Does overgrowth of costal cartilage cause pectus excavatum? A study on the lengths of ribs and costal cartilages in asymmetric patients.

Purpose: The cause of pectus excavatum has been hypothesized to be overgrowth of the costal cartilage. According to this theory, the length of costal cartilages must be longer in the side of deep depression in asymmetric patients. To challenge this hypothesis, we measured the lengths of ribs and costal cartilages and investigated lateral differences.

Successful reconstruction of communicating bronchopulmonary foregut malformation associated with laryngotracheoesophageal cleft.

A full-term newborn male infant presented with dyspnea and cleft lip and palate. He was thought to have esophageal atresia with tracheoesophageal fistula. He underwent bronchoscopy before operation that showed a laryngotracheoesophageal cleft (LTEC) type III.

Evaluation of the Nuss procedure using pre- and postoperative computed tomographic index.

Background: Objective assessment of the chest in patients with pectus excavatum after the Nuss procedure has not been published. This study evaluated the results of the Nuss procedure using computed tomographic (CT) index (CTi).

Methods: We have performed the Nuss procedure in 382 patients since 1998, and 150 patients who underwent bar removal were included in this study.

Retroperitoneal ganglioneuroblastoma resected 8 years after mass screening: a case report.

An 8-year-old girl presented with abdominal tumor that was discovered incidentally. At surgery, the tumor originated from the retroperitoneal sympathetic trunk; and the histologic diagnosis was ganglioneuroblastoma, nodular (GNBn), unfavorable histology on Shimada's classification, International Neuroblastoma Staging System (INSS) stage 1. This patient was found positive for neuroblastoma (NB) by mass screening at 6 months old.

Iliopsoas abscess in the neonate.

Iliopsoas abscess (IPA) is rare, especially in the neonatal period. The major presenting symptoms of IPA are leg or groin swelling, limitation of leg motion, and pain. The etiologies of IPA in many cases remain unknown, and the etiologic agent in many cases is Staphylococcus aureus.

Huge arachnoid cyst of the posterior fossa with cerebellar tentorium dysplasia associated with juvenile polyposis.

We report an infant with a huge arachnoid cyst of the posterior fossa with dysplasia of the cerebellar tentorium and meningeal sinus and associated juvenile polyposis. Neuroimaging studies disclosed a huge median cystic lesion extending posterosuperiorly over the cerebellum. The cerebellar tentorium was raised to the parietal area; the vermis was normoplastic.