International experts consensus on optimal central vascular access device selection and management for patients with cancer.

Background: In patients with cancer, the choice of an appropriate venous access device is crucial for effective treatment, minimizing complications, and reducing healthcare costs. Key management decisions, such as the timing of device removal post-therapy, can impact clinical outcomes. As current international guidelines lack specific directives for these issues, a global consensus of experts, representing different countries, was deemed appropriate.

Thoracic Tumors in Children and their Long-Term Outcomes: A Single-Center Experience.

Aims: This study aims to review our experience in children with thoracic tumors managed by different surgical approaches, and to evaluate their long-term outcomes in relation to their functional status and quality of life.

Subjects And Methods: This is a retrospective study (2011-2021). Children <18 years with tumors of the thorax (lung, mediastinum, and thoracic cage) were included.

Metachronous Venous Malformation Masquerading as an Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleed.

Vascular malformation of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract along with metachronous lesions elsewhere in the body is extremely rare. We report an unusual case of a female child, with a history of venous malformation excision over the right leg presenting with severe iron-deficiency anemia. Although venous malformations of the small bowel are a rare cause of occult GI bleed, in the presence of cutaneous vascular lesions, there should be a high index of suspicion of a vascular malformation, along with the other causes of GI bleed in children.

Chronic disseminated intravascular coagulation presenting as renal mass.

Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) is a complex clinical syndrome, described as a sequential activation of the coagulation and fibrinolytic system. Trauma and sepsis are some of the known precipitating factors. We report a case of nonovert disseminated intravascular coagulation presenting as a huge renal mass in a 3-year-old child, suspected to be a Wilms' tumor.