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Pediatric Radiology Department, Children's Hospital, University Mohammed V of Rabat, Rabat, Morocco.
Pituitary stalk interruption syndrome (PSIS) is a congenital anatomical defect that leads to pituitary insufficiency, The symptoms are diverse, often leading to diagnostic delays or even misdiagnosis. MRI plays a crucial role in establishing an accurate diagnosis by revealing a characteristic radiological triad: a thin or absent pituitary stalk, an ectopic or missing posterior pituitary gland, and anterior pituitary hypoplasia. We herein describe 2 cases: 1 involving a 9-year-old boy and the other an 11-year-old girl, both diagnosed with PSIS.
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Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tokyo Women's Medical University, The Heart Institute of Japan, Tokyo, Japan.
An implantable ventricular assist device became smaller and has been used for small body size patients. However, it is still challenging to determine whether it is implantable for pediatric patients. The preoperative computed tomography virtual simulation provided spatial information among the pump, intracardiac structures, and extracardiac structures, which was very useful to assess the implantability for borderline children.
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Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Indira Gandhi Institute of Dental Sciences, Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth, Puducherry, India.
Aim And Background: Angioedema is a nonpruritic swelling that typically affects the skin, mucous membranes of the face, and perioral soft tissues. It can be life-threatening, but it is usually not and can be treated conservatively unless the airway is compromised. This paper seeks to illuminate a rare case of hereditary angioedema (HAE) onset following dental procedures in a 9-year-old Indian boy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLife-Threatening Respiratory Complications in Two Young Children with Extreme Obesity.
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December 2024
Department of Pediatrics, Endocrinology, Diabetology, Metabolic Diseases and Cardiology, University Clinical Hospital No. 1, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, 71-215 Szczecin, Poland.
Background/objectives: Obesity is a chronic disease characterized by pathological accumulation of adipose tissue. The exponentially increasing number of children with severe obesity draws attention to the tragic consequences of the lack of, or inadequate treatment of, obesity in this age group. This article aims to present ways of preventing obesity and ways of treating its complications in order to reduce the risk of the life-threatening problems caused by it.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCornelia de Lange Syndrome Accompanied by Cholelithiasis and Nephrolithiasis: A Case Report.
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November 2024
Departments of Pediatrics, Kosin University Gospel Hospital, Kosin University College of Medicine, Busan 49267, Republic of Korea.
Cornelia de Lange syndrome (CdLS) is a rare genetic disorder characterized by a distinctive facial appearance, growth/cognitive retardation, developmental delay, skeletal malformation, hypertrichosis, and other abnormalities. Patients with mild CdLS have less severe phenotypes, while retaining representative facial features. Mutations in the genes , , , , and have been associated with CdLS, with mutations in accounting for approximately 60% of cases.
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