Liver Transplantation for Pediatric Liver Cancer.

Unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) was first removed successfully with total hepatectomy and liver transplantation (LT) in a child over five decades ago. Since then, children with unresectable liver cancer have benefitted greatly from LT and a confluence of several equally important endeavors. Regional and trans-continental collaborations have accelerated the development and standardization of chemotherapy regimens, which provide disease control to enable LT, and also serve as a test of unresectability.

A rare case of combined type I and II first branchial sinus.

The authors report a rare case of first branchial sinus with combined Work's type I and type II characteristics. Instead of a sinus opening in the neck, this sinus opened above the angle of the jaw in the face. The facial nerve was significantly more superficial to the tympanomastoid suture line than normal.

Complications of subcutaneous fat necrosis of the newborn: a case report and review of the literature.

Subcutaneous fat necrosis of the newborn is an uncommon, self-limited panniculitis of neonates. Rare complications such as hypercalcemia, thrombocytopenia, hypertriglyceridemia, and hypoglycemia have been reported. We describe the first case where all of the above complications were encountered in the same infant.

Pediatric pain management in an adult critical care unit.

Many children every year will be treated in "adult" critical care units because of the limited pediatric trauma centers currently available. Assessment is an integral part of all pain management. Ideally, self-report is the gold standard for assessing pain; however, some children may not have the ability to use these tools.