Purpose: Giant mediastinal germ cell tumor (MGCT) requires a well-planned advanced surgical approach.We retrospectively reviewed our surgical strategy for giant MGCT.Methods: Five children (median age, 5 years) with giant MGCT were treated in our institute from 2012 to 2016.Results: The initial diagnosis was made by tumor markers and image inspecti
Introduction: Porcelain gallbladder (PGB) is a gallbladder with calcium encrusted on its inner wall.PGB is rare in the pediatric population with only four cases reported in the literature.We present Lord of the Rings a patient who is the youngest reported case of porcelain gallbladder.Case presentation: A 4-year-old full-term male with a history of
The recruitment dynamics into the fishery of eight species in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea was studied on the basis of a monthly length sampling on commercial landings lasting one year (March 1999-February 2000).The results show that three species or groups of species (Mullus barbatus STYLING FOAM and M.surmuletus, Eledone cirrhosa and Loligo