Multiple injuries in vital organs in a child from a gunshot: a case report.

Introduction: Many people in rural and urban areas own a gun legally or illegally. It is a social phenomenon that apart from the adults, the children become familiar with the guns in early age.

Case Presentation: A nine year old boy was shot by accident by his uncle, who was cleaning his gun (carbine) close to where the child was playing.

A local cluster of achalasia in a province of Crete.

Achalasia has a largely obscure aetiology and is uncommon in childhood. We report three cases of otherwise well children, residents of a small province of Crete, two of them female cousins. This cluster probably indicates an autosomal recessive trait of inheritance.