Osteomyelitis in a neonatal intensive care unit.

Neonatal osteomyelitis presents with few clinical signs despite multiple sites of involvement. Four cases of osteomyelitis due to Staphylococcus aureus or Candida albicans were encountered in a neonatal intensive care unit. Three were unsuspected clinically and were detected as incidental radiologic findings.

Pneumoperitoneum without ruptured viscus in the neonate: a case report and review of the literature.

A premature infant with severe respiratory distress developed the clinical and radiologic signs of pneumoperitoneum. At operation, free intraperitoneal air without visceral perforation was found. This case is unique in that pneumothorax was never observed and that interstitial emphysema or ischemic gastrointestinal lesions were not present at autopsy.

Capillary hemangioma of the lung. Radiological quiz.

Capillary hemangiomas of the lung are very rare, usually presenting solitary circumscribed lesions on chest radiographs. Hemoptysis is frequently present. All 7 known patients with isolated pulmonary capillary hemangiomas have been females.