Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) in children: a successful case for a bright future in a developing country.

The authors report the first case of successful peritoneal dialysis (PD) in a developing country performed about a 13-year-old adolescent followed-up for stage V chronic kidney disease (CKD) with anuria. After 3 months of hemodialysis, the parents opted for continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) as they wished to return home located 121km from Dakar. After PD catheter insertion, the plan proposed to the patient consisted 3-4 hours stasis of isotonic dialysate during the day and a night stasis of 8 hours of icodextrin for an injection volume of 1L per session.

[Heart failure with normal heart revealing complex arteriovenous malformation of the lower limb in a child: case study and literature review].

Arteriovenous malformations (AVM) are congenital high-flow vascular defects. They are very rare in children. Diagnosis and treatment are often delayed due to their atypical place of occurrence and to their variable clinical manifestations.

[Interauricular communications in children: diagnosis and treatment, about 49 cases at the Children?s University Hospital in Dakar].

Interauricular communication (IAC) is the second most important congenital heart disease in children. It accounts for 6-8% of congenital cardiac malformations in children. However, many questions are still open about this pathology.

[Epidemiological, clinical and hematological profiles of homozygous sickle cell disease during the intercritical period among children in Ziguinchor, Senegal].

Sickle cell disease poses a public health problem in Senegal. It mainly affects children and adolescents. This study aimed to determine the epidemiological, clinical and hematological profiles of homozygous (SS) sickle cell disease in a cohort of children followed-up at the Peace Hospital in Ziguinchor.

[Difficulties in the management of cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) complicated by subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) in infants: about a case].

CVT is generally rare, particularly among infants. The occurrence of a SAH associated with CVT is very uncommon and only a few cases have been reported in the literature. Symptoms are variable and often misleading.

[Alobar holoprosencephaly associated with diabetes insipidus and hypothyroidism in a 10-month old infant].

Holoprosencephaly (HPE) is a serious brain malformation due to a failure of medial forebrain cleavage. This is an abnormality which is more often associated with craniofacial malformations, psychomotor development delay, diabetes insipidus and variable endocrine disorders. It is due to different causes including chromosomal abnormalities (trisomy 13, 18)and polymalformative syndromes (CHARGE Syndrome).

[Portal cavernoma in children revealed by gastrointestinal haemorrhage: about a case].

Portal cavernoma is a venous vascular anomaly characterized by the formation of a network of veins whose caliber is increased and carrying portal blood. It is due to a thrombotic and always chronic occlusion of the extra-hepatic portal venous system. This is one of the most common causes of portal hypertension in children.

[Congenital hypothyroidism in Dakar: about 28 cases].

Child hypothyroidism has been little studied in Senegal. The aim of this study was to evaluate the epidemiological, diagnostic and evolutionary aspects of congenital hypothyroidism. We conducted a descriptive-analytical retrospective study of all children treated for congenital hypothyroidism at the Albert-Royer National Children's Hospital Center over the period from 2001 to 2014 (14 years).

[Hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS) in children at the University Hospital Center in Dakar: about four cases].

Hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS) is a common cause of organic acute renal failure (ARF) in children. It is a progressive complication of acute gastroenteritis (AGE), especially caused by Escherichia coli in children. This study aimed to describe the clinical, therapeutic and evolutionary aspects of this affection in four children.