Unusual sites of Rosai-Dorfman disease in children: 5 years experience from tertiary care paediatric haemato-oncology centre.

Rosai-Dorfman disease (RDD) is a rare histiocytic disorder, usually presenting with massive lymphadenopathy. The involvement of extra nodal sites, bone and nodal sites like mediastinum are rare. Clinical data of three cases of extra nodal RDD who were admitted in our paediatric haemato-oncology unit were analysed in the last 5 years.

Yolk Sac Tumor of the Cervix in an Infant: A Surgical Dilemma.

A 5-month-old child presented with vaginal bleeding and found yolk sac tumor of the uterine cervix. She attained complete remission only with chemotherapy and on follow-up for more than a year. We report this for the unusual age and feasibility of avoiding surgery in selected cases.

Zinc Status and Febrile Seizures: Results from a Cross-sectional Study.

 To estimate the serum zinc levels in children under the age of 5 years with febrile seizures and febrile children without seizures  In this cross-sectional study from 2017 to 2018, 40 children with febrile seizures (simple and complex) were taken as cases. Forty age- and sex-matched febrile children without convulsions were recruited as controls. Serum zinc estimates were analyzed using a spectrophotometer (Biolis 50i-Autoanalyzer).