BACKGROUND Pulmonary artery aneurysms constitute <1% of aneurysms occurring in the thoracic cavity. Congenital cardiac defects are responsible for the majority (>50%) of cases, however, pulmonary artery aneurysm is a rare sequelae of pulmonary tuberculosis reported in about 5% of patients with chronic cavitary tuberculosis on autopsy. The natural history of this potentially fatal condition rema...

A 13-year-old boy with atrial septal defect and tricuspid valve abnormality was reported. He had crepitan ralles and signs of heart failure. He was treated with digital, diuretic and antimicrobial therapies. After clinical improvement he underwent surgery. The atrial septal defect was closed, and ringplasty was applied to the tricuspid valve. After the operation, he could not be extubated becau...

The article dwells upon Dmitry Egorovich Gorokhov, prominent representative of the Moscow pediatric school. D.E. as chief physician and director Sofia Children’s Hospital in Moscow, is well-recognized author first Russian surgery guidelines he rightfully considered founder this discipline. Management tactics for such socially significant diseases children appendicitis, tuberculosis bones joints...

During my early orthopaedic training, between 1936 and 1939, I failed to appreciate the full horror ofbone and joint tuberculosis, with its protracted treatment and crippling results; I encountered several cases during the war, but it was not until I became superintendent of the Derby County Tuberculosis and Orthopaedic Service in 1947 that this was borne in on me. The Orthopaedic Hospital at B...

In about half of the cases of bronchiectasis, the etiology is unproven. However there are a number of causes that merit attention. Diffuse bronchiectasis may be due to post-infectious, immunodeficiency and congenital causes. Bacteria (pertussis), virus (adenovirus, measles) and fungi (Aspergillusfumigatus, Histoplasmacapsulatum) are post-infectious causes. Tuberculosis is an important etiology ...

Primary adrenal insufficiency is an uncommon disease which has worldwide distribution. The commonest cause in underdeveloped countries is tuberculosis followed by autoimmune destruction of the adrenal gland. We report a case of a 15 years boy who had congenital adrenal insufficiency associated with achalasia of the cardia and deficient tear secretion.

Patients with congenital immunodeficiency (CID) syndromes are susceptible to various microorganisms. However, relatively few CID disorders develop mycobacterial disease. We describe clinical features, laboratory findings and therapeutic outcome of children with CID who had tuberculosis disease. Medical reports of 10 patients were reviewed. Three patients had chronic granulomatous disease, two h...

We report a premature neonate who developed bizarre multiple skin lesions after being cured from hyaline membrane disease. These lesions were thought initially as multiple abscesses at the puncture sites, which did not respond to the conventional antibiotics. Biopsy of the skin lesion was of great importance in reaching the diagnosis of congenital tuberculosis as cutaneous disease.

INTRODUCTION Congenital tuberculosis is an infrequently encountered condition and only 300 cases were reported in the literature till 1989. There are no specific signs and symptoms pathognomonic for congenital TB, and the devastating consequences in the absence of early therapy signify the importance of early diagnosis and treatment during the neonatal period. CASE PRESENTATION In this paper ...