract, defined as the presence of pancreatic tissue found in ectopic sites. Intussusception caused by isolated HP is extremely rare. Pediatric reports concerning this pathology are case reports.

Splenogonadal fusion misdiagnosed as spermatic cord cyst: a case report.

Introduction: Splenogonadal fusion is a rare congenital anomaly. The aim of this study was to report a case of splenogonadal fusion mimicking a spermatic cord cyst, and discuss therapeutic management of this rare congenital malformation.

Observation: An eight-years old patient was presented with an asymptomatic three-centimeter oval scrotal mass mistaken for a spermatic cord cyst.