Patterns of hepatoblastoma and hepatocellular carcinoma in children after universal hepatitis B vaccination in taiwan: a report from a single institution in southern Taiwan.

Background: To retrospectively evaluate clinical features, treatment, and outcome of patients with hepatoblastoma (HB) and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

Methods: From January 1994 to December 2007, 16 patients of HB and 13 cases of HCC were reviewed.

Results: The mean age of HB patients was much younger than HCC patients (1.

Renal cell carcinoma presented as fever of unknown origin: report of one case.

A 10-year-old girl, with an intermittent fever for 15 days, visited our emergency department. Initial work-up revealed no signs of infection and no palpable abdominal mass. KUB showed only displaced bowel gas.

Recurrent congenital diaphragmatic hernia in Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.

Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) includes a group of connective tissue disorders with abnormal collagen metabolism and a diverse clinical spectrum. We report two siblings with EDS who both presented with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH). The elder sister suffered from recurrent diaphragmatic hernia twice and EDS was overlooked initially.

Urachal inflammatory mass mimicking an intra-abdominal tumor two years after excision of the urachal sinus in a child.

A 2-year-and-2-month-old boy presented with a tender fist-sized mass in the lower abdomen for 3 days. Turbid urine was also a complaint. His urachal sinus and umbilicus had been removed at the age of 2 months.

Duplication of transverse colon: report of one case.

Alimentary tract duplications are very rare, with a reported incidence of 1 in 5000 live births. However, it rarely affects the transverse colon. We reported a case of duplication of the transverse colon in a 12-year-old boy with an unusual presentation mimicking megacolon.

Obstructive jaundice as the presenting manifestation of Burkitt's lymphoma in a 4-year-old boy.

Obstructive jaundice often occurs as a late manifestation of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), but has rarely been reported as a presenting manifestation, especially in children. We report a case of a 4-year-old boy with Burkitt's lymphoma (small non-cleaved cell NHL) who presented with obstructive jaundice, resulting from encasement of the common bile duct by the tumor. The patient underwent near-total excision of the tumor and biliary-enteric bypass to relieve the jaundice.

Small bowel intussusception in symptomatic pediatric patients: experiences with 19 surgically proven cases.

Nineteen cases of surgically proven symptomatic pediatric small bowel intussusceptions (SBI) were retrospectively reviewed. Clinical presentations included vomiting (89.5%), abdominal pain and/or irritable crying (89.