Purpose: Pediatric patients in low-income countries are at a high risk of malnutrition.Numerous screening tools have been developed to detect the risk of malnutrition, including the Subjective Global Nutritional Assessment (SGNA), Pediatric Yorkhill Malnutrition Score (PYMS), Screening Tool for the Assessment of Malnutrition in Pediatrics (STAMP), and Screening Tool for Risk of Nutritional Status and Growth (STRONGkids). However, anthropometry remains the main tool for assessing malnutrition. We aimed to identify the value of four nutritional screening tools versus anthropometry for evaluating the nutritional status of children. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study of 1,000 children aged 1–12 years who visited the outpatient clinic of Cairo University Pediatric Hospital. Each participant was evaluated using anthropometric measurements (weight, length/height, and weight for length/height) as well as the PYMS, STAMP, STRONGkids, and SGNA screening tools. The sensitivities and specificities of these four tools were assessed using anthropometry as the gold standard. Results: Of the patients, 1.7% were underweight, 10.2% were wasted, and 35% were stunted.STRONGkids demonstrated the highest sensitivity (79.4%) and a high specificity (80.2%) for detecting malnutrition compared with weight for height, followed by STAMP, which demonstrated lower sensitivity (73.5%) but higher specificity (81.4%). PYMS demonstrated the lowest sensitivity (66.7%) and the highest specificity (93.5%), whereas SAGA demonstrated higher sensitivity (77.5%) and lower specificity (85.4%) than PYMS. Conclusion The use of nutritional screening tools to evaluate the nutritional status of children is valuable and recommended as a simple and rapid method for identifying the risk of malnutrition in pediatric patients.

Diaphragmatic fibromatosis is an exceptionally rare condition, with only 2 previously reported cases in the literature. We present the case of a 23-year-old woman with a left hypochondrial swelling measuring 19×18×13 cm on computed tomography. An endoscopic ultrasound-guided biopsy indicated low-grade papillary proliferation. Surgical exploration revealed a large mass originating from the left hemidiaphragm. Complete excision of the mass and reconstruction of the diaphragm with double-layer mesh were performed.Microscopic examination of the mass revealed a bland-looking spindle cell proliferation.Immunohistochemical staining showed a positive nuclear reaction in tumor cells for β-catenin, a focal positive reaction for SMA, and negative reactions for S100, CD34, and desmin.Diaphragmatic fibromatosis is an extremely rare tumor for which complete excision and reconstruction of the diaphragm is the best suggested modality of treatment.

Diaphragmatic fibromatosis is an exceptionally rare condition, with only 2 previously reported cases in the literature. We present the case of a 23-year-old woman with a left hypochondrial swelling measuring 19×18×13 cm on computed tomography. An endoscopic ultrasound-guided biopsy indicated low-grade papillary proliferation. Surgical exploration revealed a large mass originating from the left hemidiaphragm. Complete excision of the mass and reconstruction of the diaphragm with double-layer mesh were performed.Microscopic examination of the mass revealed a bland-looking spindle cell proliferation.Immunohistochemical staining showed a positive nuclear reaction in tumor cells for β-catenin, a focal positive reaction for SMA, and negative reactions for S100, CD34, and desmin.Diaphragmatic fibromatosis is an extremely rare tumor for which complete excision and reconstruction of the diaphragm is the best suggested modality of treatment.

Diaphragmatic fibromatosis is an exceptionally rare condition, with only 2 previously reported cases in the literature. We present the case of a 23-year-old woman with a left hypochondrial swelling measuring 19×18×13 cm on computed tomography. An endoscopic ultrasound-guided biopsy indicated low-grade papillary proliferation. Surgical exploration revealed a large mass originating from the left hemidiaphragm. Complete excision of the mass and reconstruction of the diaphragm with double-layer mesh were performed.Microscopic examination of the mass revealed a bland-looking spindle cell proliferation.Immunohistochemical staining showed a positive nuclear reaction in tumor cells for β-catenin, a focal positive reaction for SMA, and negative reactions for S100, CD34, and desmin.Diaphragmatic fibromatosis is an extremely rare tumor for which complete excision and reconstruction of the diaphragm is the best suggested modality of treatment.