Clinical profile and outcome of neonatal pneumothorax in resource-limited neonatal intensive care unit.

Objective Of Study: To determine the frequency, clinical profile, and outcome of pneumothoraxes in neonates in resource-limited neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) setting.

Study Design: Prospective cohort.

Place And Duration Of Study: The study was carried over a period of 4 years and 6 months at two NICUs of Combined Military Hospital (CMH) Multan (January 2011-August 2013) and CMH Abbottabad (September 2013-July 2015).

Branchio-oto-renal syndrome.

The association of branchial arch anomalies (branchial cysts, branchial fistulas), hearing loss and renal anomalies constitutes the branchio-oto-renal (BOR) syndrome also known as Melnick Fraser syndrome. We present a case of this rare disorder in a girl child who presented with profound deafness, preauricular pits, branchial sinuses and renal hypoplasia.

Grebe syndrome: a rare association with congenital heart disease.

Grebe syndrome is a very rare form of short-limbed dwarfism. It is a genetic condition, passed by autosomal recessive inheritance. It is characterized by marked acromesomelic shortening of all the four limbs.

Rosai Dorfman disease--a rare entity report of two cases with nodal and extranodal involvement.

Rosai Dorfman Disease (RDD) also known as Sinus Histiocytosis with Massive Lymphadenopathy (SHML)is a very rare variety of reactive histiocytoses. It commonly involves cervical lymph nodes; although involvement of other lymph node regions, skin and other organ involvement can occur. It has a good prognosis so there is a need to differentiate it from other lympho proliferative disorders of poorer prognosis.

Klippel-Feil syndrome with situs inversus--a rare association.

Klippel-Feil Syndrome (KFS) is a congenital anomaly characterized by a defect in the formation or segmentation of the cervical vertebrae. The clinical triad consists of short neck, low posterior hairline and limited neck movement. Multiple congenital anomalies have been associated with this disease.

Frequency of Otitis Media with Effusion in recurrent upper respiratory tract infection in children.

Objective: To determine the frequency of Otitis Media with Effusion (OME) in children with recurrent upper respiratory tract infections.

Study Design: A descriptive study.

Place And Duration Of Study: Combined Military Hospital, Gujranwala, from September 2003 to September 2005.

Brodie's abscess--an uncommon cause of leg pain.

A rare case of Brodie's abscess of distal left tibia is presented in a child which was initially missed on clinical grounds alone. Differentiation from different bone neoplasms was done on radiological grounds. The patient was managed surgically with high dose intravenous antibiotics.

Klippel Trenauny Syndrome.

Klippel Trenauny Syndrome is a rare congenital syndrome characterized by port wine stain (capillary malformation), limb or hemihypertrophy and other vascular malformations. We present a case of this rare disorder in a young boy at an early stage of this disease.