Acute peritonitis secondary to post-traumatic appendicitis: A case report and literature review.

Background: Blunt abdominal trauma has rarely been reported as a cause of acute appendicitis in the literature. However, the coexistence of the two conditions can cause issues for the patient. We present here a systematic review of cases of traumatic appendicitis as well as our own experience with a 12-year-old male patient.

Predictive Factors of Liver Hydatid Cyst Recurrence in Children.

Background: Liver hydatid cyst affects approximately 95% of the world's echinococcosis cases. Despite advances in treatment, the recurrence rate remains high and is influenced by several factors that are yet to be determined. The objective of this study was to identify the predictive factors of liver hydatid cyst recurrence following surgery in children and to establish a treatment regimen aimed at preventing this postoperative morbidity.

Splenogonadal fusion misdiagnosed as spermatic cord cyst: a case report.

Introduction: Splenogonadal fusion is a rare congenital anomaly. The aim of this study was to report a case of splenogonadal fusion mimicking a spermatic cord cyst, and discuss therapeutic management of this rare congenital malformation.

Observation: An eight-years old patient was presented with an asymptomatic three-centimeter oval scrotal mass mistaken for a spermatic cord cyst.

Idiopathic congenital anomalous bands: About ten cases with systematic review of the literature.

Background And Objectives Purpose: There are various causes and associated conditions in anomalous bands. Idiopathic congenital anomalous bands are extremely rare. The use of the term "congenital bands" may, in reality, not describe the same situation.

Saving an amputated glans: Role of winter shunt.

We report the a case of a four-year old male child with a glans amputation secondary to circumcision, in whom a spongiocavernosal shunt, also called "winter shunt" was practiced. The aim of this report is to review the role of this technique in postoperative viability.

How to treat hepatic pulmonary fusion: case report with review of literature.

Hepatic pulmonary fusion (HPF) occurring with right diaphragmatic hernia is rare. Some sporadic reports exist in the literature. It may range from just fibrovascular communication to complete parenchymal fusion which may be complex to divide.

Intestinal duplication revealed by posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome.

We report a unique case of intestinal duplication detected on posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) in a 13-year-old girl. She was admitted to the pediatric Emergency Department because of generalized seizures. Radiological assessment revealed a large, well-defined, thick-walled cystic lesion in the mid abdomen, suggestive of duplication cyst associated to a PRES.

A Rare Cause of Recurrent Vaginal Hydrocele: Herniating Mesenteric Hydatid Cyst.

Echinococcosis is a multisystem disease and has propensity to involve any organ, an unusual anatomical site, and can mimic any disease process. The hydatid cyst of the mesenteries known to occur secondary to hepatic involvement but occasional cases of his primitive form has also been reported. We report here one such case of primitive mesenteric hydatid cyst herniated through inguinal canal in a 5-yr-old boy, admitted to our Pediatric Surgery Department of Children's Hospital in Tunis, Tunisia in 2015.

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.

[Biliary atresia and polysplenia syndrome].

Polysplenia syndrome is a rare malformation characterized by the association of multiple rates and other congenital anomalies dominated by cardiac, vascular, intestinal and bile malformations. We report the observation of a patient operated in the neonatal period (3 days) for an upper intestinal obstruction with situs inversus. Surgical exploration noted the presence of multiple rates, a preduodenal vein, a biliary atresia and a duodenal atresia.

Lipoblastoma in childhood: about 10 cases.

Background: Lipoblastoma is a rare benign mesenchymal tumour of embryonal fat that occurs almost exclusively in infants and children. This determined the epidemiological, clinical and therapeutic aspect of this disease.

Materials And Methods: A total of 10 cases of pathologically proven lipoblastoma from 2003 to 2012 were reviewed.

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.

Liver injuries in children: the role of selective non-operative management.

Background: Trauma remains the leading cause of mortality in the pediatric population. Liver injuries occur commonly in blunt abdominal trauma.

Aim: To assess the selective non-operative management of liver injuries in children.