[The clinico-echocardiographic aspects in acute pericarditis in a small child]. / Aspecte clinico-ecocardiografice în pericardita acuta la copilul mic.

The authors present a case of pericarditis in a 12-months-old child. They underlined the peculiarities of the onset and of the evolution.

[A case of acute hyaline membrane pneumopathy in a 3-month-old infant]. / Consideratii asupra unui caz de pneumopatie acuta cu membrane hialine la un sugar de 3 luni.

The authors discuss the anatomoclinical case of an infant 3 months and 2 weeks old, presenting a clinical picture of interstitial pneumonia, in shock. Microscopic histologic examination of the lung revealed a lung disease with hyaline membranes, an unusual entity after the neonatal period. The authors assume the formation of hyaline membranes to be due to prolonged shock and the inadequate alveolar surfactant.

[A case of the prune belly syndrome]. / Consideratii asupra unui caz de sindrom prune belly.

Rare heterogeneous syndrome, the prune belly syndrome was first described in 1839 and associates the agenesis of the abdominal musculature with other complex malformations of the genitourinary tract and bilateral cryptorchidism. In this plurimalformative context, the main evolutive problem is represented by the chronic renal insufficiency. The work presents a new case of prune belly syndrome which through its clinical evolutive aspects joins the category of classical cases published in literature.

Rotavirus infection in gastroenteritis in children.

The electron microscopic investigation of biological materials (faeces, intestinal mucous biopsies) from 19 children and sucklings with clinically diagnosed acute gastroenteritis evidenced the presence of some rotavirus-like viral particles in 31 percent of cases. The age of hospitalized subjects varied between 4 months and three years. There have been identified viral particles in the cytoplasm of enterocytes of the intestinal villi and in suspensions of the fecal materials.