Regional Lymph Node Enlargement in Clinically Severe Cherubism.

Cherubism is a rare benign autosomal dominant disorder characterized by progressive, painless, bilateral enlargement of the mandible and/or maxilla because of bone replacement by fibrotic stromal cells and osteoclast-like cells forming multilocular cysts. The lesions typically stabilize and regress after puberty. We present a 14-year-old male with severe familial cherubism.

Superior long-term results of renal transplantation in children under 5 years of age.

Despite improving overall results of pediatric renal transplantation children under 5 years of age remain a high-risk group with poorer outcomes often because of a higher rate of surgical complications. This retrospective report details a 12-year experience at a single center and examines the outcome in this high-risk group of patients. We reviewed the medical records of 21 children under 5 years of age who received renal transplantation at Loma Linda University Medical Center between July 1988 and August 2000.