Cerulean Cataract in a Person with Down s Syndrome

We report the case of an 18-year-old patient who consults for a loss of visual acuity in the right eye for 1 year. On clinical examination, visual acuity is 20/100. Eye tone is 12 mmhg. Examination of the anterior segment shows the existence of a cataract made up of whitish opacities corresponding to a congenital cerulean cataract (Figure 1). The treatment consisted of a cataract cure by phacoemulsification with good progress. Cerulean cataract is a rare congenital form of bluish tint, made up of whitish opacities in concentric layers with a radial arrangement at their center. Visual acuity is fairly good in childhood but may deteriorate later. In the literature, the incidence of cataracts in Down’s children ranges from 5% to 50%. In previous studies of congenital or infantile cataract, 3-5 % of cases were associated with Down’s syndrome [1].

Will New Approaches in The Treatment of Supraventricular Tachycardia Affect The Cardiologists’ Perspective?

Junctional ectopic tachycardia(JET) is one of the rare supraventricular arrhythmias(1). JET is categorized by two types. The less common type of JET is congenital form and the more common type has been seen in postoperative period of congenital cardiac surgery

ACCESSORY SPLEEN HYPERTROPHY MIMICKING COLON CANCER METASTASIS

Accessory spleen is a congenital form of an ectopic splenic tissue. In this report, we present a case of a patient who was followed with the diagnosis of rectal and sigmoid colon cancer and an accessory spleen hypertrophy, which was thought to be colon cancer metastasis in the left hypochondriac region. After colectomy and splenectomy, accessory spleen that mimics cancer metastasis was diffrentially diagnosed using scintigraphy.

Multiple type 2 endocrine neoplasia (case report)

The congenital form of pheochromocytoma is known to be fraught with high risk of post-treatment relapse, bilateral, multicentric or primarily multiple lesions. The patients presenting with the syndrome of multiple type 2 endocrine neoplasia usually have no extra-adrenal pheochromocytomas or metastases. Both examination and treatment of these patients should be performed taking these peculiarities into consideration. We describe a family with multiple type 2 endocrine neoplasia and highlight selected aspects of the management of the patients presenting with genetically determined pheochromocytoma.