Archives de pédiatrie : organe officiel de la Sociéte française de pédiatrie
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Two tumorlike forms of urinary schistosomiasis are reported. Diagnosis was suspected as the patients exerted haematuria while they originated from a geographic area where schistosomiasis is endemic. ⋯ Cystoscopy revealed an hemorrhagic granulomatous polyp in one case and villous polyps in the other case, associated with suggestive lesions of schistosomiasis. Schistosoma haematobium infection in children is uncommon in Europe and rarely considered in the diagnosis of haematuria.
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Star anise is used as herbal tea, for the treatment of colicky pain in infants. It may cause neurological troubles. ⋯ Confusion or blending between Chinese and Japanese star anise may cause poisoning. Japanese star anise is a neurotoxic plant indeed, because it contains sesquiterpenic lactones. From November 2001, star anise products are theoretically prohibited in France, but they may be still available in some small groceries, or imported by families themselves.
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Short-Stay Observation Units (SSOUs) in paediatric emergency departments are effective in reducing inpatient admissions but can also generate excessive short-stay hospitalisations. The aim of the study was to evaluate both these consequences and the different missions of SSOUs. ⋯ The SSOU reduced inpatient hospitalisations, generated few inappropriate short stay hospitalisations, and seemed particularly efficient for paediatric diseases. Proposed indicators should allow inter-hospital comparisons.
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Traumatic lung hernia of the chest wall is unusual in pediatric patients. Most acquired traumatic lung hernia occur at the site of injury or on the anterior parasternal chest wall because the external intercostal muscle is absent from the cost cartilaginous junction to the sternum. A five-year-old girl presented with such a hernia after severe blunt trauma to her right torso. ⋯ She was treated surgically by direct repair of the chest wall defect. The recovery proceeded without complications. With early identification and appropriate surgical or video-assisted repair, symptomatic pulmonary hernia can have an excellent prognosis and very low probability of recurrence.