788 Communications to the Editor undergoing evaluation ofclinically-suspected malignant pericardial effusion. A rigid mediastinoscope was used for inspection of the posterior and lateral pericardial surfaces. A flexible bronchoscope was used in one patient to evaluate the anterior pericardial space. We have reported our results with flexible fiberoptic pericardioscopy in seven successive patien...

Hyper IgE syndrome (HIES) is a rare immunodeficiency syndrome, with autosomal dominant inheritance, caused mainly due to STAT 3 mutation. The affected children usually present atopic dermatitis, recurrent staphylococcal infections, phenotypic characteristics and increased levels. Though, there case report of autoimmune thyroiditis in HIES, congenital hypothyroidism not reported. Here we HIES ty...

Characteristic lesions of staphylococcal pneumonia in infancy are the tension cyst of lung and tension pyopneumothorax. The radiological appearances are often alarming and, at first sight, seem to indicate the necessity for urgent aspiration or drainage. The two obvious dangers are those of immediate suffocation (the French refer to the tension cysts as bulles suffocantes) and of gross pleural ...