[Hepatic rupture after puncture biopsy: value of embolization. Apropos of a case with hepatoblastoma].

The authors report a case of massive haemoperitoneum in a 2-year-old child after percutaneous liver biopsy for hepatoblastoma. Bleeding was successfully prevented by emergency embolization. Major complications after percutaneous biopsy and interest of embolization are discussed.

17,20-desmolase deficiency in a female newborn, paradoxically virilized in utero.

The patient was born with ambiguous genitalia (stade III of Prader). The karyotype revealed a normal female genotype. A defect in 21-hydroxylase, at first suspected, was denied by the hormonal studies.