[Adenocarcinoma of the rectum in a 14-year-old].

Colorectal cancer is rare in children and adolescents. It is usually associated with predisposing genetic factors, aggressive histology, and poor prognosis. Two familial syndromes are best characterized, hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer and familial adenomatous polyposis.

[Inhaled corticosteroids in idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis: 2 cases].

Idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis, a rare clinical entity, is characterized by bleeding into the alveoli and progressive pulmonary fibrosis. It is usually treated with systemic corticosteriod during acute bleeding episodes and with prolonged courses of oral corticosteroids and/or other immunosuppressant drugs for maintenance therapy. Because prolonged treatment with these agents is frequently associated with significant side effects, favorable response to inhaled corticosteroids would be ideal in this condition.

[Congenital lobular emphysema. Eight case reports].

We have conducted a retrospective study about 8 infants having CLE and who were hospitalised for 11 years in the Pediatric department of Sfax university hospital (1989-1999). The average age of these patients having revealing symptoms ranges from birth to 8 months, with an average age of 2 months and 3 weeks. During the neo-natal period (< 1 month), the disease was found among 35.