Ectopic thymus tissue in the neck remains infrequently described in medical literature. This paper presents the case of a young girl, who presenting with a soft, fluctuating bulk mass on the left side of her neck. The patient underwent complete excision of the lesion and histological inspection showed an ectopic thymic tissue cyst. Ectopic thymic soft tissue may remain an uncommon finding, but ...

Recent developments in diabetes technology— CSII, AP and CGM We are currently in an extremely exciting time for diabetes technology which holds near-term promise to substantially improve the lives of children with type 1 diabetes (T1D). Recent data published by the Type 1 Diabetes Exchange confirms what clinical experience has shown for years, that diabetes control among adolescents and young a...

The major causes of pulmonary hypertension (PH) in children are congenital heart defect (CHD) and PH associated with prematurity, respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) and bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and PAH associated with genetic mutations are also known to manifest in the pediatric age group. This review will mainly discuss the problems en...

T HE DEPENDENCE on radiographic information of the acute abdomen in the pediatric patient is frequently more important than in the older individual because of the inability of the young to describe his clinical problems. The single most important radiographic procedure is scout film study of the abdomen, in both supine and upright or decubitus positions. Subsequent upper or lower gastrointestin...

Results: A total of 25 patients, 14 females, 11 males, were seen. Twenty-two are alive (88%) and 3 died (12%). Age at diagnosis was 15± 9 month. Period of follow up was 42 ± 56 month. In 80% of the patients, a history of lipid intake through oral route was confirmed in 15 (60%) of the patients for a period of 214 month, with a mean of 6.3 month. Chest x-ray showed mainly consolidation in 23 (92...

The rate of reporting of childhood Churg-Strauss syndrome (CSS) has increased lately because of either increased awareness to the disease or a real increase in incidence. It is defined as one of the antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitides, but the antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody positivity is less reported in pediatric cases. The cause of CSS remains unknown. Several lin...

Adolescence is the potential period for growth and optimal functioning, but developmental issues like time of transition from childhood to adulthood will create stress and affect the adolescent's quality of life (QOL). However, there is a lack of research tool for measuring adolescent's QOL in Malaysia. The aim of the study was to determine the validity and reliability of the self-report Malay ...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study is to provide Dutch normative data and to assess internal consistency and known-groups validity for the TNO AZL Preschool Children Quality of Life (TAPQOL) and the acute version of the generic Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL 4.0) in Dutch young children aged 0-7 years. METHODS Participants were selected from a panel of a large Dutch market rese...

Maturational effects were investigated in two age groups (N = 30 per group) of children with normal hearing sensitivity, using rotary chair (RC), computerized dynamic posturography (CDP), and vestibular evoked myogenic potential (VEMP) measures. Children recruited within the younger group were three through six years of age, and children within the older group were nine through eleven years of ...