Adrenal Gland Neoplasms

Shock da paura: quando è il feocromocitoma a far battere il cuore

Carbonara L, Romaniello M, Grutter G

2026/3 — pag. 75-76 — DOI

Pheochromocytoma is a rare neuroendocrine tumour in children that typically presents with hypertension but may lead to life-threatening complications. The paper reports the case of a 12-year-old boy presenting with cardiogenic shock and severe left v...

Il neuroblastoma nel lattante: una neoplasia dalle molteplici possibili presentazioni

Marzari L, Patui M, Cogo P

2025/4 — pag. 101-102 — DOI

A 5-month-old infant was brought to the Paediatric Emergency Room with non-specific symptoms: irritability, poor feeding, weight loss and tachycardia. Clinical evaluation revealed severe hypertension and a large abdominal mass suggestive of neuroblas...

Che sudori!

Benevenuta C, Caci AM, Calvo MM, Mussinatto I, Costagliola G, Tuscano A, Calosso G, Timeus FS

2024/10 — pag. 661-663 — DOI

The article presents the case of a one-year-old boy who was hospitalized for episodes of intense sweating, pallor, mild shortness of breath and hypertension. Tests revealed elevated LDH and catecholamines, and an ultrasound identified an 8 cm abdomin...

Che sudori!

Benevenuta C, Caci AM, Calvo MM, Mussinatto I, Costagliola G, Tuscano A, Calosso G, Timeus FS

2024/10 — pag. 215-216 — DOI

The article presents the case of a one-year-old boy who was hospitalized for episodes of intense sweating, pallor, mild shortness of breath and hypertension. Tests revealed elevated LDH and catecholamines, and an ultrasound identified an 8 cm abdomin...

Zoppia e stipsi

Cocomero F

2024/6 — pag. 118-118 — DOI

The diagnosis of adrenal tumour was eventually made in a two-year-old child who presented with limping and constipation for a few weeks....

Un’anca molto raffreddata

Carraro C.

2023/3 — pag. 188 — DOI

The case of a 3-year-old girl presenting with right hip pain and persisting limp is described. The diagnosis of adrenal neuroblastoma with femoral metastasis was finally made....

Le masse surrenaliche nella sindrome di Beckwith-Wiedemann: un algoritmo diagnostico

Borraccetti N, Bruno I, Lambertini AG, Casadio L, Radice C, Donati I, Piccinini G, Minguzzi MT, Marchetti F

2021/5 — pag. 333-334 — DOI

Children with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWs) have an increased risk of developing embryonic tumours during the first few years of life. Predisposition to the development of tumours is closely related to molecular subtype and therefore the cancer s...

Le masse surrenaliche nella sindrome di Beckwith-Wiedemann: un algoritmo diagnostico

Borraccetti N, Bruno I, Lambertini AG, Casadio L, Radice C, Donati I, Piccinini G, Minguzzi MT, Marchetti F

2021/5 — pag. 150-153 — DOI

Children with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWs) have an increased risk of developing embryonic tumours during the first few years of life. Predisposition to the development of tumours is closely related to molecular subtype and therefore the cancer s...

Dal pubarca a una sindrome genetica:diagnosi di una malattia rara

E. Benelli, N. Giurici, A. Ventura, M. Rabusin

2017/2 — pag. 107-112

The paper reports the case of a 2-year-old child presenting with pubarche, clitoromegaly and seborrhoea. Her past medical history was unremarkable and no other abnormal sign was found at the physical exam. Karyotype was normal 46 XX. Because of the...

Finalmente magro!

D. Viggiano

2015/9

Feocromocitoma e paraganglioma

G. Patti

2013/9 — pag. 588-589

Una strana artrite settica dell’anca

C. Mandato, D. De Brasi, F. Esposito, S. Vetrella, P. Siani

2013/3 — pag. 191-193

The paper reports the case of a 3-year-old girl presenting with septic arthritis of left hip with poor clinical response to treatments. The child had been treated for at least 3 weeks by hip joint drainage and antibiotic therapy based on synovial ...

Una strana artrite settica dell’anca

C. Mandato, D. De Brasi, F. Esposito, S. Vetrella, P. Siani

2013/3

The paper reports the case of a 3-year-old girl presenting with septic arthritis of left hip with poor clinical response to treatments. The child had been treated for at least 3 weeks by hip joint drainage and antibiotic therapy based on synovial flu...

Quando tutto sembra procedere per il verso giusto...o sbagliato...

A. Petracchi, S. Biondi, E. Bellocci, E. Giaconi, C. Favre

2011/10