[Fatal Klippel-Trénaunay syndrome in a child with pulmonary embolism]. / Fatal lungeemboli hos et barn med Klippel-Trénaunays syndrome.

Klippel-Trénaunay syndrome is characterized by the venous varicosities, ipsilateral cutaneous capillary malformations, and bony/soft-tissue overgrowth. Potential complications such as hypercoagulability, thrombosis and pulmonary embolism have been casuistically reported. Here, we describe a child with Klippel-Trénaunay syndrome complicated by a pulmonary embolism leading to sudden death.

[Purulent coxitis in 8-year-old boy caused by Salmonella enteritidis]. / Purulent coxitis hos 8-årig dreng forårsaget af Salmonella enteritidis.

Salmonella enteritidis is a rare cause of suppurative arthritis of the hip joint in children. The diagnosis is clinical and paraclinical. Treatment is surgical with decompression and antibiotics according to culture. A case of an 8-year-old boy is presented.