Rupture of the airways after blunt chest trauma in two children.

Rupture of the airways after blunt chest trauma is exceptional in children. Two recent cases are reported, in a 3-year-old boy and in a 12-year-old girl. Both had longitudinal tears, of the trachea for Patient 1, and of the main left bronchus for Patient 2 with many associated lesions for this patient.

Pulmonary sequestrations: prenatal ultrasound diagnosis, treatment, and outcome.

Background/purpose: With the development of antenatal diagnosis of pulmonary sequestrations, the authors decided to define more accurate perinatal operative indications.

Methods/results: Antenatal ultrasound scanning (US) enabled the diagnosis of congenital pulmonary malformation in 10 cases between the twentieth and the thirty-third week of amenorrhea (WA; average, 26 WA). An absolute or relative regression of the thoracic mass size was observed in five patients.

Diversion of salivary flow to treat drooling in patients with cerebral palsy.

The authors performed six sialodochoplasties between 1991 and 1994 to treat drooling in six children who suffered from cerebral palsy. There were three boys and three girls, aged 13 to 22 years (mean, 16 years). All patients underwent parotid duct rerouting.