ABSTRACT
Desmoplastic infantile gangliogliomas (DIG) are rare intracranial tumors occurring during the 1st year of life. They arise invariably in the supratentorial region and have a great size at presentation, commonly involving more than one lobe. They are composed of a solid peripheral component of variable size, which involves the superficial cerebral cortex and the leptomeninges, and a large cystic part. Despite the great size at presentation and occasional mitotic activity in the variable undifferentiated component, this entity constitutes a distinct clinicopathological entity with benign prognosis. We hereby present the MRI and histological findings of two cases of DIG in infants aged 9 and 10 months, respectively.
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Brain Neoplasms/pathology , Ganglioglioma/pathology , Brain Neoplasms/surgery , Female , Ganglioglioma/surgery , Humans , Infant , Magnetic Resonance ImagingABSTRACT
A case of acute epigastric pain resulting from torsion of an accessory hepatic lobe is reported. Sonographic, computerized tomographic, and magnetic resonance findings are illustrated and the surgical management is discussed.
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Liver Diseases/diagnosis , Liver/abnormalities , Abdomen, Acute/etiology , Child , Diagnostic Imaging , Female , Humans , Liver Diseases/surgery , Torsion Abnormality/diagnosis , Torsion Abnormality/surgeryABSTRACT
We report five children with aberrant thymus, four of whom presented with an upper suprasternal mass and one with a lateral neck mass. Awareness of this entity, together with knowledge of its variable presentation, is essential for unnecessary surgery to be avoided. US should be the initial diagnostic approach and occasionally leads to the correct diagnosis.
