[Echography in a neuro-pediatric milieu in Senegal. Apropos of 75 cases in Dakar].

In neuro-paediatry, echography is one of the easiest examinations to conduct. It is one of the most bearable, least traumatic and most informative. Furthermore, by utilizing the fontanelle window, brain structure can be discerned.

[Non-Hodgkin's lymphomas (report of 2 cases signalled by serofibrinous pleurisy)].

The value of these two observations is to draw attention to etiologies other than tuberculosis when determining mediastinoperipheral ADP. Difficulties in diagnosis stem from the meagre means available and invariably late consultation, something which darkens an already sombre prognosis.

[Hydranencephaly: report of a case].

The authors report the first Senegalese observation of hydranencephaly in a three-week-old baby to underline the unusualness of this deformity and the efficiency of transfrontal echography in its diagnosis.