Patent ductus venosus presenting with cholestatic jaundice in an infant with successful trans-catheter closure using a vascular plug device.

Persistent ductus venosus as a cause of cholestatic jaundice is very rare. Treatment varies, but is usually reserved for infants in whom complications develop. We report a 5-week-old female infant with cholestatic jaundice caused by a patent ductus venosus and subsequent successful treatment via a transcatheter occlusion using a vascular plug device.

Development of a subaortic aneurysm secondary to disseminated tuberculosis in a child.

Subvalvular aneurysms of the left ventricle are very rare and often the cause is uncertain. Most of the cases of subvalvular left ventricular aneurysms described in the literature are due to congenital weakness of the fibromuscular annuli. We describe a unique case of a child with a tuberculous subaortic aneurysm observed at different stages of development by serial transthoracic echocardiography. The patient underwent successful cardiac surgery after the initial conservative treatment for tuberculosis.