abstract background: abdominal tumors are still a diagnostic problem in children. this study was conducted to assess the presentation and types of childhood intra abdominal tumors in children in shiraz. materials and methods: participants of this historical cohort study consisted of 298 children aged between 1.5 months to 15 years old who were diagnosed with abdominal mass between march 2003 an...

Fetus- in- fetu (FIF), is a rare congenital anomaly that occurs due to malformed fetus growing inside the twin. It occurs due to the aberration in the diamniotic monochorionic monozygotic twinning with unequal division of inner cell mass of blastocyst leading to inclusion of small cell mass inside the developing sister fetus. The most common presentation will be with intra-abdominal mass locat...

Benign Gastric tumors are rare and generally account for less than 10% of all stomach tumors. Gastric lipoma is a rare tumor that constitutes approximately 3% of all benign tumors of the stomach and mainly is seen as a submucosal mass. Most gastric lipoma are asymptomatic and are found accidentally. Occasionally they can cause symptoms such as gastrointestinal bleeding, obstruction, abdominal p...

megacystis microcolon intestinal hypoperistalsis syndrome (mmihs) is a rare and the most severe form of functional intestinal obstruction in the newborn. the characteristic features of this congenital and fatal disease are abdominal distension, absent or decreased bowel peristalsis. abdominal distension is a consequence of the distended, unobstructed urinary bladder with or without hydronephros...