Endocrine Glands

Tiroidite acuta... ma non troppo

Proietti Gaffi G, Naim A, Baldioli E, Spacco G, Gastaldi R, Napoli F, Maghnie M

2025/6 — pag. 160-161 — DOI

The paper reports the case of a 7-year-old girl with recurrent suppurative thyroiditis, associated with a fourth branchial arch cyst and pyriform sinus fistula. After several episodes initially treated with corticosteroids, the diagnosis was confirme...

Screening per il diabete mellito di tipo 1: la parola ai pediatri di famiglia

Solidoro S, Tamaro G, Mari J, Braida C, Faleschini E, Tornese G.

2024/10 — pag. 641-647 — DOI

The screening programme for type 1 diabetes mellitus shall be implemented nationwide in Italy in 2025 with the goal of early identification of at-risk individuals through the detection of anti-beta cell autoantibodies. This study explored the knowled...

La melatonina nei disturbi del sonno in bambini e adolescenti con problemi neurocomportamentali

Marchetti F, Cocchi E.

2024/8 — pag. 505-508 — DOI

Melatonin, a neurohormone produced by the pineal gland, regulates the sleep-wake circadian rhythm. Sleep disorders are prevalent in children, especially those with neurodevelopmental disorders like autism and other neurodisabilities and affect about ...

Una pubertà che brucia le tappe

Solidoro S

2024/26 — pag. 3-3 — DOI

The diagnosis of idiopathic central precocious puberty was eventually made in an 8-year-old boy with increased testicular volume and growth rate in the absence of bone age advancement based on an elevated baseline LH level. ...

La torsione dell'ovaio può essere subdola

Tonetto S.

2024/5 — pag. 332-334 — DOI

The case of a 13-year-old girl presenting with abdominal pain and vomiting, ultimately diagnosed with ovarian torsion, is described...

Un caso di ipopituitarismo in età infantile

Guida M, Malizia G, Ferrara D

2023/8 — pag. 146-150 — DOI

Hypopituitarism is often an evolutionary condition, which if not present at birth with the classic signs of severe hypoglycaemia, prolonged jaundice, bilateral cryptorchidism and / or micropenis and alterations of neurological development, causes a d...

Terapia del diabete insulino-dipendente: conferme e (possibili) novità Neuroblastoma: down for the count? La principessa sul... Psyllium Abuso e maltrattamento: attenti anche ai fratelli Vaccinazione antipertosse in gravidanza: la raccomandazione spetta anche a noi

2023/4 — pag. 213-214 — DOI

Armageddon

2022/9 — pag. 555 — DOI

Il macrorchidismo monolaterale

A. Zucchini, V. Graziani, M. Cozzolino, F. Marchetti

2018/9 — pag. 569-572

The unilateral enlargement of a testis, in the absence of symptoms that point towards an acute scrotum, is a situation that must require careful assessment because the exclusion of a tumour process is the first step to be taken. Tumour or endocrine d...

Masse ovariche perinatali, in età pediatrica e in adolescenza: miti e realtà

M.C. Lucchetti, F. Morini

2017/10 — pag. 641-648

Ovarian masses are a relatively frequent finding either in perinatal or in paediatric and adolescent ages and are not always easy to interpret and manage. The same rules and protocols used in adult patients are generally adopted in the clinical app...

La soppressione surrenalica sintomatica in corso di terapia steroidea

F. Fusco, D. Sambugaro, G. Zoso

2017/1

Lo scroto acuto

S. Salis, I. Rabach, R. Giorgi, E. Cattaruzzi, L. Calligaris, E. Barbi

2015/7 — pag. 448-451

Acute scrotum is a common cause of medical evaluation for children and adolescents. Diagnostic delay in case of a testicular torsion can lead to an ischemic damage of the gonad. The medical history and the clinical findings are not always clearly i...

Ipopituitarismo congenito

P. Matarazzo, M. Repici, A. Ravaglia

2015/7 — pag. 452-457

A lot of genes govern pituitary gland development, differentiation and function. Mutations in those genes, as well as toxic or infective intrauterine noxae, could derange pituitary gland development, differentiation and function. More precocious is...

L’ipoglicemia da iperinsulinismo: la diagnosi, le cause, la gestione

F. Marchetti, V. Graziani, M. Cappella, G. Vieni, C. Muratori, T. Tosi, M. La Bianca, F. Faletra

2014/5 — pag. 309-314

The paper describes the case of a 3-month-old girl with seizures due to persistent nonketotic hypoglicaemia with moderate iperammoniaemia. Once tyrosinemia, urea cycle disorders, deficit of fatty-acids-beta-oxidation and other organic acidurias had...

Troppa acqua non fa crescere

S. Naviglio, M.C. Pellegrin, G. Patti

2012/7

Uno, cento, mille diabeti - Parte seconda

G. Tornese, L. Rubert, G. Tonini, E. Faleschini

2011/10 — pag. 635-643

The term “diabetes mellitus” does not only refer to one disease, but to a group of metabolic diseases characterized by chronic hyperglycemia. Besides these two main forms (type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus), there are a number of less known classif...

Uno, cento, mille diabetiDiabete mellito di tipo 1 e 2 - parte prima

G. Tornese, L. Rubert, G. Tonini, E. Faleschini

2011/6 — pag. 360-366

The term “diabetes mellitus” does not only refer to one disease, but to a group of metabolic diseases characterized by chronic hyperglycemia resulting from defects in insulin secretion, action, or both. The vast majority of cases of diabetes falls in...

Il testicolo ritenuto e il rapporto sulle cure in Italia

G. Riccipetitoni

2010/4 — pag. 211-213

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

Il trattamento del testicolo ritenuto

E. Conte, F. Chiarelli

2007/9 — pag. 573-579

In August 2006 a group of specialists in testicular physiology, paediatric surgery/urology, endocrinology, pathology and anaesthesiology convened for two days in Sigtuna (Sweden) to allow preliminary conclusion of the most controversial issues in the...

Olive comprese

M. Doria

2007/9

Formazione ipo-anecogena in sede sopraioidea

I. Rabach, A. Lorusso, D.L. Grasso, F. Zennaro, E. Barbi

2007/3 — pag. 185-187

Segnalazione di un caso di diabete neonatale

G. Dioguardi, G. Ricciar, G. Micelisopo, A. Gallo, A. M. D'Antonio, M. De Vivo, A. Palermo

2006/4

Segnalazione di un caso di diabete neonatale

G. Dioguardi, G. Ricciardi, G. Micelisopo, A. Gallo, AM. D’Antonio, M. De Vivo, A. Palermo

2006/4 — pag. 257-258

Detection of diabetes during neonatal age is very infrequent. Nonetheless early diagnosis is crucial since if not promptly treated with insuline, neonatal diabetes (ND) has a critical course. We report the case of a female neonate, born with birth w...

I meccanismi di azione dei Corticosteroidi

G. Bartolozzi

2005/10

NEUROPSICHIATRIA QUOTIDIANA PER IL PEDIATRA DI FAMIGLIAPsicosomatica: molecole, strutture, interpretazioni

F. Panizon

2004/6 — pag. 368-381

The relationship between physiological responses to stressful stimuli and the onset of psychosomatic illnesses has been an area of intense interest for many years. Subtle disregulations of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis have been pro...

Diabete insulino-dipendente in fase di cattivo controllo

M. Lazzerini

2003/9

La melatonina: quale ruolo in Pediatria?

E. Verucci, T. Gerarduzzi, F. Marchetti

2003/6 — pag. 389-392

Melatonin is an hormone secreted by the pineal gland in relation to exposure to light. It regulates sleep and circadian rhythm in mammals. Melatonin therapy in humans was first successfully used in blind adults with sleep disturbances. More recentl...

Il diabete insipido centrale: più luci e meno ombre

M. Maghnie

2001/6 — pag. 361-368

Diabetes insipidus is a multifactorial disease caused by the lack of secretion of vasopressin, its physiologic suppression following excessive water intake, or kidney resistance to its action. The clinical and laboratory diagnosis is confirmed by s...

Lo sviluppo puberale: valutazione ecografica

V. Bruni, M. Dei, J. Nori, A. Verni

2001/5 — pag. 315-318

The use of ultrasound can improve the clinical assessment of puberal development. Breast development is assessed together with uterine, endometrial and ovarian development. This joint evaluation shows the existence of important differences across i...

Senza glutine contro il diabete. Anche se non ci sono gli EMA.

A. Tommasini, E. Neri, E. Zamuner, G. Torre, G. Tonini, T. Not, A. Ventura

2000/9

Prevenire il diabete con dieta senza glutine anche nei non celiaci? risultati preliminari

A. Tommasini, E. Neri, E. Zamuner, G. Torre, T. Not, A. Ventura

2000/9 — pag. 599-600

Anti-pancreas antibodies (ICA, GAD, IAA) identifie high-risk relatives of diabetics subject. On the other hand, foods and infections have been considered environmental factors relevant to the risk of IDD. Moreover, in coeliac patients anti-islet p...

Il diabete visto dall’intestino

A. Tommasini et al.

2000/4 — pag. 253-258

Elogio dei ricostituenti

A. Brunelli

1999/10 — pag. 627-628