[Cerebral hydatic cysts in children].

Background: Brain cysts caused by Echinococcus granulosus are rare; they occur during childhood in endemic areas.

Patients: Six children, aged to 8.5-years old (mean age: 5.

[CHARGE association].

Background: The spectrum of CHARGE association includes coloboma, heart disease, choanal atresia, retarded growth and development and/or CNS anomalies, genital anomalies and/or hypogonadism and ear anomalies and/or deafness.

Case Report: A 4 1/2 month-old boy was admitted suffering from microphthalmia. His weight was 6 kg (-1 SD), height 60 cm (-2 SD) and his head circumference was 44 cm (+ 2 SD).

[Protée syndrome associated with renal lithiasis and vesico-ureteral reflux].

Background: Proteus syndrome is characterized by a range of various manifestations. The main ones are partial gigantism of hands and feet, nevi, hemihypertrophy, macrocephaly. Urinary tract abnormalities are exceptional.