Hereditary Multiple Intestinal Atresia: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.

Hereditary multiple intestinal atresia (HMIA) is a rare form of intestinal atresia that affects the gastrointestinal tract from the pylorus to the rectum. A few cases have been reported in the literature. Here, we report the case of a three-day-old girl who was referred to our hospital as a case of upper intestinal obstruction.

Bilateral iliopsoas abscess associated with right hip septic arthritis in a neonate.

Iliopsoas abscess is a very rare pathology in the neonatal period. There is a lack of reports in the literature on bilateral psoas abscess with hip joint arthritis. We report a case of bilateral iliopsoas abscess with concomitant right hip septic arthritis, caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a 28-day-old male infant.

Assisted laparoscopic excision of huge abdominal cysts in newborns and infants using the umbilical laparoscopic port incision.

Purpose: The objective of this article was to present our experience in successfully managing a variety of abdominal cysts in newborns and infants using a mini-invasive technique performed in 8 cases using an umbilical laparoscopic port incision.

Methods: Assisted laparoscopic excision using an umbilical port incision was performed in 8 cases. Six were neonates (5 ovarian cysts and one hepatic cyst) and 2 were infants (6-months old with intestinal duplication and 11-months old with lymphatic malformation).

Management of omphalocele using the sac as supportive material.

Objective: To document retrospectively the outcome of a newly modified procedure for closure of large omphalocele, where the sac was conserved and used as autogenous supportive material.

Methods: The medical records of 10 patients with omphalocele major admitted to Al-Noor Specialist Hospital in Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the last 15 years, October 1990 to October 2005, were retrospectively reviewed. The defects were considered by the same treating surgeon too big to be closed primarily so the sac was preserved to reduce the contents gradually.

Precocious puberty in a female with Proteus Syndrome.

Proteus syndrome is a complex disorder comprising malformations and overgrowth of multiple tissues and characterized by its polymorphism and mosaicism. The syndrome is rare and sporadic. Oliveira M da C et al reported the first case of Proteus syndrome associated with precocious puberty in a boy.