Development conditions and principles for identification of cow's milk protein hypersensitivity in infants.

The authors studied a group of 153 infants presenting pneumonia and/or bronchitis suspected to be immunized to cow's milk proteins (cow's milk allergy). The diagnosis was confirmed in 96 children (62.7%), which is 20.

[Clinical characteristics of infections with cytomegalovirus in infants from personal observations].

An infection with cytomegaly virus had been diagnosed in 13 infants (including 4 neonates examined up to 2 weeks of life) out of 960 infants hospitalized within 3 years. Clinical examination most frequently revealed hepato- and splenomegaly, pneumonia and neurological disorders, and during a further stage of the clinical course psychomotoric retardation was noted in 7 out of 13 infants, and hearing loss in 5 out of 13 infants. A specific immunoglobulin G preparation (Cytotect) has been successfully used in all children, producing recovery or clinical improvement together with serologic improvement.

[Difficulties and errors in the diagnosis of retinoblastoma].

The authors analyzed the results of the clinical and histopathological examination of the eyes of 283 children with an initially diagnosed intraocular tumor. In 32 cases (11.4 p.

[Surgical treatment of pigmentary nevi of the conjunctiva].

Eighty persons with histopathologically confirmed diagnosis of pigmentary conjunctival naevi were operated upon in the period 1977-1986. Subjected to an analysis were the age and the sex of the patients as well as the localization, size and histopathological type of the change. Neither of the treated patients showed any naevus turning malignant and there were no recurrences.