P Chalumeau, S Cantagrel, M A Barthez-Carpentier, J Maheut-Lourmière, J J Santini
{"title":"[Post-traumatic transient cortical blindness].","authors":"P Chalumeau, S Cantagrel, M A Barthez-Carpentier, J Maheut-Lourmière, J J Santini","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Transient cortical blindness is a rare complication of mild head trauma in children. This spectacular manifestation always has a benign outcome.</p><p><strong>Case report: </strong>A five-year-old girl was admitted for bilateral blindness immediately following a fall with frontal head injury. Neurological examinations and ophthalmological investigations showed no abnormalities. The electroencephalogram showed slow waves in the left occipital area. The blindness resolved completely within 3 hours.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This bilateral blindness was similar to that of the 40 cases reported since 1964, including a rapid and benign outcome. Its mechanism is not clear, although some suggest a cerebral vasospasm. Our patient's mother has a history of migraine.</p>","PeriodicalId":8169,"journal":{"name":"Archives francaises de pediatrie","volume":"50 10","pages":"895-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19048661","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A Chalvon-Demersay, M Tardieu, H Crosnier, J J Bénichou, C Pienkowski, P Rochiccioli, B Labrune
{"title":"[Laurence-Moon (Bardet-Biedl) syndrome with growth hormone deficiency].","authors":"A Chalvon-Demersay, M Tardieu, H Crosnier, J J Bénichou, C Pienkowski, P Rochiccioli, B Labrune","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The features of Laurence-Moon syndrome vary widely from mental retardation, hypogenitalism to retinopathy; the dominant one is progressive neurological involvement, ataxia and spastic paraplegia. Like Bardet-Biedl syndrome, its inheritance is autosomal recessive. This paper describes the endocrine investigation of a new family of Laurence-Moon syndrome subjects.</p><p><strong>Case report: </strong>The 5 patients (3 girls, 2 boys) in this family of 12 sibs, all suffered from retinopathy, mental retardation and first metacarpal hypoplasia with proximal placement of thumb. All five had had spastic paraplegia since the age of 5-6 years, growth retardation and hypogonadism. Two had had seizures; only one was obese.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Four patients (2 girls, 2 boys, aged 19, 15, 18 and 19 years) had low basal plasma FSH and LH levels. They had no FSH-LH response to gonadotropin-releasing hormone; their plasma testosterone and oestradiol concentrations were very low. The growth hormone peak in response to arginine-insulin were low in these 4 patients (1.5 ng/ml; 3.8 ng/ml; 5 ng/ml; 4.8 ng/ml). One boy and one girl were given sex steroids for a few months, with good effect on their sexual characters. Their growth hormone levels remained low (2.9 ng/ml, 6.5 ng/ml). One boy was given FSH and LH analogues with good effects on sexual characters and testicle growth. He was also given growth hormone, and had a growth spurt of 5.5 cm after 9 months treatment.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The hypogonadism of Laurence-Moon patients seems to be of central origin. It is associated with growth hormone deficiency.</p>","PeriodicalId":8169,"journal":{"name":"Archives francaises de pediatrie","volume":"50 10","pages":"859-62"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19047395","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
V Drouin, M Prudent, D Eurin, C Cambon-Michot, P Tron, J P Vannier
{"title":"[Clear cell sarcoma of the tendons and aponeuroses].","authors":"V Drouin, M Prudent, D Eurin, C Cambon-Michot, P Tron, J P Vannier","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Clear cell sarcoma of tendons and aponeuroses is a rare mesenchymal tumor in childhood. It is difficult to treat and its prognosis is bad.</p><p><strong>Case report: </strong>A 9 year-old girl was admitted because of persistent pain in the left lower part of her thorax. Clinical examination showed a mass, 4 cm in diameter, embedded in the thoracic wall. Ultrasonography and CT-scan showed that this mass extended between the last ribs to the pleural cul-de-sac. There was no adenopathy and myelogram was normal. Biopsy of the mass showed features of clear cell sarcoma of tendons and aponeuroses. Cytogenetic studies showed translocation t(12;22) (q13-14;q12) in tumor cells. The patient was given chemotherapy followed by complete resection, but the tumor recurred locally 3 months later and the patient died, despite chemotherapy plus radiotherapy, 23 months after the apparent onset of disease.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Treatment of this type of tumor remains difficult. The existence of a break point on 22q12, as in Ewing sarcoma, suggests that this tumor in of neural crest cell origin.</p>","PeriodicalId":8169,"journal":{"name":"Archives francaises de pediatrie","volume":"50 10","pages":"901-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19048663","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
G Moyen, A Mbika-Cardorelle, C Miakassissa, H L Atanda, S Nzingoula
{"title":"[Acute dehydration in the pediatric intensive care department of the UHC of Brazzaville].","authors":"G Moyen, A Mbika-Cardorelle, C Miakassissa, H L Atanda, S Nzingoula","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8169,"journal":{"name":"Archives francaises de pediatrie","volume":"50 10","pages":"933-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19047213","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
H L Atanda, J Porte, J C Bon, P Force-Barge, J Rodier, G Moyen
{"title":"[Role of pediatric medical emergencies in a medical department in Pointe Noire].","authors":"H L Atanda, J Porte, J C Bon, P Force-Barge, J Rodier, G Moyen","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8169,"journal":{"name":"Archives francaises de pediatrie","volume":"50 10","pages":"928-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19048670","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Often, in current practice, renal scintigraphy is not justified in the diagnosis and follow-up of urinary infections in children].","authors":"A Bensman","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8169,"journal":{"name":"Archives francaises de pediatrie","volume":"50 10","pages":"930-1"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19048672","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Kawasaki's syndrome. Many advances, many riddles also].","authors":"J Astruc","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8169,"journal":{"name":"Archives francaises de pediatrie","volume":"50 10","pages":"847-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19047393","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
B Thélot, C Monteil, E Gaussens, S Stojanovic, G Fer, G Brücker
{"title":"[Epidemic of bronchiolitis in the hospitals of Paris in 1992-1993].","authors":"B Thélot, C Monteil, E Gaussens, S Stojanovic, G Fer, G Brücker","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8169,"journal":{"name":"Archives francaises de pediatrie","volume":"50 10","pages":"939-40"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19047215","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}