Background: Diabetes is a known risk factor for susceptibility and severity of COVID-19 infection. It may also be a complication of COVID-19. Many hypotheses have been proposed to explain this condition. It may be due...
Background: Hypothalamic hamartoma is a rare non-neoplastic lesion, typically identified in early childhood during investigations for precocious puberty and/or gelastic seizures. However, cases of diagnosis even earli...
BACKGROUND Abernethy malformation,also known as congenital extrahepatic portosystemic shunt,is an uncommon malformation resulting from aberrant development of the portal venous system.Cystic fibrosis(CF)is an autosoma...
Female genital mutilation (FGM) is still a topical practice in several African regions or countries. They constitute a violation of human rights, in particular because of their harmful consequences for the health of t...
To the Editor: A 10-year-old girl presented with an asymptomatic ulcerated tumor on her right forearm for 18 months [Figure 1a]. The minor initially was inconspicuous and then gradually enlarged with painless ulcerat...
Uveitis secondary to Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease is rare in children.To the best of our knowledge,this patient is the first reported case of uveitis attributed to VKH in a child in Malaysia.A 9-year-old girl complain...