[Prognosis in recurrent peripheral idiopathic facial paralysis in childhood]. / Pronóstico de la parálisis facial periférica idiopática y recidivante en la infancia.

Fifty-nine cases of idiopathic peripheral facial palsy were diagnosed in our unit during the period from January 1, 1984 to December 31, 1989. During follow-up examinations we observed a relapse in eleven cases, corresponding to 18.6% of the patients. Nine patients suffered a relapse once, one case twice and another case four times. The children that presented more than one recurrence have later shown functional sequelae, both clinical and neurophysiological. We conclude that in our series of patients relapse of facial palsy is a factor that worsens the prognosis for recovery. Furthermore, the existence of facial palsy in the family history leads to a greater risk of a recurrence.

[Lymphoblastic non-Hodgkin's lymphoma: estimation of the survival of patients with the disseminated form of the disease (stages III and IV) treated by the LSA2-L2 protocol]. / Linfoma no Hodgkin de tipo linfoblástico: evaluación de la supervivencia en pacientes con enfermedad diseminada (estadío III y IV) tratados con el protocolo LSA2-L2.

We analyze the survival rate in 17 pediatric patients (twelve males and five females) that were diagnoses of non-Hodgkin's lymphoblastic lymphoma (cases with Burkitt's lymphoma were excluded) during the period from 1982 to 1990. All of them were treated using the LSA2-L2 therapeutic protocol. The follow-up period ranged from 14 to 99 months (follow-up median 43 months). Staging of our newly diagnosed patients, we found 9 patients in stage III and 8 in stage IV disease. Survival was analyzed by the Kaplan-Meier method. The overall survival rate of our patients is 69.5% and the disease free survival is 62.6%. The disease free survival for separated stages is 66.5% for stage III and 58.3% for stage IV. We compare our results with other casuisties published in literature.