Caffey disease or infantile cortical hyperostosis: a case report

Caffey disease or Infantile Cortical Hyperostosis [ICH] is a rare and mostly self limiting condition affecting young infants. It is characterized by acute inflammation of the periostium and the overlying soft tissue and is accompanied by systemic changes of irritability and fever. Diagnosis may be delayed as this disorder mimics a wide range of diseases including osteomyelitis, hypervitaminosis A, scurvy, bone tumors and child abuse. The emphasis here is to remind clinicians about the existence of the disease in this country

Meningitis in children of Dhofar region

Twenty children were confirmed to have contracted acute bacterial meningitis in one year. The CSF of 70% of them grew organisms and they were mainly H.influenzae. Meningococcus disease was not a problem in this study and there was no sensational variation in the incidence pattern. All organisms isolated were sensitive to the third generation cephalosporins but two were resistant to chloramphenicol

Visceral leishmaniasis in the Dhofar region of Oman

The clinical presentation, frequency distribution of symptoms and signs and laboratory findings were studied in the suspected cases of kala azar admitted to the paediatric wards of sultan Qaboos Hospital, salalah, during period February 1992 to april 1994. response to therapy with sodium stibogluconate was excellent. Mortality in these cases were not encountered

unusual case of acute flaccid paralysis

Rhabdomyolysis leading to acute flaccid paralysis in a one-year old girl is reported. She developed respiratory failure needing ventilatory assistance eventually making a complete recovery