Qatar Medical Journal - Volume 2000, Issue 1

The association of Schistosoma japonicum and colonic carcinoma has been well established. Such an association has not been confirmed in cases of Schistosoma mansoni infestation. We report the first case detected in Qatar of a young woman with long-standing schistosomal colitis on top of which developed carcinoma of the colon.

A patient with Philadelphia chromosome positive chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) being treated with INF-a conceived during treatment which continued for the whole course of her pregnancy. A female infant was born at 40th week of gestation and was found to have a platelet count of 56 x 109/L which returned to normal after two weeks.

A literature review of similar cases showed no abnormalities in the infants of mothers receiving INF-a during pregnancy. The safety of INF-a during pregnancy requires further study before its routine use during pregnancy can be recommended.

Congenital cervical teratomas are rare tumors. Although essentially benign, obstruction of the airway is the major challenge in the neonatal period. Prognosis is good provided that the airway is quickly stabilized and resection is not delayed. Prenatal diagnosis allows planning of resuscitative efforts in advance. We report a case of immature cervical teratoma in a near-term male infant born to a 32 year-old woman. The tumor was removed surgically with no recurrence after three and a half years.

Dr. Abu Rish and Dr. Mousa wrote about a common and important medical problem i.e. management of acute attacks of bronchial asthma in the emergency room (ED) of the Hospital. They reported 97% response to nebulized fl2-agonists and only 3% admission to the hospital.

Two year and seven month female child, known case of cerebral palsy, presented with sudden onset of hematemesis, which progressed to uncontrollable massive upper GI bleeding requiering devascularization and more than 36 blood transfusions.