Ann Trop Paediatr
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Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis (PAM) in an 8-month-old male infant is reported. He presented initially at 2 months of age with worsening respiratory distress and cyanosis. Chest imaging by X-ray and by CT scan showed widespread reticulo-nodular densities mostly in the mid and lower zones. The diagnosis of PAM was confirmed by an open lung biopsy which showed diffuse alveolar calcium deposits.
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Echocardiographic findings in children with surgically correctable non-cardiac congenital anomalies.
Congenital cardiac anomalies may co-exist with non-cardiac congenital malformations and, for those requiring surgical correction, there can be an anaesthetic risk. ⋯ Over one-third of patients undergoing surgical correction of congenital malformations have co-existing CHD. Echocardiography is important for pre-surgical evaluation. No association between type of CHD and specific non-cardiac congenital malformations was found.