Ultrasound images of thrombosis of caval vein inferior--three selected cases.

Thrombosis of vena cava inferior can occur as complication of numerous diseases. Because of a variety of causes, the clinical signs accompanying thrombosis are often ambiguous, which is the cause of delay in initiation of appropriate treatment. This article presents three interesting cases of thrombosis of vena cava inferior in children accompanying extensive burn, the Budd-Chiari syndrome, and prolonged presence of catheters in vessels.

[Ultrasonographic diagnosis of Meckel's diverticulum--case report].

Meckel's diverticulum is the congenital anomaly of the gastrointestinal tract affecting about 2% of the population. It is a true diverticulum containing all layers of the ileum wall. Heterotopic tissue is frequently present (25%): gastric mucosa, duodenal mucosa, jejunal mucosa and pancreatic tissue.

[Porencephaly in infants and children imaged with tomography].

On the basis of current bibliography verum and spurum porencephaly have been distinguished. Verum porencephaly originates in prenatal life and is defined as disorder of brain tissue development. Its main characteristic is that cave borders are covered with grey matter often connected with lateral ventricle.