Zinner syndrome is a rare congenital malformation characterized by cystic seminal vesicles and ejaculatory duct obstruction in association with ipsilateral renal agenesis. It appears to be frequently linked to infertility. However, recent advances in imaging, notably MRI, have led to an increase in the diagnosis of this pathology.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBickerstaff brainstem encephalitis (BBE) is a rare inflammatory, demyelinating disease that generally has a good prognosis. It's characterized by an acute dysfunction of brainstem occurring few days after an infection. We report the case of an 11-year-old male child with a history of cold, presented with ataxia in whom a Bickerstaff encephalitis was attested through brain MRI and who has fully recovered after treatment.
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February 2023
Infantile fibromatosis is a rare mesenchymal disorder characterized by the fibrous proliferation of the skin, bone, muscle, and viscera. The clinical features vary from solitary to multicentric forms with similar pathological features. Although the tumor is histologically benign, it is a highly infiltrating lesion making the prognosis poor for patients with craniofacial involvement affection due to the major risk of nerve vascular and airway compression syndrome.
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