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Three children presenting with aneurysmal bone cysts are described. The first patient was 10 months old with a cyst of the scapula. The second was more typical but his cyst was treated initially as a malignant tumour. In the third child the second cervical vertebra was affected which posed considerable problems of management; it was treated by radiotherapy. Despite the problems all 3 children have made a good recovery.
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Quistes Óseos/diagnóstico , Vértebras Cervicales , Húmero , Escápula , Adolescente , Quistes Óseos/radioterapia , Niño , Humanos , Lactante , Masculino , Enfermedades de la Columna Vertebral/diagnóstico , Enfermedades de la Columna Vertebral/radioterapiaRESUMEN
The maximum weight centile achieved by a child between 4 and 8 weeks of age was found to be a better predictor of the centile at 12 months than the birth weight centile. Children whose weight deviated two or more major centiles below this maximum weight centile for a month or more showed significant anthropometric differences during the second year of life from those who showed no such deviation. It is suggested that this leads to a logical and practical definition of failure to thrive.
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Insuficiencia de Crecimiento/diagnóstico , Envejecimiento/fisiología , Antropometría , Peso al Nacer , Peso Corporal , Preescolar , Humanos , Lactante , Recién Nacido , Valores de Referencia , Terminología como AsuntoRESUMEN
Children aged at least 4 years admitted to hospital with acute abdominal pain, excluding appendicitis, were investigated for the presence of viruses. Out of 181 children 29 were found with viruses of whom 18 had nonspecific abdominal pain. Eight others were found to have virus-like particles on electron microscopical examination of their faeces. Virus infections contribute to a small extent to nonspecific abdominal pain in childhood, but in many cases the cause remains unknown.