Varied presentation of complicated falciparum malaria in a family.

Plasmodium falciparum is known for complications with a very high mortality. We report three cases in children of the same family, two of them developed ARDS, one of them died, the third child developed hemophagocytosis and one of them also had transient myocarditis, all unusual complications of falciparum malaria.

Melioidosis--rare or overlooked?

The word melioidosis conjures images of a rare, exotic disease meant only for large textbooks of pediatrics, to be read only to be forgotten or even to be ignored completely. The following two cases of melioidosis from India will surely serve as an eye opener.

Storage disorders presenting like mucopolysaccharidosis.

The term dysostosis multiplex is specifically applied to the group of radiological features collectively found in a number of specific metabolic disorders including the mucopolysaccharidoses, mucolipidosis, mannosidosis, fucosidosis and several other rarer conditions. We report eight cases of mannosidosis, fucosidosis and mucolipidosis with special emphasis on the differentiation from the more common mucopolysaccharidoses.