By Hemali Bedi Rare diseases affect one in 2000 people or less; [1] but, rare diseases are more than just a medical challenge. Together, they present a public health problem that affects approximately 400 million people worldwide. [1] February 29th marks the ninth annual Rare Disease Day, which is co-ordinated by EURORDIS. [2] With the […]
Category: Rare pathological entities
An Unusual Posterior Fossa Tumour in a Young Child
The authors describe the case of a 23-month old child with a posterior fossa tumour, which was removed and turned out to be a choroid plexus papilloma. As they state, choroid plexus papilloma is encountered commonly in the first two years of life, but very rarely in the posterior fossa. It is more common in […]