Multichannel intraesophageal impedance pattern of children with aerophagia.

Background: Childhood aerophagia is defined by the Rome III criteria as two or more of the following symptoms; air swallowing, abdominal distension due to intraluminal air, or repetitive belching and/or flatus. The aim of this study was to determine the multichannel intraesophageal impedance (MII) pattern in children suffering from aerophagia.

Methods: We compared the MII tracings of five children with aerophagia according to Rome III criteria (three girls, median age 7 years) to five controls (three girls, median age 8 years).

[Acute idiopathic scrotal oedema in young boys: A report of ten cases and a review of the literature].

Background: acute idiopathic scrotal oedema (AISO) is most commonly seen in boys aged between 5 and 10 years. It comprises a benign dermatosis of spontaneously favourable outcome but requiring surgical exploration in some cases in order to rule out testicular torsion. Our retrospective study of a series of 10 children presenting AISO allowed us to set out the specific features of this dermatological disorder well-known to paediatric surgeons, but concerning which only one publication exists in the dermatology literature.