Cytodiagnosis

Le pere sono pere, le mele sono mele…

Barabino A.

2026/2 — pag. 87-90 — DOI

Un neonato globoso

Roncoli A

2025/10 — pag. 267-268 — DOI

The paper reports the case of a ten-day-old infant presenting to a primary care paediatric clinic with bilious vomiting, abdominal distension and inadequate weight gain. Initial evaluations and daily rectal irrigations led to clinical improvement, wh...

Una stipsi ostinata

Calareso L, Milioto S, Principio E, Milad Mousavi S, Meli F, Bongiovanni A, Smilari P

2025/8 — pag. 216-217 — DOI

The paper reports the case of a 9-year-old girl with persistent faecal incontinence lasting approximately five months, on a background of chronic constipation. Clinical and instrumental investigations revealed faecal impaction and marked rectosigmoid...

Sclerosi epatoportale

Sparaventi C, Zago A, Di Leo G, Barbi E, Bramuzzo M.

2025/7 — pag. 453-455 — DOI

Hepatoportal sclerosis is a rare and underdiagnosed liver condition characterised by histological alterations of the portal venules and hepatic sinusoids, with periportal fibrosis and vascular narrowing. Its diagnosis is histological and requires liv...

Diarrea intrattabile e neuroblastoma

Contratto c, Casabona F, Avanzini S, conte M, Gandullia P

2025/5 — pag. 127-128 — DOI

A previously healthy three-year-old girl presented with persistent diarrhoea, progressive abdominal distension and weight loss. After negative infectious and anatomical workup, abdominal imaging (ultrasound, MRI and CT) revealed a retroperitoneal mas...

La linfoadenopatia laterocervicale che non ti aspetti... Un caso di malattia di Rosai-Dorfman

Gibellato E, Melzi ML, Buonsante A, Dell'Acqua F, Lazzerotti A.

2025/3 — pag. 186-190 — DOI

A healthy four-year-old Italian boy was hospitalized due to a skin superinfection of an isolated right laterocervical lymphadenopathy (7x4cm), which had appeared four months earlier. In the previous months, he had normal haematochemical examinations ...

La linfoadenopatia laterocervicale che non ti aspetti... Un caso di malattia di Rosai-Dorfman

Gibellato E, Melzi ML, Buonsante A, Dell'Acqua F, Lazzerotti A

2025/3 — pag. 59-63 — DOI

A healthy four-year-old Italian boy was hospitalized due to a skin superinfection of an isolated right laterocervical lymphadenopathy (7x4cm), which had appeared four months earlier. In the previous months, he had normal haematochemical examinations ...

Fidarsi o non fidarsi del test prenatale non invasivo. Riflessioni a partire da un caso di falso negativo

Neirotti A, Bombaci S, Rubino C

2024/9 — pag. 183-186 — DOI

Non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) is a screening for foetal chromosomal abnormalities that identifies at-risk pregnancies and is used to propose a possible invasive genetic confirmation testing in case of its positive results. For Down syndrome (t...

Pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta (PLEVA)

Galeone MA, Riccio S, Marzuillo P, Guarino S, Errico ME, Villani S.

2024/3 — pag. 188 — DOI

The case of a 1-year-old boy affected by Pityriasis Lichenoides et Varioliformis Acuta (PLEVA) is described....

Pitiriasi lichenoide e varioliforme acuta Nevo melanocitario acquisito

2022/10 — pag. 660 — DOI

Screening della colonizzazione vagino-rettale da streptococco di gruppo B in gravidanza

Fangazio M, Melis S, Maglione S, Sfregola G, Barbaglia M, Finale E, Guala A.

2022/8 — pag. 527-530 — DOI

Group B beta-haemolytic streptococcus (GBS) is a bacterium that colonizes the genito-intestinal tract of many women and is one of the main causes of neonatal sepsis if screening and antibiotic prophylaxis are not carried out during pregnancy. The bes...

Screening della colonizzazione vagino-rettale da streptococco di gruppo B in gravidanza

Fangazio M, Melis S, Maglione S, Sfregola G, Barbaglia M, Finale E, Guala A

2022/8 — pag. 163-167 — DOI

Group B beta-haemolytic streptococcus (GBS) is a bacterium that colonizes the genito-intestinal tract of many women and is one of the main causes of neonatal sepsis if screening and antibiotic prophylaxis are not carried out during pregnancy. The bes...

Una formazione esofitica della parete toracica anteriore: quando la diagnosi è solo istologica

Miceli A, Guidi B, Perrini S, Ceccarelli P.

2022/4 — pag. 259-262 — DOI

The paper describes the case of a newborn child presenting with an exophytic thoracic lesion since birth, with no common features described before in infants. All exams made at the initial process of diagnosis were negative. The long follow-up confir...

Lesioni osteolitiche multiple: osteomielite cronica non batterica o istiocitosi?

Natale MF, Celani C, Messia V, Pardeo M, De Benedetti F, Insalaco A

2022/4 — pag. 96-96 — DOI

A case of a 7-year-old girl finally diagnosed with Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is presented. The differential diagnosis between LCH and chronic nonbacterial osteomyelitis (CNO) is discussed....

Una formazione esofitica della parete toracica anteriore: quando la diagnosi è solo istologica

Miceli A, Guidi B, Perrini S, Ceccarelli P

2022/4 — pag. 86-88 — DOI

The paper describes the case of a newborn child presenting with an exophytic thoracic lesion since birth, with no common features described before in infants. All exams made at the initial process of diagnosis were negative. The long follow-up confir...

Sclerosi epatoportale

Di Stasio F, Amoroso A, Melzi ML.

2022/2 — pag. 124-126 — DOI

Hepatoportal sclerosis (HS) is a syndrome of obscure aetiology that may evolve in noncirrhotic portal hypertension. The paper reports the case of a 3-month-old infant presenting with HS and isolated liver enzymes elevation....

La diagnosi di celiachia attraverso casi clinici interattivi

D’Agostin M, Traunero A, Zanchi C, Bramuzzo M, Lega S, Dolinšek J.

2022/1 — pag. 29-32 — DOI

Coeliac disease is an immune-mediated systemic disease that affects 1% of the population and it is caused by the ingestion of gluten in genetically predisposed subjects. Clinical manifestations and intestinal damage completely resolve once gluten is ...

Una sacroileite poco infiammatoria

Carbogno S

2021/7 — pag. 221-221 — DOI

The case of Ewing sarcoma initially misinterpreted as an infective sacroileitis is presented. The pitfalls in the diagnosis of Ewing sarcoma are also discussed....

La granulomatosi eosinofilica con poliangioite: dalla pelle al cuore

M. Pavan, A. Agrusti, A. Trombetta, S. Pastore, A. Tommasini, V. Moressa, F. Marchetti, A. Taddio, A. Ventura

2020/9 — pag. 569-574 — DOI

Background - Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis, formerly known as Churg-Strauss syndrome, is an extremely rare systemic vasculitis in the paediatric population. The hallmarks of eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis are a long his...

Epatite autoimmune e citopenia

A. Troisi, S. Bertelli, G. Maggiore, R. Burnelli

2020/3 — pag. 63-64

Un caso di zoppia: l’istiocitosi a cellule di Langerhans

C. Pizza, G. Trippella, I. Maccora, E. Sieni

2019/10 — pag. 249-249

La sindrome nefrosica in età pediatrica

Consensus della Società Italiana di Nefrologia Pediatrica (SINePe)

2019/9 — pag. 577-588

In Italy are not guidelines for the management of idiopathic nephrotic syndrome (NS) in paediatric age. The choice of a treatment with steroids has always been based on the clinical experience of each centre. The present Consensus of the Italian Paed...

Puntura di insettoDermatite erpetiforme

2019/6 — pag. 394

Un’istiocitosi evanescente

A.M.C. Galimberti

2019/6 — pag. 130-130

EMA biopsy: precisazioni nei casi di deficit di IgA Oltre il Graffio: Dengue, carrelli e... coscienze libere

2018/9 — pag. 558

Giuseppe

2018/9 — pag. 557

EMA-biopsy: un nuovo test per semplificare la diagnosi di celiachia nei casi dubbi e difficili

M. Pandullo, L. De Leo, A. Ventura, T. Not

2018/8 — pag. 528-531

The anti-transglutaminase IgA deposits in the intestinal mucosa, detected by a double-sided direct immunofluorescence (IFD) technique, are the best diagnostic marker for coeliac disease. However, this test is time consuming and largely operator-depen...

Sinus pilonoidalis Celiachia, diagnosi, biopsia duodenale Proctocolite allergica

2018/6 — pag. 403

Epatite autoimmune e anemia aplastica

M. Pavan

2018/2

Una rara zoppia

S. Carbogno

2017/7

Un linfonodo “sospetto”

I. Rochira, P. Dal Canton

2017/6

Sarcoidosi pediatrica: esiste davvero?

M. Giovannini, M. Luzzati, G. Ferrara, T. Giani, G. Simonini, R. Cimaz

2017/2 — pag. 119-122

Celiachia senza biopsia: dalle parole ai fatti

E. Benelli, V. Carrato, S. Martelossi, L. Ronfani, T. Not, A. Ventura

2016/3 — pag. 159-176

The aim of the present prospective study is to evaluate the clinical consequences of the last ESPGHAN and BSPGHAN guidelines for the diagnosis of Coeliac Disease (CD). All children (aged 0-18 years) diagnosed with CD from January 2011 to May 2014 a...

La diagnosi e il follow-up della celiachia

Tavolo Tecnico del Ministero della Salute

2016/3 — pag. 159-176

CELIACHIA 2016: DALLA TEORIA ALLA PRATICA

2016/3 — pag. 159-176

Un caso di associazione di malattia di Graves e carcinoma papillare tiroideo

M.A. Pinotti, F. Codazzi, F. Cortinovis, C. Ghitti

2016/1 — pag. 55-57

Graves’ disease in children is rare; for this reason and for the insidious clinical presentation, the diagnosis is difficult, especially when there are not risk factors that orient the clinician. The paper reports the case of a 15-year-old boy wit...

Un caso di associazione di malattia di Graves e carcinoma papillare tiroideo

M.A. Pinotti, F. Codazzi, F. Cortinovis, C. Ghitti

2016/1

Graves’ disease in children is rare; for this reason and for the insidious clinical presentation, the diagnosis is difficult, especially when there are not risk factors that orient the clinician. The paper reports the case of a 15-year-old boy with n...

Il carcinoma mucoepidermoide della parotide

F. Tucci, R. Savarese, M.E. Errico, D. Bifano, N. Mansi, G. Scimone, R. Migliorati

2015/10

The paper reports a case of a 13-year-old girl with parotid mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC). From 7 months she presented with an isolated, solid, non-inflammatory, painless mass of the left parotid gland (6 x 4 x 3.8 cm); she was treated with one-week...

Un caso di ipertransaminasemia più unico che raro

G. Maggiore, G. Rossi, S. Baldini

2015/9

Quelle strane chiazze...

D. Ferrara, G. Moceri, D. Vecchio, M. Milioto, G. Corsello

2015/8 — pag. 523-525

La linfadenite di Kikuchi-Fujimoto

V. Graziani, V. Armaroli, L. Cardinale, F. Ravaioli, F. Marchetti

2015/6 — pag. 382-385

Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KF), also known as histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis, is a rare benign condition characterized by cervical lymphadenopathy, prolonged fever and other systemic manifestations without specific laboratory findings. The et...

Collo grosso due

E. Faleschini

2015/3

Collo grosso uno (un caso di carcinoma tiroideo papillare variante follicolare)

M. Ronconi

2015/3

Rene e porpora di Henoch–Schönlein: non tutte le nefriti sono benigne

F. Pugliese, F. Marchetti, A. Pasini, G. Montini

2015/3

Pleurite tubercolare: una diagnosi non sempre immediata

S. Nider, G. Gortani, A. Ventura

2014/10 — pag. 642-646

Tuberculous pleuritis usually presents as an acute illness with fever, cough and pleuritic chest pain. The pleural fluid is an exudate that usually shows predominant lymphocytes. Pleural fluid cultures are positive for Mycobacterium tuberculosis in...

Dolore alle ossa, febbricola e aumento degli indici di flogosi: pensare anche alla osteomielite cronica multifocale ricorrente

M. Cappella, S. dal Bo, L. Berretti, F. Ravaioli, R. Burnelli, F. Marchetti

2014/7 — pag. 465-466

The paper reports the case of a 7-year-old child who presented with recurrent multifocal bone pain associated with low fever, elevation of flogosis indexes and negative standard radiological exams. The spectrum of differential diagnosis was wide....

Celiachia e stipsi ostinata: descrizione di un caso clinico

A. Micheli, V. Canocchi, M. Carlini, C. Ciacci, F. Macucci, D. Pecchi, F. Civitelli, I. Giani

2014/5 — pag. 329-330

Coeliac disease (CD) may have a variety of differential gastrointestinal or not gastrointestinal presentation. Constipation is a common paediatric gastrointestinal symptom; most of the cases in children are due to functional gastrointestinal disorder...

Ma i celiaci sono stitici?

F.O. Rinaldi, V. Sabatino, A.E. Seguella, V. Pellino, M. Piccirillo, M. Letizia, R. Squitieri, G. Della Rotonda, C. Tolone, I. Belfiore

2014/5

Febbri di una notte di mezza estate

A. Paladini, V. Venturoli, M. Fornaro, G. La Fauci, E. Valletta

2014/2

La falsa sicurezza dell’amniocentesi

F. Marolla

2014/1 — pag. 49-51

Un esoftalmo apparentemente post-traumatico

G. Tonelli, L. Tonelli

2013/3 — pag. 187-189

Fegato grosso e grasso: poche diagnosi a cui pensare

M. Mainetti, M. Grassi, A. Zucchini, L. Mambelli, F. Dal Monte, D. Cassandrini, G. Maggiore, F. Marchetti

2012/8

The case of an 8-year-old girl with an isolated hypertransaminasemia asymptomatic without cholestasis and with moderate hypercholesterolemia and hepatomegaly with steatosis and glycogen storage in biopsy is described. Once excluded the commonest ...

Diagnosi di celiachia senza la biopsia: tra evidenzeconsolidate e nuovi interrogativi

R. Troncone

2011/8 — pag. 483-484

Diagnosi di celiachia: basta con la biopsia?

E. Benelli, L. Ronfani, O. Radillo, S. Martelossi, A. Ventura

2011/8 — pag. 493-498

Introduction - Intestinal biopsy is still considered the referral test for definitive diagnosis of coeliac disease. Nevertheless, according to the new ESPGHAN guidelines, it seems that avoiding the intestinal biopsy in few selected cases could be a...

Tutto è politicaAmniocentesi e raccolta delle staminali

2011/5 — pag. 287

Diagnosi di celiachia senza biopsia intestinaleL’inizio della vita (ancora)Ancora “suina”, la commedia: atto dopo attoDieci anni di “Un Pediatra Per Amico”Associazione RING14Camici azzurri

2010/2 — pag. 81-84

Noduli tiroidei e agobiopsia con ago sottile in età pediatrica: uno sguardo alla letteratura

S. Spagnolo, M. Barreca, D. Tarantino, B. Vonella, L. Fuiano, M. Baserga

2010/1

Un bambino con noduli tiroidei

L. Nanni, T. Slabadzianiuk, M.C. Manoni, S. Seminara

2009/5

Un bambino con noduli tiroidei

L. Nanni, T. Slabadzianiuk, M.C. Manoni, S. Seminara

2009/5 — pag. 327-328

We report a case of a 8-year-old boy with a palpable mass on the anterior part of the neck. The thyroid nodules present a high risk of malignancy in pediatric patients. The child was admitted to our clinic for clinical analyses and instrumental i...

Atresia delle vie biliari: quali insidie per il pediatra?

R. Iorio, A.M. Salzano, F. Cirillo, G. Vallone

2009/4 — pag. 224-231

Biliary atresia (BA) is the most common pediatric cause of cirrhosis, end-stage liver disease and indication for liver transplantation. The clinical presentation is characterized by jaundice with yellow or dark urine and pale stools, which eventually...

Il rischio di andare alla deriva sull'iceberg della celiachia

M. Fornaro, R. Gaudino, L. Balanzoni, et al.

2009/2 — pag. 124-125

A 12-year old child with failure-to-thrive had diagnosis of celiac disease at the age of 20 months, in spite of negative serologic markers and only slight histological modifications at the duodenal biopsy. After 10 years of gluten free diet his w...

Il rischio di andare alla deriva sull\'iceberg della celiachia

M. Fornaro, R. Gauno, L. Balanzoni, C. Bortoluzzi, S. Conte, E. Valletta

2009/2

Una massa che compare dalla sera alla mattinaAl rientro del viaggio di nozze...

2008/8 — pag. 525-526

Semplificazione diagnostica della malattiaceliaca

T. Not, S. Martelossi, S. Quaglia, F. Ferrara, A. Ventura

2008/6 — pag. 395-397

The Authors evaluated the sensitivity and specificity of two commercial rapid tests for the diagnosis of coeliac disease (CD). These assays were compared to a well-established ELISA technique. Serum samples were analyzed from 114 biopsy-confirmed...

Cercare la celiachia con il test rapido: l'esperienza serba

R. Jokić, V.N. Perišić, D. Zivković a nome del gruppo lavoro

2008/6

Lesione nodulare retroauricolare in un lattante

E. Giacomoni, L. Pecorari, A. Savelli, P. Gagliano, S. Bitetti

2008/5 — pag. 327-329

We reported a 5 month-old infant case, admitted to our institution for a retroauricular mass. We described our diagnostic approach and the differential diagnosis that was progressively excluded. Lesions of the skull were present as lumps on the h...

Il Pap-test? Certamente! La vaccinazione anti-HPV? Sì, eventualmente

M. Bonati

2008/4 — pag. 251-253

Human papillomavirus (HPV) is associated with an increased risk of cervical cancer. However, only a few infected women develop cervical carcinoma. Combined cytology and HPV DNA screening are effective preventive interventions. Today, two vaccines a...

La splenomegalia

M. Rabusin, F. Patarino

2007/8 — pag. 493-499

The spleen in infants and children is involved in a wide variety of pathological conditions. Splenic disorders may be isolated like splenic cysts or, more frequently, due to multiorgan or systemic disease including hepatic diseases, malignancy, hemo...

Vaccinazione anti-HPV: alcuni interrogativi per il pediatra

Simona Di Mario, Vittorio Basevi, Nicola Magrini

2007/5 — pag. 279

Il vaccino per il cancro della cervice

Agenzia Italiana del Farmaco

2007/4

Le infezioni da streptococco b in Emilia-Romagna:un problema sempre più pediatrico

2007/2 — pag. 123-124

Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is still a leading cause of neonatal sepsis and meningitis. It can result in death or long-term disabilities, including mental retardation and hearing or vision loss. Even if the adoption of preventive strategies signif...

Osteomielite multifocale ricorrente e biopsia ossea: la difficoltà di sentirsi sicuri nell’'inusuale

P. Salierno, G. Cont, F. Verzegnassi, E. Da Dalt, E. Faleschini, S. Bertrand, F. Zennaro

2006/2 — pag. 119-121

We report the case of an 11 years old child with recurrent joint pain associated with fever and multifocal bone involvement, which developed in the course of a couple of years. X-rays showed a significant periosteal reaction, allowing the diagnosis o...

Osteomielite multifocale ricorrente e biopsia ossea:la difficoltà di sentirsi sicuri nell'inusuale.

P. Salierno, G. Cont, F. Verzegnassi, E. Da Dalt, E. Faleschini, S. Bertrand, F. Zennaro

2006/2

Quale biopsia?

V. Villanacci

2005/7 — pag. 442-455

When diagnosing celiac disease, the intestinal biopsy represents a moment of close collaboration between the pathologist and the clinician. The accuracy of the hystological diagnosis depends on the number and the adequate placement of the biopsies ...

Ancora biopsia? Forse sì!

S. Martelossi

2005/7 — pag. 440-455

Usually the diagnosis of celiac disease is an easy task, thanks to the availability of good serology tests and to the intestinal biopsy, which represents a precious chance of looking at the gluten toxicity right in the gut. Although the significant...

Ancora biopsia? Forse no!

S. De Virgilis

2005/7 — pag. 437-455

Recently, serum of celiac patients affected by autoimmune hepatitis revealed autoantibodies directed against actin filaments (AAA). The preliminary results regarding AAA showed a strong correlation between AAA antibody titre and the severity of int...

Carcinoma papillare della tiroide in età pediatrica: descrizione di un caso clinico

G. La Placa, M. Casati

2005/7 — pag. 477-477

Papillary carcinoma of the thyroid is the most common malignant growth affecting the thyroid, currently representing 80% of malignant thyroid neoplasm. Genetic factors, sex, dietary iodine and radiation to the head and neck play a role in etiology...

Un caso di sindrome di Alagille

A. Borrelli, M. Teresa Carbone, A. Correra

2005/6

Già che sono qui, che cos’è quella fossetta?

M. Cutrone

2003/9 — pag. 603-604

Una diagnosi sofferta

E. Faleschini, L. Lepore, F. Marchetti

2003/8 — pag. 532-534

Una biopsia utile

D. Dibello

2002/1

Studio in pediatria di base della prevalenza della celiachia in soggetti a rischio o con sintomatologia d'allarme

D. Ferrara, S. Teresi, A. Aloisio, C. Amoroso, B. Amoroso, A.M. Barresi, F. Cangemi, C. D'Andrea, M. Di Gregorio, E.Gucciarno, F. Grassa, T. Guzzetta, N. La Macchia, L. Palmeri, G. Papa D'Amico, M. Pipia, G. Portera, B. Rinaudo, S. Saccà, V. Sannasardo, N. Sirchia, A. Spataro, S. Spedale,

2002/1

Istiocitosi cefalica benigna

F. Longo

2001/8

Unità di sedazione pediatrica per procedure diagnostiche dolorose

E. Barbi et al.

2001/6 — pag. 369-375

Particularly in tertiary care centres, there is an increased need for diagnostic procedures, such as CT scans, magnetic resonance, endoscopies, lumbar punctures, biopsies, etc., which require different degrees of anesthesia and/or sedation of the c...

Una linfoadenopatia laterocervicale: malattia di Rosai-Dorfman

F. Quarantiello, F. Sellitto, M.E. Falato, E. Varricchio, A. Inserra, R. Boldrini

2001/6 — pag. 401-402

Case report of cervical lymphaadenopathy appeared 15 days after auricular piercing followed by local inflammation; hystological finding of sinus histiocytosis with lymphocyte-emophagocytosis....

Un angioma traditore (malattia di Hashimoto-Pritzker)

M. Ranieri, U. Corsi, G. Belluzzi, A. Tonetto, G. Dianese, G. Sacchi

2001/3 — pag. 181-182

Sensibilità degli anticorpi anti-transglutaminasiEtica letaleGli ultimi cinquant’anni della PediatriaUno studio italiano sulla sindrome di Shwachman

2000/8 — pag. 489-491

Gli anticorpi anti-transglutaminasi sono più sensibili degli anticorpi anti-endomisio nella dignosi della malattia celiaca

C. Trevisiol, V. Baldas, T. Gerarduzzi, I. Berti, A. Spanò

2000/6

Celiachia: screening sì, screening no. O cosa?

A. Ventura, A. Tommasini

2000/1 — pag. 7-9

Tenosinovite e Rash cutaneo in un bambino di 4 anni

R. Cimaz, F. Falcini

1999/6

Una occhiata a "medico e bambino" per una insolita tumefazione alla gamba

S. Castelli

1998/8 — pag. 543-544

Celiachia: diagnosi genetica?

L. Greco, B. Di Caprio

1998/2 — pag. 96-101

La diagnosi immunologica di malattia celiaca

C. Catassi

1998/2 — pag. 95-101

Morbo di Crohn

F. Massei, M. Massimetti

1997/5 — pag. 321-323