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View article: Atypical Appendicitis in Children: Clinical Presentation, Imaging Features, and Management Plan
Atypical Appendicitis in Children: Clinical Presentation, Imaging Features, and Management Plan Open
Atypical appendicitis is not uncommon in pediatrics. Factors that are usually seen in such presentations include: Age less than five years, developmental delay, ectopic anatomic location of the appendix, subacute or chronic appendicitis, a…
View article: Hypothalamic Hamartomas
Hypothalamic Hamartomas Open
Hypothalamic hamartomas (HH) are rare, basilar developmental lesions with widespread comorbidities often associated with refractory epilepsy and encephalopathy. Imaging advances allow for early, even prenatal, detection. Genetic studies su…
View article: Pediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome temporally associated with SARS-CoV-2.
Pediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome temporally associated with SARS-CoV-2. Open
Second wave of the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) has been declared throughout the world. It has been always thought that children are the least affected group. A new childhood disease, referred to as MIS-C (Multisystem Inflammation Syndrome…
View article: Moyamoya Disease in a Six Month Caucasian Female
Moyamoya Disease in a Six Month Caucasian Female Open
Moyamoya disease (MMD) is a progressive cerebral arteriopathy characterized by stenosis and/or occlusion of the internal carotid arteries and the arteries around the Circle of Willis, with the development of "moyamoya" vessels, which are a…
View article: Introductory Chapter: Dystonia - Different Prospects
Introductory Chapter: Dystonia - Different Prospects Open
View article: Expanding the phenome and variome of skeletal dysplasia
Expanding the phenome and variome of skeletal dysplasia Open
View article: Benign Childhood Epilepsy Syndromes
Benign Childhood Epilepsy Syndromes Open
Epileptic syndromes usually carry a devastating outcome and poor prognosis; patients usually present with epileptic encephalopathy, delayed milestones, multiple comorbidities and refractory seizures, although not all epileptic syndromes be…
View article: Intrathecal baclofen pump: KSA experience
Intrathecal baclofen pump: KSA experience Open
View article: Gaucher disease
Gaucher disease Open
We aim to describe an 8-year-old boy with an unusual clinical presentation of Gaucher disease (GD). Gaucher disease is a progressive lysosomal storage disorder due to deficiency of the specific enzyme glucocerebrosidase with varying clinic…