Purpose. To identify and study causes of vitreous hemorrhage (VH) in pediatric age group and to investigate factors predicting visual and anatomical outcomes. Procedure. A retrospective review of patients aged 16 years or less with the diagnosis of vitreous hemorrhage from January 2005 until December 2010. Results. A total number of 230 patients (240 eyes) were identified. Traumatic vitreous he...

16 cases of pineal region tumours in the pediatric age group constitute the subject of this study. After thorough investigations both clinical, radiological and laboratory, they were all operated upon by a ventriculo-peritoneal shunt to divert the cerebrospinal fluid. This was followed in 15 cases by the favoured occipital transtentorial approach and in one by the supracerebellar infratentorial...

BACKGROUND Pityriasis versicolor (PV) is a mild chronic infection of the skin caused by Malassezia yeasts. Although it is primarily seen in adults, children are often affected in the tropics . METHODS Over a period of 2 years, children (up to the age of 14 years) who were clinically and mycologically diagnosed as PV were included in the study. The clinical and epidemiological pattern in diffe...