Haemangiomas are common, benign, vascular tumours, observed in 4-12% of infants during the first year of life. Most cases progress without complication, yet a small proportion experience life-threatening complications. Concomitant congenital malformations have been reported in a small but significant proportion of haemangioma patients. This study aimed to describe haemangioma cases and to ident...

OBJECTIVE To report on changes in the incidence of congenital malformations in a context of an ongoing civil conflict. DESIGN Retrospective study. SETTING Centre Médical Evangélique (CME) of Nyankunde, a 250 bed referral hospital, in the North Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) during the period 1993 to 2001. SUBJECTS A total of 8824 babies were delivered alive at our maternity; a...

Dear Editor-in-Chief: I read and enjoyed your stylish article, "Frequency of Congenital Cardiac Malformations in Neonates with Congenital Hypothyroidism", in relation to heart disease with hypothyroidism. As we know, one of the most commonly associated congenital hypothyroidism disorders is congenital heart disease, which has a significant effect on the recovery of pat...

Of 68,000 gynaecological cases seen during the past decade, only 25 had congenital malformations of the vaginal tract. The different types of congenital malformations, their presentation and management is presented (JPMA 36: 256, 1986).