["Porcelain gallbladder"; a pediatric case report]. / La "colecisti a porcellana"; contributo di un caso in età pediatrica.

A case of "porcelain gall-bladder" observed by change in a boy of 14 is reported. After discussing the anatomopathological and aetiological aspects of the syndrome, stress is laid on its exceptional nature in paediatric age and the possibility of a correlation wtih Giardiasis is examined.

[Holotelencephaly: description of a case]. / Olotelencefalia: descrizione di un caso.

This study describe a case of SNC malformation that belongs to the prosencephalization defects. Particularly, the degree of cerebral anomalies and the gravity of facial abnormalities place the case in the group of Holotelencephalies. We have considered the ethiopathogenetic connections that can cause such embryonic damage, the clinical characteristics, the evolution and the prognosis, by the light of the dates provided by literature. Our patient is a six month-old female put under observation since her birth.