[Vomiting associated with weight stagnation and convulsions: urea cycle disorder should be suspected].

In some inherited metabolic diseases, in particular in urea cycle disorders, which are usually diagnosed in neonatal period or in childhood, vomiting is often the first symptom. We report a case of late revelation of urea cycle disorder in a 13 years old female patient hospitalized for convulsions and failure to thrive. The patient underwent an interview revealing chronic vomiting associated with behavioral disorders, ideomotor slowdown and headaches.

Report on paediatric care in the Moroccan military mission in the Gaza Strip.

This report aims to describe the epidemiologic findings of the workload associated with paediatric consultation of the Moroccan Military field hospital in the Gaza Strip. The patient Administration System and Biostatistics Activity database was reviewed and queried for all patients < 15 years of age who were consulted in the Moroccan Army hospital in the Gaza Strip between November 2012 to February 2013. Paediatric consultations during the study period were 7420 (19.

[Double aortic arch: about two cases].

Double aortic arch is a rare anomaly of the aortic arch. It is due to the absence of involution of the caudal dorsal aorta. The disease usually begins to show itself in very early clinical signs, already detectable in the neonatal period.

Grisel's syndrome: a rare complication following traditional uvulectomy.

A case is reported of an eight-month-old female patient who had traditional uvulectomy for sore throat complicated by Grisel's syndrome. She was admitted into the hospital one week after uvulectomy with Torticolis. Grisel's syndrome is a nontraumatic atlantoaxial subluxation, usually secondary of an infection or an inflammation at the head and neck area, or after surgery in the same area.