[Lombar Pott's diseases in baby. A case report]

The authors report a case of lombar Potts disease in an 8-month baby. The diagnosis was based on clinical arguments; tuberculosis contamination, painful rachidian stiffness on exam, biological arguments; inflammatory syndrome and positive cuti-test and radiological arguments; anterior vertebral destruction and infiltration of psoas muscle. The baby was medically treated by the association of Isoniasid, Rifampicine and Ethambutol with a good evolution

Inhabitual case of sciatica in a child: presacral hydatid cyst

Hydatid cyst involving the pelvis in children is extremely rare. We report a case of an 11-year old boy with sciatic pain. Ultrasonography and computerised tomography scan showed a presacral cyst mass extending into the intervertebral foramen at the S1 level. The intraoperative findings and histologic examination indicated the diagnosis of a solitary hydatid cyst. After surgical enucleation, there was no envidence of recurrence on long-term follow-up