Salter-Harris type II fracture of the femoral bone in a 14-year-old boy - case report.

Background: Distal femoral physis fractures with displacement are rare injuries seen in adolescents related with high incidence of complication. They may lead to premature physeal closure consequently, to growth arrest and bone deformity.

Case Report: The case of a 14-year-old boy with Salter-Harris type II displaced fracture underwent surgery with open reduction has been described.

Suitability of imaging methods (X-ray, CT, MRI) in the diagnostics of Ewing's sarcoma in children - analysis of own material.

Background: Ewing sarcoma is a malignant, small round cell bone tumor, presenting predominantly in children and adolescents. Ewing sarcoma may develop in every bone; diaphyses of long bones, ribs and flat bones are the main locations. Local and systemic clinical symptoms are nonspecific - pain, swelling, fever or ill-being.

[Mediastinal involvement in the course of proliferative diseases in children in the materials of one institution].

Unlabelled: The mediastinum region may be the primary or secondary localization of neoplasms. The aim of our study was the assessment of clinical symptoms, histopathology and outcome of mediastinal tumours in children.

Materials And Methods: A group of 27 children, chosen from the group of 128 patients with malignancies, which were treated in the years 2000-2004 in the Oncology and Haematology Unit of the Paediatric Department in Katowice, has been studied.