Nonischemic Priapism in Childhood: A Case Series and Review of Literature.

Introduction:  Nonischemic priapism (NIP) in childhood is a very rare affection. In the literature, patients with NIP are described mainly incidental after perineal trauma. Many of them underwent embolization of either internal pudendal artery or bulbocavernosal arteries.

Inflammatory tumour of the prostate in a 4-year-old boy.

An inflammatory tumour of the prostate is very rare in young boys without genital anomalies. We report a 4.5-year-old boy presenting with pollakisuria, dysuria, secondary urinary incontinence and decreased urine stream.

Biliary atresia: Swiss national study, 1994-2004.

Objectives: To determine the epidemiology of biliary atresia (BA) in Switzerland, the outcome of the children from diagnosis, and the prognostic factors.

Patients And Methods: The records of all patients with BA born in Switzerland between January 1994 and December 2004 were analyzed. Survival rates were calculated with the Kaplan-Meier method, and prognostic factors evaluated with the log rank test.

Ingested pins causing perforation.

We report two children who underwent endoscopic removal of ingested foreign bodies which had perforated the stomach, one of which had migrated into the thorax.