Intestinal ischamemia in a child due to polyarteritis nodosa: a case report.

Polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) is a rare type of childhood vasculitis. We report the case of a 10-year-old boy who was referred to our hospital following an appendicectomy with fever, abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhoea, weight loss, joint pains and skin rash. Shortly after admission, he developed peritonitis, and an emergency laparotomy revealed ischaemia of the jejunum which required partial resection.

Recurrent small bowel intussusceptions: an uncommon presentation of celiac disease in an Arab child.

Causes of recurrent bowel intussusception in infancy are rarely identified and uncommon causes such as gluten sensitive enteropathy are not well recognized. We report a 3 year-old Saudi girl who presented with small bowel intussusception, which was diagnosed by abdominal CT. Investigations for concomitant failure to thrive revealed celiac disease.

CT findings in a child with reflux oesophagitis.

We report the case of a 7-month-old boy who presented with a history of vomiting since birth. A computed tomography study showed circumferential thickening of the lower oesophageal wall with enhancement of the mucosa. After a period of antireflux medication, the patient underwent simultaneous oesophageal dilatation and Nissen fundoplication.