La Pediatria medica e chirurgica : Medical and surgical pediatrics
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The authors report a case of rhabdomyosarcoma of posterior urethra they observed in a 10 year-old boy who was referred for an acute urinary retention. The story of the patient included other urinary tract troubles: macroscopic haematuria and stranguria had been observed when the boy was four year old and at that time cystography and cystoscopy grave normal results. In the following years the patient presented repeatedly episodes of haematuria, stranguria, dysuria and urinary tract infections. The authors stress the slow evolution of the tumor and the difficulties for diagnosing the disease in its early phase.
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Grisel's syndrome is an atlanto-axial dislocation affecting children between 6 and 12 years. The outstanding symptom is a spontaneously arising torticollis. The most likely etiology seems to be an inflammation of the retropharyngeal space caused by upper respiratory tract infections or by adenotonsillectomy. ⋯ The anamnesis and clinical signs are important clues to diagnosis. The A. A. report a case of an apparently spontaneous torticollis occurred few days after adenotonsillectomy in a 7 years old girl.