Simultaneous giant hydatid cysts of brain and liver.

While hepatic hydatid cysts are most common in occurrence, intracranial hydatid cyst is less common. Simultaneous presence of both varieties is quite rare and poses a challenge for management in terms of involvement of multidisciplinary team and multiple interventions. An 8-year boy presented with neurological symptoms of a space occupying lesion.

Transorbital penetrating brain injury to frontal lobe by a wheel spoke.

Penetrating brain injury (PBI) is rare and the severest form of head injury with a high morbidity and mortality. A 3.5-year-old girl presented with PBI with a wheel spoke.

Childhood primary angiitis of the central nervous system.

Objective: To analyze the clinical course and magnetic resonance angiographic (MRA) abnormalities in children with primary angiitis of the central nervous system (cPACNS).

Study Design: Cohort study.

Place And Duration Of Study: Neurosciences and Neuroradiology Department of the Children's Hospital, Lahore, from January 2009 to December 2010.

Aplasia cutis congenita scalp presenting with life threatening hemorrhage: a case report.

Aplasia cutis congenita is a rare congenital anomaly characterized by the absence of a patch of skin since birth. It may lead to life threatening complications at times. A 5-day-old neonate with Aplasia cutis congenita was received in a state of shock due to tremendous blood loss from the superior sagittal sinus.

Neurofibromatosis type II: a rare neurocutaneous syndrome.

Neurocutaneous syndromes are heterogeneous group of disorders with abnormalities of central as well as peripheral nervous system. Neurofibromatosis type II (NF-II) is an autosomal dominant neurocutaneous syndrome rarely diagnosed in pediatric population. Diagnosis is based on clinical history and radioimaging.