Pediatric Pathology

Tracheal agenesis and associated malformations: A comparison with tracheoesophageal fistula and the VACTERL association

“…Tracheal agenesis appears to have been described first by Payne [ 19001; subsequently 41 other patients were reported [Walcher, 1928;Fritz, 1933;Benesova and Peter, 1934;Marek, 1940;Morison, 1949;Milles and Dorsey, 1950;Kessel and Smith, 1953;Sandison, 1955;Hempel, 1956;Devenis and Otis, 1957;Onarir and Sariyalcin, 1961;Floyd et al, 1962;Witzleben, 1963;Fonkalsrud et al, 1963;McCracken et al, 1964;Devi and More, 1966;Stowens, 1966;Colavecchio, 1968;Lyons and Bruce, 1968;Eimer, 1969;Joshi, 1969;McNie and Pryse-Davies, 1970;Altman et al, 1972;Hopkinson, 1972;Hong et al, 1973;Effman et al, 1975;Chaurasia, 1976;Warfel, 1976;Donovan and Friedman, 1979;Far0 et al, 1979;Buchino et al, 1982; DFC:23 24 Evans, Reggin, and Greenberg Haupt and Edwards, 19831. In these cases tracheal agenesis was partial or total and various classifications of this malformation have been described [Floyd et al, 1962;Faro et al, 1979;Kluth, 19761.…”

Hepatoblastoma presenting as an acute abdomen

“…Packard & Palmer (1955) reported an incidence of only nine cases among 126,000 admissions to a Children's Hospital. Stowens (1959) found only four hepatomas in a series of 2172 tumours in infancy and childhood. Hepatomas are generally evident before the end of the second year of life.…”

Craniosynostosis in Egypt

“…Depending on which sutures are involved, the skull may be oxycephalic, scaphocephalic, trigonocephalic, plagiocephalic, or acrocephalic. 11 Extensive study has been made of craniosynostosis, and several operations have been tried, yet still a great deal of controversy concerning the etiology and treatment of the disease exists. The aim of our report is to show that craniosynostosis in Egypt is a special clinical entity with definite differences from the same disease elsewhere.…”