Congenital lobar emphysema. Report of 17 cases.

Unlabelled: The aim of this report is to determine frequency and clinical characteristics of Congenital lobar emphysema (CLE) at Children's Hospital of Tunis.

Methods: Cases of CLE managed between January the 1st 1994 until December the 31st 2004 were reviewed.

Results: Amongst 31 cases of cystic pulmonary malformations we report 17 CLE.

[Acute cholangitis revealing a primary pancreatic hydatid cyst in a child].

Pancreatic hydatid cysts represent 0.1 to 1% of all hydatidoses. A 12 year-old-boy, with a previous history of abdominal pain, was admitted for acute cholangitis.

[Glans reimplantation after circumcision accident].

Introduction: Circumcision, the most frequent operation in boys, is performed by various persons and is responsible for a considerable number of documented or non-documented complications.

Case Report: The authors report a case of accidental traumatic amputation of the glans during ritual circumcision performed by a nurse on a 5-year-old boy. Reimplantation was successfully performed after suture of the glans.

[Congenital mesoblastic nephroma with multiple cysts].

Mesoblastic nephroma is a rare, benign congenital disease with a clinical presentation similar to that of Wilms tumour. It was described for the first time by BOLANDE in 1967. The authors report the case of a 6-month-old infant admitted for investigation of an abdominal mass.

[Neonatal congenital mega urethra].

Congenital megaurethra is a rare mesenchymal anomaly of the male urethra, characterized by severe dilatation of the penile urethra. The authors review the embryogenesis and management of this abnormality in the light of a case of scaphoid megaurethra observed in a new-born infant with no associated congenital anomalies who was treated successfully.