[Cerebral pachygyria and congenital cytomegalovirus infection: about one observation]

We report a case of a new born admitted for convulsions. The cranial magnetic resonance imaging showed pachygyria. Caryotype was normal, a congenital cytomegalovirus infection was diagnosed. The children decease at the age of two months

[Reconstruction of the scalp and the calvarium with latissimus dorsi muscle free flap]

Reconstruction of both scalp and calvarium defects, requires an urgent and important tissue contribution, that only the microvascular free tissue transfer can ensure. The authors report the case of a patient presenting a wide Darner Ferrand's dermato-fibrosarcoma of the scalp. Surgical resection has created a broad defect of both scalp and calvarium. Repairing was ensured with a latissimus dorsi muscle free flap secondarily grafted. Through this observation, the authors recall the difficulties of repair of these defects by stressing the contribution of the latissimus dorsi muscle free flap as solution of emergency cover of the meninges and the brain

[Congenital short small intestine. a new case study]

Backgrounds: Congenital short bowel syndrome associated with malrotation and intestinal dysmotility is a rare condition. We describe a new case of this syndrome without malrotation

Case report: Mootez is born from consanguineous parents without any familial histories. He presented with bilious vomiting at the age of ten days. The radiological exams show no sign of intestinal obstruction. Laparotomy revealed a short small bowel measuring 40 cm without malrotation. The appendice showed no anatomopathologic abnormalities. After surgery, recurrent bilious vomiting persist. He died at tow months of age from severe denutrition

Conclusion: a precocious clinical onset and intestinal dysmotility seem to be associated with a poor prognosis. The cause of congenital short small intestine is not known. A recessive inheritance is suggested