Huge Non-parasitic Mesothelial Splenic Cyst in a Child: A Case Report and Literature Review.

Background: Splenic cysts are one of the relatively rare conditions in pediatric surgery practice. Primary non-parasitic splenic cysts are even more scarce.

Case Presentation: A 13-years-old female patient presented with chronic left hypochondrial pain of 2 months duration.

To determine validity of ultrasound in predicting acute appendicitis among children keeping histopathology as gold standard.

Background: To determined the accuracy of ultrasound in diagnosis of acute appendicitis in children keeping histopathology as gold standard.

Methods: A prospective evaluations of all ultrasound for appendicitis from January 1, 2014, to June 15, 2017, was conducted at our hospital. A diagnostic protocol was implemented to reduce radiation exposure employing US as the initial imaging modality followed by CT for non-diagnostic US studies in patients with an equivocal clinical presentation.

Biliary atresia: experience of a nord africain center.

Background: Biliary atresia (BA) is a progressive inflammatory destructive process of the bile ducts occurring in about one of every 20.000 live births. If left untreated, biliary atresia can lead to liver failure.

Thoracoscopic treatment of pulmonary hydatid cyst in children: a report of 25 cases.

Background: Open surgery is the standard option for the treatment of hydatid pulmonary cysts. Surgeons are able to replicate the principles of conventional surgery using minimally invasive techniques ,in particular thoracoscopy. However, there are few reports about this subject in children.

Soave transanal one-stage endorectal pull-through in the treatment of Hirschsprung's disease of the child above two-year-old: a report of 20 cases.

Background: The definitive treatment of Hirschsprung's disease is the removal of the aganglionic bowel by a pull-through surgery. In most cases, this surgery is performed in infancy or in the neonatal period as presentation in older children and adulthood is uncommon.

Materials And Methods: It is a retrospective study of 20 patients above two-year-old who underwent a transanal Soave one-stage endorectal pull-through procedure for Hirschsprung's disease between January 2002 and December 2010.

Recurrent intussusception in children and infants.

Background: Recurrent intussusceptions in child and infants are problematic and there are controversies about its management. The aim of this study is to determine the details of the clinical diagnosis of recurrent intussusception and to determine the aetiology of recurrent intussusceptions.

Patients And Methods: It's a retrospective study of 28 cases of recurrent intussusception treated in the paediatric surgery department of Monastir (Tunisia) between January 1998 and December 2011.

Pyloric atresia: A report of ten patients.

Pyloric atresia (PA) is uncommon. It occurs in 1:100000 live births. Neonates usually present soon after birth with copious non-bilious vomiting.

Video-assisted surgery in the management of hydatid renal cyst in children.

Renal hydatid disease is rare in children. Open surgery is the traditional method of treatment, but minimally invasive techniques are being increasingly used. Herein, we report our experience with laparoscopic management of renal hydatid cyst in four children via a transperitoneal approach in three cases and a retroperitoneoscopy in one.

Congenital pancreatic cyst with Ivemark II syndrome: a rare case.

An infant with congenital pancreatic cyst with Ivemark II syndrome is reported because it is a rare association. The infant had associated situs inversus, asplenia, and complex congenital heart disease. The pancreatic cyst was successfully managed by cystoduodenostomy because of connection to the biliary tract.

Lipoblastoma: a rare lesion in the differential diagnosis of childhood mediastinal tumors.

Lipoblastoma is a rare, benign, fatty tissue tumor that occurs in childhood. The location of this tumor in the mediastinum and extension to the chest wall is uncommon. We describe a 12-month-old male infant with a mediastinal lipoblastoma discovered because of a chest wall swelling.

Contribution of laparoscopy in the abdominal tuberculosis diagnosis: retrospective study of about 11 cases.

Objective: Abdominal tuberculosis is one of the most frequent extra-pulmonary localizations. Its diagnosis is difficult and may lead to a delayed prescription of specific treatment. This study is aimed at stressing the role of laparoscopy associated with a biopsy in the diagnostic confirmation of abdominal tuberculosis particularly in doubtful cases.

Transverse testicular ectopia: a three-case report and review of the literature.

Objectives: To describe the embryologic, clinical, and therapeutic features of transverse testicular ectopia (TTE) and to review the literature on similar cases.

Methods: Three cases of TTE were discovered accidentally during surgery for inguinal hernia and undescended testes; a persistent Müllerian duct syndrome (PMDS) was associated in 1 case. We also performed a literature search for other reports of TTE.

Ovarian inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor in children.

Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors or inflammatory pseudotumors are uncommon solid tumors that are highly vascularized, have an intermediate prognosis, and are associated with local recurrence, and rare metastasis. Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors (IMT) most often are seen in the lung of young adults, but there have been reports of these tumors occurring in children, in various sites. The authors report a case of an ovarian IMT arising in a six-year-old girl (third case reported in the literature), treated by a right adnexectomy with uneventful postoperative course, and discuss recent reports.

[Polyorchidism: report of 2 cases and review of the literature].

Polyorchidism is a rare urogenital abnormality. The authors report two cases in children aged 3 years and 5 years with left ectopic testis. Surgical exploration demonstrated two testes on the left side with a third testis on the right.

Laparoscopic treatment of hydatid cyst of the liver in children. A report on 34 cases.

Purpose: This study evaluated the safety and efficiency of laparoscopically treated liver cysts in children.

Methods: From September 2001 to July 2004, 34 patients underwent laparoscopic treatment of hydatid cysts of the liver. All patients had chest x-ray, abdominal sonography, and hydatid serology.

[Treatment of urinary stones in infants].

Up until the beginning of the 1990s, surgery was the only available modality for the treatment of renal and ureteric stones in infants. From 1990 onwards, two new minimally invasive techniques were developed, leading to a real revolution in the management of these patients. The first and most spectacular breakthrough was extension of the application of ESWL to this age-group and the second breakthrough was ureteroscopy following the enormous technological progress in the manufacture of endoscopes.

[Nephroblastoma and Wilms tumor: report of 2 cases].

Nephroblastomatosis is a rare disease, considered to be a precursor of Wilms tumour. When it is isolated, recommended treatment consists of chemotherapy followed by surveillance. In the presence of associated Wilms tumour, treatment consists of preoperative chemotherapy followed by partial nephrectomy (when possible), followed by postoperative chemotherapy and surveillance.