Diagnostic Techniques, Digestive System

Il fiuto della caposala

Barabino A.

2026/1 — pag. 27-29 — DOI

Una serata d’inverno

Barabino A.

2025/10 — pag. 639-642 — DOI

Eritema nodoso, una sfida per il pediatra

Catalano MF, Memoli MC, Tambaro D, Laudante U, Russo R, Acampora E, Tartaglione N, Mosca C, Tarallo L

2025/6 — pag. 156-157 — DOI

The paper reports the case of a 9-year-old girl presenting with bloody diarrhoea, fever and pretibial nodular lesions suggestive of erythema nodosum and arthritis of her left wrist and fingers. Initial investigations were inconclusive, but faecal cal...

L’ingestione dell’anima metallica delle nuove sigarette elettroniche: un triplice pericolo

Sciarrotta C, Pampinella D, Ajovalasit P.

2025/1 — pag. 52-55 — DOI

The ingestion of foreign objects by children poses significant risks. This case describes the accidental ingestion of a stainless-steel element from an e-cigarette by a 16-month-old child and highlights its toxic and physical dangers. The incident em...

Quando il boccone non va giù: la disfagia in Pediatria attraverso i casi

Capata G, Lega S, Bramuzzo M, Di Leo G.

2023/9 — pag. 575-579 — DOI

Dysphagia is a disorder that affects one or more phases of the swallowing process. In paediatric age, it is often difficult to discriminate the underlying cause of this disorder. In this sense, a first distinction between oropharyngeal and oesophagea...

Insoliti sospetti: una diarrea intrattabile da citomegalovirus

Colombo SFG, Loiodice M, Biuso A, Carlucci P, Fabiano V, Verduci E, Zuccotti G.

2023/3 — pag. 189-191 — DOI

Intractable diarrhoea in infancy is defined as diarrhoea persisting for more than 2 weeks in infants up to 3 months of age and requiring parenteral nutrition. It is often a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge for paediatricians. The following case r...

Insoliti sospetti: una diarrea intrattabile da citomegalovirus

Colombo SFG, Loiodice M, Biuso A, Carlucci P, Fabiano V, Verduci E, Zuccotti G

2023/3 — pag. 43-45 — DOI

Intractable diarrhoea in infancy is defined as diarrhoea persisting for more than 2 weeks in infants up to 3 months of age and requiring parenteral nutrition. It is often a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge for paediatricians. The following case r...

Ingestione di corpi estranei: uno studio retrospettivo

Balestra E, Bramuzzo M

2022/9 — pag. 192-192 — DOI

This retrospective five-year experience shows that the access to the Emergency room for foreign body ingestion decreased in 2020 during the lockdown period. Altogether 21.3% of cases were hospitalized and 13.4% underwent endoscopy....

Secondo i miei “calcoli”... non è una gastrite

Arnaboldi S, Quattrocchi G, Ferrari GM, Corti P

2022/6 — pag. 129-130 — DOI

The case of an 11-year-old girl affected by hereditary spherocytosis admitted to hospital for abdominal pain is described. The diagnosis of cholelithiasis was eventually made....

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....

Vomito esplosivo con sangue

Borellini M, Zin A

2021/7 — pag. 220-220 — DOI

A case of Mallory-Weiss syndrome presenting after an episode of explosive vomiting is discussed....

Un boccone indigesto

Vidoni M, Celestino S, Tomat M, Pilotto C, Cogo P

2021/6 — pag. 398-398 — DOI

The authors describe a case of a 9-year-old boy with oesophageal perforation and pneumomediastinum due to the ingestion of a little chicken bone....

Ingestione di corpi estranei e di caustici nei bambini

Bramuzzo M, Oliva S a nome del Gruppo di Lavoro SIGENP e AIGO

2021/6 — pag. 361-364 — DOI

Foreign bodies or caustic ingestion is a frequent occurrence in children and can result in significant morbidity. Managing these conditions requires different levels of experience and expertise. An en-doscopy is often necessary but an incorrect use...

Un boccone indigesto

Vidoni M, Celestino S, Tomat M, Pilotto C, Cogo P

2021/6 — pag. 186-186 — DOI

The authors describe a case of a 9-year-old boy with oesophageal perforation and pneumomediastinum due to the ingestion of a little chicken bone....

Malato! Non pazzo

E. Dei Rossi

2020/10 — pag. 256-256 — DOI

An adolescent with persistent abdominal pain and stipsis, previously diagnosed as Gastrointestinal Functional Disorders (FGD), was finally diagnosed as affected by ulcerative colitis. The author underlines that the diagnosis of FGD should always be q...

Gialla fuori... e gialla dentro

A.G. Grasso

2020/9 — pag. 236-236 — DOI

Calprotectina fecale: a volte basta e avanza

S. Carbogno

2019/7 — pag. 155-155

Cisti del coledoco e pancreatiti

F. Caruso

2019/3 — pag. 43-44

È il Turner delle transaminasi

M. Mainetti, L. Mambelli, M. Cozzolino, F. Marchetti

2019/1 — pag. 47-48

Un “bottone” pericoloso: ulcere esofagee da ingestione di batteria

S. Agnolin, S. Armari, L. Zerman, A. Paladini, A. Ahmad, L. Lubrano, E. Bortoletti, E. Urso, F. Zaglia

2018/10 — pag. 664-666

An 8-year-old previously healthy girl presented to the paediatric Emergency Unit with sudden onset of heartburn and upper abdominal pain following the ingestion of a button battery (BB). A chest and abdomen radiograph was rapidly obtained. It showed ...

Tutto sull’ingestione di corpi estranei

S. Carbogno, A. Canuto

2018/10 — pag. 651-653

Un “bottone” pericoloso: ulcere esofagee da ingestione di batteria

S. Agnolin, S. Armari, L. Zerman, A. Paladini, A. Ahmad, L. Lubrano, E. Bortoletti, E. Urso, F. Zaglia

2018/10

An 8-year-old previously healthy girl presented to the paediatric Emergency Unit with sudden onset of heartburn and upper abdominal pain following the ingestion of a button battery (BB). A chest and abdomen radiograph was rapidly obtained. It showed ...

Una disfagia che richiede di bere molto

V. Borlotti

2018/9 — pag. 593

Fibrosi cistica atipica con pancreas divisum completo: quale relazione?

C. Coppola, I. Parente, S. Errichiello, L. Martemucci

2018/8

Gastroenterologia pediatrica: quattro casi per quattro messaggi

M. Bramuzzo

2018/5 — pag. 315-318

The present paper shortly describes four cases and gives some useful remarks to paediatricians about four gastroenterological conditions: sclerosing cholangitis, intestinal polyps, isolate rectal ulcer and early onset inflammatory bowel disease....

Clinica, pregiudizio e morbo di Crohn

A.G. Grasso, M. Mainetti

2018/5

Morbo di Crohn: 3 casi per 3 sottolineature

P. Pascolo, M. Bramuzzo, A. Ventura

2018/5

Crohn’s disease is an inflammatory bowel disease diagnosed in paediatric age, especially during adolescence, in approximately one third of the cases. Pathogenesis is unknown but growing evidence suggests that immunological anomalies due to monogenic ...

Un ragazzo con episodi sub-occlusivi intestinali recidivanti

M. Mainetti, G. Turlà, C. Radice, I. Montroni, G. Ugolini, F. Marchetti

2017/10 — pag. 649-651

Cosa si nasconde dietro una rettorragia che persiste?

C. Spada, E. Coccolini, M. Ficara

2017/9

Calprotectina elevata e polipi intestinali: quale relazione?

M. Mainetti, A. Zucchini, G. Turlà, A. Buzzi, F. Marchetti

2017/4 — pag. 256-258

n clinical paediatric practice faecal calprotectin, a protein derived from white blood cells, is a reliable, non-invasive and easy-to-perform marker, with a high positive predictive power to identify intestinal inflammation. It is very useful for the...

Calprotectina elevata e polipi intestinali: quale relazione?

M. Mainetti, A. Zucchini, G. Turlà, A. Buzzi, F. Marchetti

2017/4

In clinical paediatric practice faecal calprotectin, a protein derived from white blood cells, is a reliable, non-invasive and easy-to-perform marker, with a high positive predictive power to identify intestinal inflammation. It is very useful for th...

Maltrattamento sospetto Esofagite eosinofila e dieta

2016/9 — pag. 605

Più esami che dolori

A. Pirrone

2015/9 — pag. 598-600

Un reflusso da sempre

D. Lacorte, C. Retetangos, A. Lambertini, P. Alvisi

2015/6 — pag. 393

Non solo invaginazione

M. Copertino, M.V. Abate

2015/6

Isolati, multipli, ereditari: le tante facce dei polipi intestinali

C. Pierobon, M. Flammini, V. Moressa, S. Martelossi, A. Ventura

2015/1 — pag. 16-24

This article provides a critical review of the clinical presentation, pathology, genetics and management of the polyposis in childhood starting from the isolated juvenile polyp to the hereditary polyposis syndromes. These include the juvenile polyp...

Ingestione di corpo estraneo

M. Mainetti, A. Magistà, L. Biserna, C. Muratori, A. Buzzi, F. Marchetti

2014/8 — pag. 523-525

Foreign body ingestion is a common problem among paediatric populations. The paper describes the case of a 2-year-old child who had ingested a crucifix. The management of the case with respect to the characteristics of the foreign body (FB), the ex...

Tu... diventi Candida!

S. Casagranda, L. Longoni, A. Mazza, L. Martelli, L. Verdoni, M. Ruggeri, L. D’Antiga

2014/8

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

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...

Ingestione di magneti

E. Valletta, M. Fornaro, E. Cavargini, F. Destro, M. Lima

2013/8 — pag. 514-518

The article reports the case of an 11-year-old boy who presented with abdominal symptoms following the ingestion of three magnets. The history, the radiologic and endoscopic pictures gave the opportunity for some considerations about the peculiarit...

Legami di sangue

C. Pierobon, A. Pirrone, M. Chinello

2013/8

Una malattia...“da grandi”

I. Vannozzi, F. Dini, C. Tuoni, S. Ghione, G. Maggiore

2013/1

Un ragazzo che non mangia, tossisce e perde peso; con una spirometria da ostruzione senza ostruzione…

T. Guerrera, E. Biasotto, S. Vaccher

2012/8

Linee guida per la diagnosi e la terapia del reflusso gastroesofageo

Sintesi a cura di R. Cavallo

2012/2 — pag. 89-98

The documents contains 24 formal recommendations deriving from a joint assessment of all the literature that can be evaluated as well as from the experience of the members of the panel and unequivocally clarifies what is useful to do, namely what i...

… Tanto ti “frega” comunque!

G. Paloni, E. Rossetto

2011/8 — pag. 534

Il sanguinamento rettale nel lattante

M. Bramuzzo, M. Mainetti, M. Azzalli, G. Tornese, E. Rossetto, M. Pocecco

2011/2 — pag. 125-126

Rectal bleeding in newborns and infants is an alarming symptom that raises parental anxiety and usually leads to rapid medical attention. In children who are apparently well, rectal bleeding can be explained by an allergic proctocolitis triggered...

Un’incoercibile epigastralgia notturna

E. Modestini, D. Simongini

2010/8 — pag. 525-526

Dalla Moldavia al Marocco ecco a voi la cisti da e...

S.F. Chiarenza, L. Musi

2010/3

L’esplorazione bioumorale del fegato: il bilancio epatico

G. Maggiore

2009/10 — pag. 649-653

Liver function tests are a simple way to explore liver function and are a helpful tool to the clinician to confirm the clinical suspect of liver disease. Practically, evaluation of liver function includes determination of total and conjugated bilir...

Vecchie malattie ritornano...

S. Vaccher, F.M. de Benedictis

2009/6 — pag. 393-394

We report a case of abdominal tubercolosis. The unspecific picture of abdominal tuberculosis presents challenges in the diagnosis of this increasingly common disease. A high index of suspicion is an important factor in early diagnosis. After diag...

Indicazioni alla pH-metria esofagea

M. Fornaro, E. Dal Bon, F. Bissolo, A. Bodini, E. Valletta

2009/4 — pag. 243-247

Aims: We reviewed the procedures performed during the last 18 years at the Pediatric Department of the University of Verona (Italy) to investigate how the clinical use of esophageal pH monitoring (EpHM) to diagnose gastroesophageal reflux disease has...

Colestasi neonatale: la grande simulatrice

M. Tufano, F. Cirillo, G. Ranucci, R. Vecchione, A. Sonzogni, D. Alberti, R. Iorio

2008/8 — pag. 527-529

Early detection and accurate diagnosis of cholestatic jaundice (CJ) are important for successful treatment and favourable prognosis but the rapid and effective recognition of the causes of cholestasis in infants is still challenging also for paed...

Malattia di Menetrier in un bambino di 3 anni

M. Lorusso, S. Bevilacqua, E. Pozzi, F. Mangiantini, A. Gissi, P. Lionetti

2008/4

Panniculite lobulare in malattie di Crohn

M. Lorusso, E. Pozzi, F. Mangiantini, S. Bevilacqua, P. Lionetti

2008/2 — pag. 123-124

The Authors present a case of a 17 year-old patient with a 7-year history of Crohn’s disease which had been controlled with azathioprine. The patient was admitted to our Clinic because he presented painful nodules on the leg. At the time of admission...

L'esofagite eosinofila

J. Bua, F. Marchetti, I. Giuseppin, M. Marani, V. Villanacci, E. Barbi, S. Martelossi, A. Ventura

2007/8 — pag. 500-508

Eosinophilic esophagitis (EE) is the leading cause of dysphagia in children. Long underestimated in the past, it is nowadays reported with increasing frequency both in paediatric and adult gastroenterology. However, its natural history, its pathoge...

Quando la nocciolina non va giù

M. Marani

2007/8

Un adolescente con dolore addominale e diarreaNon sempre e solo MICI, sino a prova contraria

F. Marchetti e collaboratori

2006/9 — pag. 588-591

Gastro-intestinal nodular lymphoid hyperplasia is a deposit of B lymphocytes which gives a typical endoscopical and histological aspect. It can occur in different tracts of the gastro-intestinal system (stomach, ileum, colon and rectum). It is a non-...

Una disfagia per i cibi solidi in un ragazzo di 12 anni

L. Travan, P. Salierno, S. Martelossi

2005/7

Una disfagia per i cibi solidi in un ragazzo di 12 anni

L. Travan, P. Salierno, S. Martelossi

2005/7

Una disfagia per i cibi solidi in un ragazzo di 12 anni

L. Travan, P. Salierno, S. Martelossi

2005/7

Una disfagia per i cibi solidi in un ragazzo di 12 anni

L. Travan, P. Salierno, S. Martelossi

2005/7

Paralisi cerebrale e disturbi dell'alimentazione:gli esami strumentali per la diagnosi

M. Lazzerini, S. Martelossi, F. Marchetti

2004/8

Un lattante con pianto, anemia e bassi valori di immunoglobuline

M. Lazzerini

2003/10

Storia di una famiglia con sindrome di Peutz-Jeghers: importanza dello screening strumentale anche nei soggetti asintomatici

2003/9 — pag. 606

Report on two brothers with PJS and a positive family history. The first one symptomatic from when was 16 months; the second one asymtomatic underwent to EGDS when fifteen and after endoscopic removal of 6 polyps (the biggest >3 cm) develop emorra...

L'effetto neurotossico dell'uso cronico di ectasisLa PCR nella diagnosi di infezioni batteriche fra in bambini da 1 a 36 mesiLo screening neonatale per l'iperplasia surrenale congenitaI livelli di cortisolo nella setticemia meningococcica fulminanteProfilassi della colonizzazione della candida nel neonato con fluconazoloIperalgesia viscerale nei bambini con alterazioni funzionali gastro-intestinaliLa stipsi da "transito lento" nei bambini

G. Bartolozzi

2002/1

Corpo estraneo esofageo

F. Forte

2001/6

Eritema nodoso e Morbo di Crohn

M. Mencoboni

2001/5

Dolori addominali ricorrenti

2001/3 — pag. 170

Immagini nella malattia di Crohn: un’analisi ragionata

A. Ventura et al.

2000/9 — pag. 588-589

La malattia cronica intestinale

C. Sferlazzas, G. Magazzu

2000/9 — pag. 583-587

The incidence of inflammatory chronic disease (ICD) in childhood has increased in the last decades and this seems to be only partially due to increased diagnostic capability. The article describes the diagnostic guide-lines recently developed by th...

La sedazione in endoscopia

C. Romano, S. Cucchiara

2000/3 — pag. 189-190

La PEG, questa sconosciuta

A. Messineo, M. Monai

1999/2 — pag. 119-121

Prematuro, nutrizione, intelligenzaColonscopia virtuale: un giocattolo che funzionaAIDS nel neonato: sotto controlloUna pomata “esplosiva” per l’autogestione della stipsi“Palivizumab” (parola magica contro il VRS?)“Destro e sinistro” (doppio trattamento) per l’epatite CAtassia da glutineBartonella: gatti e caniParvovirus B19: una “buona” causa di epatite fulminanteVaricella

1998/10 — pag. 647-648

La malttia infiammatoria cronica intestinale: una esperienza “tutta d’un fiato”

G. Palla e coll.

1998/8 — pag. 523-527

Ger e infezioni respiratorie ricorrenti nel bambino

A. Barbato, C. Palaro, T. Surico

1997/9 — pag. 591-593

Morbo di Crohn

F. Massei, M. Massimetti

1997/5 — pag. 321-323