CASE REPORT: Phocomelia Syndrome - A Case Report

Phocomelia is an extremely rare malformation in which babies are born with limbs that look like flippers on a seal. Although various factors can cause phocomelia, the prominent roots came from the drug use of thalidomide and from genetic inheritance. Phocomelia is transmitted as an autosomal recessive trait with variable expressivity and malformation is linked to chromosome 8

Primary CNS Lymphoma in Seropositive Child

Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma(PCNSL) is an extremely rare condition in childhood as compared to adults. It is seen inimmuno compromised patients. We report the case of PCNSL in a child in Civil Hospital,Solapur which is a district antiretroviral treatment (ART) centre. This 15 months old child presented with focal neurological deficit. The CT and MRI scan were suggestive of PCNSL.Stereostatic biopsy could not be done in this child. But CSF study showed 20 cells and all were lymphoblasts