Small bowel obstruction from hollow foreign body ingestion: A case report and brief review of literature.

While ingestion of a foreign body by children is common, diagnosis is often challenging, especially when the consumption by a young child is unwitnessed and presenting symptoms mimic other medical conditions. If the foreign body does not pass spontaneously, radiological imaging studies are typically performed, but visualization and identification of the ingested foreign object can be inconclusive, especially when an unidentified mass is radio translucent. Under this circumstance, physicians often have to go on a "fishing expedition", using exploratory endoscopy and/or surgery to identify and extract the object that became lodged.

Excessive Postoperative Fluid Administration in Infants with Gastroschisis.

Careful fluid management is a cornerstone of neonatology because the cardiovascular, respiratory, and gastrointestinal systems in the newborn are sensitive to overhydration. Fluid management in gastroschisis is complicated by insensible fluid loss and postoperative third-space fluid shifts. Study of perioperative fluid management in gastroschisis is limited and has not undergone careful scrutiny.

Primary ovarian leiomyoma: a rare cause of ovarian tumor in adolescence.

A pediatric case of ovarian leiomyoma is presented. A review of the literature indicates that, in contrast to older patients, pediatric/young adult patients usually present with bilateral disease and do not have associated uterine leiomyomas.