Pineal gliosarcoma in a 5-year-old girl

De novo gliosarcoma occurring in the posterior fossa of a 11-year-old girl.

Congenital malignant gliosarcoma.

Malignant gliosarcoma is an extremely rare, anaplastic tumor which to date has been found exclusively in adults. This type of sarcoma is a form of mixed glioma and sarcoma which is quite different and distinct from the type of sarcoma that arises in a glioblastoma [1]. Less than 10 cases of this entity have been reported [2-5]. We report a case of this unusual tumor in a 4-month-old girl who ha...

Management of renal abscess in a 5-year-old girl: A case report

Renal abscesses are rare in childhood. They have vague manifestations and any delay in proper diagnosis and treatment could lead to morbidity and mortality. We present a 5-year-old girl with multiple renal abscesses after pyelonephritis that lead to total nephrectomy due to multiple drug resistance.  The renal abscess may have subtle symptoms. Early diagnosis and treatment strongly prevents un...

Asymptomatic and symptomatic glial cysts of the pineal gland.

Glial cysts of the pineal gland are benign and mostly asymptomatic incidental lesions found in the brain MRI or at autopsy examinations. In rare cases pineal cysts become symptomatic and require surgical intervention. Symptomatic glial cysts may be clinically and radiologically indistinguishable from cystic neoplasms of the pineal region; therefore, histopathological diagnosis is critical for f...

Acquired universal melanosis (Carbon baby syndrome) in a 4-year old girl

Universal acquired melanosis is a rare cause of diffuse hyperpigmentation of skin and mucosa during childhood. There are only few reported case of this scarce syndrome in medical literature. We report the first case of universal acquires melanosis from Iran in a 4-year-old girl whose skin becomes darker after 2-month of age.