Alveolar soft part sarcoma in a child - a case report.

Background: Alveolar soft part sarcoma (ASPS) is a very rare mesenchymal malignancy of uncertain origin. It mostly affects young people, with about a quarter of cases being diagnosed in children.

Case: An 11-year-old girl had a painless subcutaneous "lump" in the left elbow area.

Lethal hemorrhagic necrotizing pancreatitis in a child with congenital immunodeficiency and COVID-19.

Purpose: Various manifestations of coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) have been reported since the pandemic began. Some articles have reported acute pancreatitis in adult patients due to COVID-19 infection. To our knowledge this is the first report of acute hemorrhagic necrotizing pancreatitis in children associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Minimally Invasive Partial Spleen Resection Preserving the Lower Pole in Children: A Technical Report on Feasibility and Safety.

Laparoscopic partial splenectomy is a surgical option for removing part of the spleen with a pathological mass in a way that ensures preservation of the spleen's physiological functions. We aimed to evaluate the efficacy and feasibility of this procedure, performed while preserving the blood supply from the left gastroepiploic artery, in children. Following institutional review board approval, this retrospective study was conducted on patients who, between January 2015 and December 2019, underwent laparoscopic partial splenectomy with preservation of blood supply from the left gastroepiploic vessels.

Thyroid surgery in children: our experience.

Introduction: Thyroid surgery in children is a rare operation. The aim of our paper is to point out the specifics of thyroid surgery in children.

Methods: Retrospective analysis of patients hospitalized at the Department of Paediatric Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University and National Institute of Childrens Diseases in Bratislava during a 10-year period (20072016) who underwent thyroid surgeries.

Risk factors of post-surgery complications in children with thyroid cancer.

Introduction: Thyroid cancer in children is a hot topic because of the large clinical heterogeneity and the risk of severe complications. We aimed to study 1. The frequency, 2.