[Pepper's syndrome: report of two cases at the Charles de Gaulle University Pediatric Hospital Center, Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)].

Pepper's syndrome is a neuroblastoma that metastasizes to the liver. It affects infants younger than six months of age. It can regress spontaneously and is associated with a favorable prognosis in 80% of cases.

[Pulmonary tuberculosis in an endemic area with high HIV prevalence].

The aim of this study was to study clinical and radiological aspects of caseous pneumonia in Burkina Faso where we have higher prevalence of tuberculosis/HIV. 3 years of retrospective study, from 1st January to December 31-1999, had been carried out in the "Centre Hospitalier National Yalgado Ouédraogo de Ouagadougou". Among 106 of patients studied, 26 caseous pneumonia were observed (24.

[Features of hysterosalpingography performed in Burkina Faso].

Purpose: The goal of this study was to describe the distinctive hysterosalpingographic features of women with infertility in Burkina Faso.

Materials And Methods: We performed a retrospective study of 1019 women who were referred for infertility between January 1996 to June 1997 at the National Hospital Centre of Ouagadougou. Clinical and radiological features were reviewed and statistical data analysed on the software EPI Info 5.

[Warm saline enema for reduction of intestinal invagination under the ultrasonographic guidance: preliminary results apropos of 2 cases].

The authors describe the use of isotonic normal saline enema under US guidance in the treatment of acute uncomplicated intestinal intussusception in infants. The technique was successfully used in two patients aged respectively 18 and 16 months, with 11 and 9-month follow-up. The various steps of this technique and the results are analyzed and discussed.