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Humans , Male , Infant , Langerhans Cells/pathology , Langerhans Cells , Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell/drug therapy , Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell , Radiography, Thoracic/methods , Radiography, Thoracic/trends , Radiography, Thoracic , Skull/pathology , Skull , Immunohistochemistry/methods , Immunohistochemistry/standards , ImmunohistochemistryABSTRACT
El dolor agudo en la fosa ilíaca derecha es un cuadro frecuente en la infancia. Su origen puede ser secundario a un amplio abanico de procesos gastrointestinales y genitourinarios que constituyen el diagnóstico diferencial de la apendicitis aguda. En el presente artículo se describen los hallazgos ecográficos más representativos de tales procesos, insistiendo en las características que permiten diferenciarlos de la apendicitis aguda (AU)
Acute pain in the right iliac fossa is common in children. It can arise from a wide variety of gastrointestinal and genitourinary processes that make up the differential diagnosis with acute appendicitis. In this article, we describe the most representative findings of these processes on ultrasonography. We emphasize the characteristics that enable these processes to be differentiated from acute appendicitis (AU)
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Humans , Male , Female , Child , Diagnosis, Differential , Abdomen, Acute , Appendicitis , Crohn Disease , Cystic Fibrosis , Gastrointestinal Diseases , Mucocele , Cystadenocarcinoma , GastroenteritisABSTRACT
Acute pain in the right iliac fossa is common in children. It can arise from a wide variety of gastrointestinal and genitourinary processes that make up the differential diagnosis with acute appendicitis. In this article, we describe the most representative findings of these processes on ultrasonography. We emphasize the characteristics that enable these processes to be differentiated from acute appendicitis.
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Appendicitis/diagnostic imaging , Pelvic Pain/diagnostic imaging , Appendicitis/complications , Child , Diagnosis, Differential , Humans , Intestinal Diseases/diagnostic imaging , Pelvic Pain/etiology , Ultrasonography , Urologic Diseases/diagnostic imagingABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: An incidentally discovered retroperitoneal ganglioneuroma in a 4-year-old child is presented. METHODS: Ultrasonography and CT were performed. The surgical specimen was analyzed by macroscopic, histological and immunohistochemical techniques. RESULTS: US and CT localized a retroperitoneal mass independent from the left kidney and adrenal gland. The histological study showed a fascicular proliferation with myxoid and fibrillar areas mixed with mature ganglion cells. These cells were positive for neurofilament and neuron specific enolase. The patient had a favorable outcome with no signs of tumor recurrence. CONCLUSIONS: Ganglioneuroma is a rare, completely mature tumor that has to be differentiated from neuroblastoma.
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Ganglioneuroma/pathology , Retroperitoneal Neoplasms/pathology , Child, Preschool , Female , Ganglioneuroma/diagnostic imaging , Humans , Retroperitoneal Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging , Tomography, X-Ray ComputedABSTRACT
We present the case of a newborn with intracranial extra-axial collections which mere partially calcified. The underlying cause was shown to be filariasis which had been transmitted from the mother.
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Brain Diseases/parasitology , Mansonelliasis/congenital , Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic , Adult , Animals , Brain Diseases/congenital , Brain Diseases/diagnostic imaging , Female , Humans , Infant, Newborn , Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical , Male , Mansonella/isolation & purification , Mansonelliasis/diagnostic imaging , Mansonelliasis/transmission , Pregnancy , Radiography , UltrasonographyABSTRACT
Non pyogenic discitis is a benign disease of the pediatric age grup. 1st diagnosis is difficult, as the initial symtons may divert the physician to different organs or systems other than the spine. Establishing the diagnosis in the early stage of the disease is important in order to avoid unnecessary and expensive diagnostic procedures. Non pyogenic discitis is diagnosed on radiograms by the demonstration of the narrow disc-space with involvement of the adjacent vertebral bodies. Four phases are recognised in the development of the imaging changes.
