Congenital lobar emphysema (CLE) is a rare lung congenital malformation. Differential diagnosis of the disease remains challenging in an infant with acute respiratory distress. We report a case of a 3-week-old female infant with a weight of 2.1 kg who presented respiratory distress related to CLE. Left upper lobectomy was performed and she had an uneventful recovery.

The floppy infant syndrome is a well-recognized entity for pediatricians and neonatologists. The condition refers to an infant with generalized hypotonia presenting at birth or in early life. The diagnostic work up in many instances is often complex, and requires multidisciplinary assessment. Advances in genetics and neurosciences have lead to recognition of newer diagnostic entities (several c...

Congenital cystic Adenomatoid malformation is a rare developmental abnormality of the lung occuring in 1-4/100000 live births.In most cases the outcome with CCAM in fetus is very good,while in some cases the outcome is very bad and can be life threatning for the fetus.we report here a case of 40 day old female infant who presented with worsening respiratory distress since birth and x ray and CT...

Background: The conventional diagnosis of congenital rubella is a rare occurrence of an obvious maternal exposure, resulting in an infant born with obvious signs such as cataracts, deafness, microcephaly or congenital heart disease. Patient: In this case, a mother with no known symptom, sign or exposure of rubella gave birth to a male infant without complication. The infant had no notable abnor...

Congenital junctional ectopic tachycardia (JET) is a rare tachyarrhythmia found in young infants and often difficult to treat. JET characterized by incessant which causes ventricular dysfunction, heart failure high mortality. Ivabradine one of the newer antiarrhythmic drugs with special indications decreasing rate adults chronic failure. It has shown promising role congenital JET. However, ther...

OBJECTIVE Congenital hypothyroidism is characterized by inadequate thyroid hormone production in newborn infants. Many infants with CH have co-occurring congenital malformations. This is an investigation on the frequency and types of congenital anomalies in infants with congenital hypothyroidism born from May 2006-2010 in Hamadan, west province of Iran. METHODS The Iranian neonatal screening ...

We report a histologic and PCR-confirmed case of symptomatic congenital toxoplasmosis in premature infant with optic nerve atrophy severe ventriculomegaly requiring ventriculoperitoneal shunt the absence cerebral calcifications. A significant risk factor acquisition this infection was mother’s consumption raw deer meat during pregnancy.