Infection: Clinical, Endoscopic, and Histological Findings in Lebanese Pediatric Patients.

Background: () is a common and universally distributed bacterial infection. However, in children, active gastritis and ulcer are rarely seen.

Objectives: The aims of this study were to establish the prevalence of infection and to compare the clinical, endoscopic, and histopathological findings between infected and noninfected pediatric patients at Makassed General Hospital.

EBV Infection Unmasking a Choledochal Cyst in an Infant.

Hepatic involvement is common in acute Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection in children. It usually manifests as a transitory elevation of transaminases in up to 80% to 90% of patients, and they normalize by 2 to 6 weeks. A cholestatic pattern with elevated gamma-glutamyl transferase (GT) and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) is common, in up to 60% in young adults.

Diffuse hepatic hemangioma with single cutaneous hemangioma: an alerting occurrence.

Screening of infants with five or more cutaneous infantile hemangiomas with abdominal ultrasound is often recommended. However, diffuse hepatic hemangioma can develop even in patients with single cutaneous hemangioma. This highlights the importance of physical examination and screening ultrasound in these patients.

Health problems among street children seeking care in the Center for Social and Preventive Medicine in Egypt.

Background: In Egypt, around 1 million children are on the streets. Street children's health is an issue that is not well researched. The objective of the current study was to determine the health problems of a targeted group of street children seeking medical care and to generate a hypothesis about the positive/negative role of street children care organizations.

Bronchial Foreign Body Alerting of a Bronchial Tumor: The Need of a Follow-Up Radiography.

Lung tumors are extremely rare in the pediatric population, comprising only 0.2% of all malignancies in children. Among them, mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC) is even rarer with a reported frequency of 0.