Unilateral pulmonary atresia with total sacral agenesis and other congenital defects.

Is there a common aetiologic element in the VACTERL syndrome and the caudal regression syndrome? We report a boy who fulfilled three criteria of the VACTERL association (he had thoracic hemivertebra, high anal atresia and tracheo-oesophageal fistula) but also could be classified as caudal regression syndrome on the basis of the anal atresia and total sacral agenesis. We discuss the arguments in favour of both diagnosis.

Follicular lymphoid hyperplasia simulating intussusception in a 6-year-old boy: clinical, radiological and histopathological findings.

We report the case of a 6-year-old boy who initially presented with recurrent abdominal pain. Diagnostic imaging, including ultrasound and CT, showed findings typical of an ileocecal intussusception with abdominal lymphadenopathy. Sonographically, the morphological appearance of the intussusception did not change during a 4-week follow-up period.

Childhood multifocal skeletal non-Hodgkin lymphoma is a differential diagnosis of battered child syndrome.

Skeletal lesions observed in battered children include fractures, subperiostal new bone formation, irregular metaphyses, and cone-shaped epiphyses. A 4-year-old girl presented with bone pain. Radiographs revealed multiple fractures and epiphyseal and metaphyseal lesions highly significant for battered child syndrome.