Rivista di formazione e aggiornamento professionale del pediatra e del medico di base, fondata nel 1982. In collaborazione con l'Associazione Culturale Pediatri.
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Genital Diseases

Urogenital Diseases Genital Diseases

222 articoli — 1997-2026 Include sottocategorie MeSH

RI Binomi
Due ulcere… proprio lì

2026/3 — pag. 155-157 — DOI

EL Casi indimenticabili
Una epididimite complicata

Pani E, Mazzero G, Cattelan M, Codrich D

2026/3 — pag. 70-71 — DOI

Acute scrotal pain in children requires prompt differentiation between inflammation and surgical emergencies. The paper reports the case of a 4-year-old boy with acute epididymitis that progressed to severe pachivaginalitis despite treatment. The inf...

EL Casi indimenticabili
Dolore addominale e stipsi funzionale: non sempre tutto coincide

Galli L, Bernardini R, Lo Piccolo R, Allegro M

2026/2 — pag. 38-38 — DOI

A 6-year-old girl presented with chronic abdominal pain and constipation, initially treated as functional disorders. Persistent symptoms eventually revealed a pelvic fluid-cystic mass via ultrasound. Emergency surgery addressed ovarian torsion caused...

RI Editoriali
Accesso libero
Vaccino anti-papillomavirus: uno per tutti, tutti per uno!

Russo R, Marchetti F.

2025/9 — pag. 551-552 — DOI

RI Domande e risposte
Papilloma squamoso e lesione linguale

2025/6 — pag. 399 — DOI

RI Casi indimenticabili
EpatoPID

Burlo F.

2025/5 — pag. 323-326 — DOI

A 16-year-old female who had presented to the Emergency Room with acute abdominal pain, a few days later returned with worsening right upper quadrant pain and fever. The clinical and radiological workup ultimately led to the diagnosis of Pelvic Infla...

RI Aggiornamento
PID (Pelvic Inflammatory Disease): non solo malattie a trasmissione sessuale

Lucchetti MC, Spagnol L, Vicario R.

2025/5 — pag. 299-304 — DOI

Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is an infection of the female reproductive organs, primarily caused by sexually transmitted infections (STIs) such as Chlamydia and Gonorrhea. While PID is more commonly treated in sexually active adolescents and adu...

RI Lettere
Accesso libero
La vaccinazione per la prevenzione primaria anche nei confronti di alcune forme tumorali

Russo R.

2025/4 — pag. 220-221 — DOI

EL Caso contributivo
L'adolescente non è un "bambino cresciuto": quando il pediatra si dimentica di pensare alle malattie sessualmente trasmesse

Bellani I, Petrela S, Colella G, Zuin G, Lazzerotti A

2025/4 — pag. 93-94 — DOI

Sexually transmitted infections (STI) are an important global public health problem, affecting adolescents and young adults in 50% of the cases. Considering their wide clinical variability, they are often misdiagnosed and, unfortunately, might be res...

RI Se la conosci la riconosci
Sindrome ATR-X

Scupilliti S, Selicorni A.

2025/3 — pag. 177-179 — DOI

EL Caso contributivo
Dysgermi... Bomb

Lauriola RS, Terranova CM, Dell'Acqua F

2025/3 — pag. 56-58 — DOI

An otherwise healthy 16-year-old girl was brought to the emergency department due to persistent fatigue and microcytic anaemia. Upon physical examination in the emergency department, a palpable abdominal mass of firm consistency was found. For this r...

RI Farmacoriflessioni
Corticosteroidi topici nel trattamento della fimosi

Traunero A, Scarpa MG, Tornese G.

2025/2 — pag. 91-96 — DOI

Phimosis is the complete or partial inability to retract the foreskin over the glans. Usually, it is a physiological condition, present from birth, and in the majority of cases resolves with variable timing during growth. Pathological phimosis occurs...

RI Vaccinare
Accesso libero
La vaccinazione anti-papillomavirus: mai più senza!

Russo R, Marchetti F.

2024/9 — pag. 575-582 — DOI

Human papillomavirus is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the world. Most HPV infections resolve spontaneously within 2 years from infection; however, persistent infection may result in a wide array of diseases, ranging from genital w...

RI Pagine elettroniche
Bassa statura non sindromica e ritardo puberale: non solo ritardo costituzionale di crescita e pubertà

Campanile C, Improda N, Incoronato S, Ferrara A, Gentile G, Colantuoni M, Mandato C, Licenziati MR.

2024/9 — pag. 597-600 — DOI

A 14-year-old boy with suspected constitutional delay of growth and puberty (CDGP) presented with short stature, absence of secondary sex characteristics, bone age delayed by one year and family history of CDGP in his mother. The external genitalia w...

EL Caso contributivo
Bassa statura non sindromica e ritardo puberale: non solo ritardo costituzionale di crescita e pubertà

Campanile C, Improda N, Incoronato S, Ferrara A, Gentile G, Colantuoni M, Mandato C, Licenziati MR

2024/9 — pag. 171-174 — DOI

A 14-year-old boy with suspected constitutional delay of growth and puberty (CDGP) presented with short stature, absence of secondary sex characteristics, bone age delayed by one year and family history of CDGP in his mother. The external genitalia w...

RI Rivista sfogliabile
Rivista sfogliabile on line

2024/7

EL Casi indimenticabili
Torsione ovarica: la questione tempo

Guida E, Perin S, Boscarelli a, Codrich D, Schleef J

2024/7 — pag. 135-135 — DOI

An 8-month-old girl presented to the ER with abdominal pain and drowsiness. Ultrasound suggested ovarian torsion, which was later confirmed via laparoscopy, revealing left ovarian and tubal torsion with uterine torsion. Prompt intervention prevented ...

RI Se la conosci la riconosci
La sindrome di Kleefstra

Mariani M, Selicorni A.

2024/6 — pag. 387-389 — DOI

RI Pagine elettroniche
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...

EL Casi indimenticabili
La torsione dell'ovaio può essere subdola

Tonetto S

2024/5 — pag. 87-87 — DOI

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

RI Problemi speciali
Ipospadia

Vrinceanu AM, Barbi E, Scarpa M-G, Olenik D, Iaquinto M

2024/4 — pag. 227-231 — DOI

The paper reports a clinical case of a boy who underwent surgery for proximal hypospadia and developed postoperative complications. Furthermore, the current knowledge on hypospadias, addressed to paediatricians and other non-surgical professionals is...

RI Se la conosci la riconosci
La sindrome di Klinefelter

Cattoni A, Nicolosi ML, Tarani L, Selicorni A.

2024/3 — pag. 181-183 — DOI

RI Pagine elettroniche
Menometrorragia come causa di grave anemia

D’Agostin M.

2024/2 — pag. 123-126 — DOI

A diagnosis of anaemia due to menometrorrhagia was eventually made in an 11-year-old severely anaemic girl....

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
Accesso libero
Menometrorragia come causa di grave anemia

D’Agostin M

2024/2 — pag. 36-36 — DOI

A diagnosis of anaemia due to menometrorrhagia was eventually made in an 11-year-old severely anaemic girl....

EL Caso contributivo
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...

RI Medicina e società
Parlare di sessualità. Dove e come?

Sorz A, Sirovich C, Volpe BR, Materassi P, Beltramini L, Scrimin F.

2023/7 — pag. 445-450 — DOI

Family counselling clinics are a unique Italian social and health service. They were created in the 70s to deal with sex education, contraception, abortion, sexually transmitted diseases, gender identity and violence. The access is for free also for ...

RI Casi indimenticabili
Piccola piccola e con la tiroidite

Elefante P.

2023/6 — pag. 397 — DOI

The diagnosis of Turner syndrome was eventually made in an 11-year-old girl presenting with Hashimoto thyroiditis and short stature....

RI Casi indimenticabili
Quando pensare alla torsione testicolare

Castaldo B.

2023/5 — pag. 326-328 — DOI

The diagnosis of testicular torsion was finally made in a 15-year-old boy presenting with an ill-defined abdominal pain radiating to the groin....

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
Accesso libero
Menometrorragia da irregolarità mestruale disfunzionale: quando è troppo è troppo

D’Agostin M

2023/5 — pag. 90-90 — DOI

The case of an 11-year-old girl with recent menarche presenting with heavy and uninterrupted menstrual cycle and severe iron deficiency anaemia is described. The diagnosis of post menarche hormonal dysfunction was finally made and the girl was succes...

EL Caso contributivo
Alla ricerca delle cause di un sanguinamento urogenitale

Brusadelli C, Barzaghi S, Lauriola RS, Dell’Acqua F, Passoni P, Melzi ML

2023/5 — pag. 78-81 — DOI

Vaginal bleeding in pre-pubertal girls is uncommon and can often be confused with the bleeding from the genital or urinary tract or from the anus. The paper reports the case of a 6-year-old girl with pollakiuria and “dark urine” without pain, which l...

EL Pediatria per immagini
Ematocolpo in un'adolescente

Cuozzo M, Milano A, Improta M, Ponte G, D’Aprea T, Ciccarelli GP, Tartaglione N

2023/4 — pag. 60-60 — DOI

The case of a 13-year-old girl presenting at ED with severe abdominal pain is described. The diagnosis of haematocolpos was finally made thanks to the classic ultrasound image....

EL Pediatria per immagini
Chi cerca trova: il lichen sclero-atrofico

De Nardi L

2023/3 — pag. 49-49 — DOI

The case of a 7-year-old girl presenting with several cutaneous hypopigmented patches is described. The diagnosis of lichen sclerosus was finally made based on the presence of the typical perivulvar ivory white atrophic lesions....

RI Dermo mail
Verruche piane Eczema dell’areola e del capezzolo

2023/2 — pag. 132 — DOI

RI Problemi speciali
La visita ginecologica in età pediatrica: quando, come e perché

Lucchetti MC, Spagnol C.

2023/2 — pag. 97-102 — DOI

Gynaecological examination in paediatric and adolescent age is a fundamental tool for the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of many pathologies with potential consequences for adult life and future fertility. It also provides an opportunity to inte...

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
Accesso libero
Un rene… due uteri! La sindrome di Herlyn-Werner-Wunderlich

Borelli E, Casciana ML, Giacomozzi C, Fasoli S

2023/2 — pag. 42-42 — DOI

The case of an eleven-year-old girl with acute pelvic abdominal pain due to hematocolpos is presented. Herlyn-Werner-Wunderlich syndrome was finally diagnosed....

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
Accesso libero
“Sembrava un lombrico”: la cisti del rafe mediano

Romano S, Conti R

2023/1 — pag. 17-17 — DOI

The Authors describe the rare (and striking) case of a 4-year-old child with an infected median raphe cyst....

EL Casi indimenticabili
La mini-pubertà

Lattuada M, Calia M, Evasi V, Molinari S, Nicolosi ML, Cattoni A

2022/6 — pag. 131-132 — DOI

The case of mini-puberty in a 6-month-old infant born preterm is described. The authors discuss the clinical differences of mini-puberty in term and preterm newborns....

RI Il graffio
Accesso libero
Parliamo di sesso

2022/5 — pag. 283 — DOI

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
Accesso libero
A caval donato... guarda anche in bocca!

Gustuti V

2022/5 — pag. 114-114 — DOI

A 15-year-old girl with vulvar ulcers previously attributed to recurrent herpetic infection is presented. Aphthous oral ulcers were also present and the diagnosis of Behçet disease was eventually made....

EL Casi indimenticabili
Dolore in FID, non dimenticare la PID!

Traunero A, Colussi L

2022/4 — pag. 91-92 — DOI

The authors describe the case of an adolescent girl presenting with fever and abdominal pain, initially misdiagnosed with appendicitis and finally diagnosed as Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)....

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
Accesso libero
L’imene imperforato come possibile causa di dolore addominale

Corona F

2022/3 — pag. 74-74 — DOI

The case of a 12-year-old girl with B4, PH4 pubertal development and worsening abdominal pain is described. The diagnosis of imperforate hymen and secondary haematocolpos was eventually posed....

RI Com'è andata a finire
Una bambina con sanguinamento perineale ricorrente

Corona F, Trombetta A, Barbi E.

2022/2 — pag. 117-118

A four-year-old girl is evaluated for 8 recurrent episodes of perineal bleeding of undefined origin appeared six months before. Physical examination is normal except for a small anal fissure and a mild congestion of external haemorrhoids during Valsa...

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
Accesso libero
Vulvovaginite streptococcica

Trombetta A

2022/1 — pag. 23-23 — DOI

The paper describes the case of streptococcal vulvovaginitis with apparently rectal bleeding. ...

RI L'esperienza che insegna
Che cos’è l’ematocolpo?

Cozzolino M, Furicchia F, Addeo AM, Rossini B, Parenti G, Mambelli L, Marchetti F.

2021/9 — pag. 587-590 — DOI

Hematocolpos is a term given to a blood-filled dilated vagina due to menstrual blood. When there is concurrent uterine distention, the term hematometrocolpos is used. These conditions are mostly in the setting of an anatomical obstruction, usually an...

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
Accesso libero
Binomi diagnosi-terapia in un caso di infezione batterica di cute e tessuti molli

Minotti C, Guiducci S, Favret A, Donà D, Masiero S, Da Dalt L

2021/9 — pag. 287-287 — DOI

The case of a one-year-old girl with necrotizing vulvar infection is presented. The appropriate approach for these cases is also discussed....

RI Percorsi clinici
Una PFAPA che diventa un Behçet

Cafolla C, Iacono A, Guiducci C, Mambelli L, Marchetti F

2021/4 — pag. 226-229 — DOI

PFAPA syndrome (periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis and cervical adenitis) is the most common periodic fever syndrome in children. The disease appears to cluster in families, but the pathogenesis is unknown. The paper reports the descrip...

RI Aggiornamento
Contraccezione in adolescenza

C. Bonin, V. Clignon

2020/9 — pag. 562-568 — DOI

Modern contraceptives are very effective when correctly used and, thus, effective counselling regarding contraceptive options are key components of adolescent health care. Emergency contraception should routinely be included in discussions about cont...

RI Pagine elettroniche
La malattia infiammatoria pelvica

S. Tagliani, S. Ventresca, L. Mambelli, A. Cuppari, S. Missiroli, F. Marchetti

2020/8 — pag. 533-535 — DOI

The paper describes a case of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) in a fourteen-year-old girl who presented with salpingitis, low abdominal pain, fever, high inflammation indexes and infection by Chlamydia trachomatis and Gardnerella. As guidelines sug...

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
Accesso libero
Broncopolmonite e ulcere genitali da Mycoplasma pneumoniae: unico comune denominatore?

D. Gioè, J. Iacopelli

2020/8 — pag. 216-216 — DOI

EL Chirurgia per il pediatra
La chirurgia dell’ipospadia: cosa è cambiato negli ultimi venti anni

M. Silveri

2020/26 — pag. 168-173 — DOI

Nowadays, a lot of surgical techniques, modifications and combination of techniques are available for surgeons involved in the management of hypospadias. Nevertheless, controversy exists regarding the ideal management because of the lack of well-stru...

EL Caso contributivo
Addome acuto come presentazione di imene imperforato con idrometrocolpo nel neonato

G. Gaudino, M.A. Galeone, C. Delehaye, E. Inserra, S. Confetto, A. Papparella, A. Marte, E. Miraglia del Giudice, C. Capristo, P. Montaldo

2020/26 — pag. 146-148 — DOI

Imperforate hymen is a congenital anomaly in which the hymenal membrane has no opening with subsequent vaginal outlet obstruction. After maternal hormone stimulation there is an increased cervical mucous glands secretion, which gradually accumulates ...

RI Pagine elettroniche
Sapevo di non essere incinta! Il cistoadenoma ovarico

F. Baldo, D. Nisticò, V. Guastalla, M.M. Casarotto, W. Toscano, R. Dall’Amico

2020/2 — pag. 129-130

The paper describes the case of a 15-year-old teenager with a 3-week history of abdominal distension and pain. She reported regular menstrual cycles and a recent weight gain. On physical examination, her abdomen appeared voluminous, without palpable ...

RI Casi indimenticabili
Una torsione ovarica intermittente

A.G. Grasso

2020/2 — pag. 126

RI L'esperienza che insegna
La torsione ovarica e tubarica in età pediatrica

A. Ravaglia, C. Vassia

2020/2 — pag. 111-116

Adnexal torsion is a surgical emergency defined as the total or partial rotation of ovary, fallopian tube or both around the vascular axis resulting in impaired blood flow with consequent ischemic injury. Misdiagnosis or delay in treatment may lead...

EL Casi indimenticabili
Una tumefazione testicolare con linfoma

I. Cattapan, I. Tosetto, A. Meneghel, M. Bellettato

2020/2 — pag. 31-32

EL Caso contributivo
Sapevo di non essere incinta! Il cistoadenoma ovarico

F. Baldo, D. Nisticò, V. Guastalla, M.M. Casarotto, W. Toscano, R. Dall’Amico

2020/2 — pag. 24-25

The paper describes the case of a 15-year-old teenager with a 3-week history of abdominal distension and pain. She reported regular menstrual cycles and a recent weight gain. On physical examination, her abdomen appeared voluminous, without palpable ...

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
Accesso libero
Ulcere genitali acute: quale diagnosi?

S. Amoroso

2019/9 — pag. 229-229

EL Pediatria per immagini
Cisti ovarica feto-neonatale complicata con torsione e autoamputazione

V. Genchi, N. Laforgia, F. Caroppo, M.P. Lanzilotto, G. Paradies

2019/5 — pag. 104-107

The paper reports a case of ovarian cyst discovered in pregnancy, complicated with torsion and subsequent auto-amputation and migration in contact with the sigma. It underlines the fundamental role of imaging, especially during pregnancy, and of ultr...

RI Pagine elettroniche
Un fermacapelli intraprendente

F. Mastro, A. De Martino, T. Martucci, C. Caputo, E. Oriolo, C. Franco, S. Caramia, M. Vinci, M. Indolfi

2019/3 — pag. 193-195

A 4-year-and-10-month-old girl presented with an abundant vaginal bleeding. She had recurrent vaginitis with vaginal discharge for 5 months. There was no history of urinary frequency, abdominal pains or sexual abuse. Her mother had taken her to p...

RI Dermo mail
Balanopostite Impetigine

2019/3 — pag. 198

RI Articolo speciale
Alimentazione materna ed esiti riproduttivi

T. Buzzi, F. Filippini, G. Zanconato, S. Ruggeri, F. Parazzini, R. Bortolus

2019/3 — pag. 170-176

Latest studies show a possible correlation between nutrition and reproductive health. In particular, adherence to the Mediterranean diet during the preconceptional and periconceptional period is associated with a lower risk of infertility, miscarri...

EL Pediatria per immagini
Un fermacapelli intraprendente

F. Mastro, A. De Martino, T. Martucci, C. Caputo, E. Oriolo, C. Franco, S. Caramia, M. Vinci, M. Indolfi

2019/3 — pag. 41-42

A 4-year-and-10-month-old girl presented with an abundant vaginal bleeding. She had recurrent vaginitis with vaginal discharge for 5 months. There was no history of urinary frequency, abdominal pains or sexual abuse. Her mother had taken her to p...

RI Pagine elettroniche
Un neonato a termine ipotonico: pensa anche alla sindrome di Prader-Willi

M.C. Bariola, E. Vaccina, L. Lugli, A. Berardi, L. Lucaccioni, L. Iughetti, F. Ferrari

2019/1 — pag. 52-54

The paper describes the case of a term newborn infant, born by elective caesarean section with no prenatal and perinatal risk factors. He presented with an unexpected cardiorespiratory depression at birth, severe hypotonia, feeding problems and pecul...

EL Caso contributivo
Un neonato a termine ipotonico: pensa anche alla sindrome di Prader-Willi

M.C. Bariola, E. Vaccina, L. Lugli, A. Berardi, L. Lucaccioni, L. Iughetti, F. Ferrari

2019/1 — pag. 5-9

The paper describes the case of a term newborn infant, born by elective caesarean section with no prenatal and perinatal risk factors. He presented with an unexpected cardiorespiratory depression at birth, severe hypotonia, feeding problems and pecul...

RI Percorsi clinici
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...

RI Casi indimenticabili
Una cefalea importante

G. Acucella, E. Eljerbi, G. Grugni, A. Guala

2018/3 — pag. 192-193

RI Casi indimenticabili
Che colpo! Ematocolpo

A. Contin, E. Casarin, M. Bellettato

2017/10 — pag. 663-664

RI Problemi speciali
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...

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
Accesso libero
Una pisellite ingannatrice

E. Conversano

2017/9

RI Aggiornamento
Il linfoma di Hodgkin: evoluzione del trattamento dall’osservazione dei guariti

R. Burnelli, M. Mascarin

2017/6 — pag. 355-364

Children and adolescents affected by Hodgkin’s lymphoma (HL) show a high survival rate. More than any other patient population treated for other types of cancer, the longterm survivors from HL were the subject of studies on medium- and long-term si...

RI Medicina e società
Il fattore di rischio “età dei genitori” è un determinante non modificabile?

R. Bortolus, E. Cavaliere, S. Malizia, A. Dianin, F. Filippini, F. Rech Morassutti

2017/3 — pag. 171-176

Age, together with sex and genetic characteristics, is traditionally classified as a non-modifiable biological factor of health condition. The promotion of reproductive health finds in parental age an important determinant that can affect fertility...

RI Problemi speciali
Sanguinamenti genitali nella bambina: quante diagnosi per un solo sintomo!

M.C. Lucchetti

2017/2 — pag. 93-98

Genital bleedings in paediatric age are always a cause of parental distress that also involve the paediatrician who is expected to give a prompt diagnosis that is rarely easy to find. The spectrum of possible differential diagnoses is wide and vari...

RI ABC
Le verruche

G. Paloni, I. Berti

2015/8 — pag. 520-522

Warts are benign intraepidermal lesions caused by human papillomavirus infection that commonly affects children and adolescents. The 4 most frequent types of cutaneous warts are common warts, plantar warts, flat warts, and genital warts. Although t...

RI ABC
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...

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
Accesso libero
Prevalenza dell’HPV nei bambini abusati e non

S. Ghirardo, M. Bramuzzo

2015/7

RI Problemi speciali
Sindrome di klinefelter:che cosa deve sapere il pediatra?

R. Cavallo, C. Santelia, G. Tornese

2015/2 — pag. 104-110

Klinefelter syndrome (KS), characterized by the presence of at least one extra X chromosome, is the most common chromosomal abnormality in males. Nevertheless, it is highly underdiagnosed (only 25% of expected diagnoses) or is diagnosed later in li...

RI Pagine elettroniche
Una fontana “illuminante” per una tumefazione scrotale

M. Copertino, E. Benelli

2014/10 — pag. 667-668

RI Aggiornamento
Infezione neonatale da Herpes simplex virus

E. Spezia, I. Guidotti, S. Fornaciari, C. Rossi, F. Ferrari, A. Berardi

2014/10 — pag. 630-636

Genital Herpes is one of the most common sexually transmitted genital infection that can be transmitted to the newborn. Neonatal Herpes simplex virus infections can be devastating, so the prevention of mother to newborn transmission is a primary go...

EL Casi indimenticabili
Andrea e il dolore testicolare

M. Innocente Cavallo

2014/10

RI Casi indimenticabili
Fimosi cicatriziale

M. Doria

2014/6 — pag. 390-392

RI Casi indimenticabili
Non può essere che appendicite...

E. Da Dalt

2013/10 — pag. 662-664

EL Casi indimenticabili
Una strana vulvovaginite ricorrente

F. De Maddi, F. Pellegrini, R. Sottile, R. Dinardo

2013/9

EL Casi indimenticabili
Cicli da indagare (anamnesi e ancora anamnesi)

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

2013/5

RI Casi indimenticabili
Un adrenarca fuori dagli schemi

M.C. Pellegrin

2013/1 — pag. 53-56

RI News box
Report 2012 sulla tubercolosi nel mondo

2012/9 — pag. 565-566

EL Caso contributivo
Accesso libero
Rabdomiosarcoma embrionario infantile come possibile patologia “sentinella” dell'esposizione a diossine

P. Gentilini

2012/8

The rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is a tumour derived from the mesenchymal cells that give origin to striate muscle. It most frequently appears at the paediatric age and it has a high-grade malignancy that frequently gives metastasis (especially to the ...

RI Pediatria flash
I sanguinamenti vaginali in età prepuberale

2012/5 — pag. 322-323

RI Pediatria flash
Vulvovaginiti ricorrenti

2012/4 — pag. 252-253

RI News box
Taglio cesareo: una scelta appropriata e consapevole

2012/3 — pag. 155-156

RI ABC
L’irsutismo

A. De Cunto, G. Tonini

2011/7 — pag. 448-452

Excessive hair growth is often a challenge for paediatricians. First of all, hirsutism (defined as excessive terminal hair growth in women, often with a typical male pattern) should be differentiated from hypertrichosis. This differentiation is imp...

RI Digest
Millennium Development Goal

2011/2 — pag. 114-115

EL Caso contributivo
Infezioni ricorrenti nel lattante: spia di un problema più complesso?

C. Calitri, F. Mignone, C. Bertaina, C. Gabiano, C. Scolfaro

2010/10

An 11-month-old girl was referred to our Paediatric Department for immunological evaluation. She has had history of recurrent infections since birth. During different hospital admissions, blood tests revealed persistent microcytic anemia, liver funct...

RI Ricerca
La gestione del bambino con testicolo ritenuto

F. Marchetti, L. Ronfani, J. Bua, G. Tornese, G. Piras, G. Toffola nome del Gruppo di Studio italiano sul testicolo ritenuto

2010/4 — pag. 250-258

Background: The aims of our study were to describe the current management of cryptorchidism among Italian family paediatricians (FP) and detect any difference from the recently published Nordic Consensus guidelines. Methods: An online questionnair...

RI Editoriali
Accesso libero
Il testicolo ritenuto e il rapporto sulle cure in Italia

G. Riccipetitoni

2010/4 — pag. 211-213

EL Casi indimenticabili
Sembrava una candida come tante...

M. Mainetti, M. Cappella, P. Banin

2010/1

EL Casi indimenticabili
Accesso libero
Cristina

R. Cavallo

2009/6

RI Articolo speciale
Accesso libero
Medici con l'Africa Cuamm e gli Obiettivi del Millennio

don D. Carraro

2008/8 — pag. 495-499

All governments in the world are committed to collaborate and to increase resources so that Millennium Development Goals (MDG) become a reality in 2015. However, promises have not become facts and resources issued are really below the necessary. Mo...

RI Pagine elettroniche ; Ricerca
La gestione del bambino con testicolo ritenuto: dalla pratica clinica all’applicazione delle linee guida. Protocollo di studio

F. Marchetti, J. Bua, G. Tornese, G. Toffol a nome del Gruppo di Coordinamento dello Studio

2008/5 — pag. 327-329

Undescended testis is a common finding in boys, with a prevalence at birth between 2-8%. Its treatment has been matter of debate for several years. Recently, a consensus among specialists from the Nordic countries on the state- of-the-art in the ...

EL Casi indimenticabili
Accesso libero
Fastidiosi genitali... e solito adolescente stanco

G. Brugnoni, A. Bussolini, S. Franzini, C. Gelso, S. Genoni, L. Guerraggio, A. Tosi, S. Zonca, R. Giorgetti

2008/5

RI Farmacoriflessioni
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...

RI Articolo speciale
Accesso libero
L'Africa, gli aiuti e noi

Aniko Aczel, Giuseppe Battaglia, Eleonora Biasotto, Cristina Brondello, Chiara Busetti, Sante Cantatore, Ilaria D'aquino, Andrea de Manzini, Erica Dudine, Sergio Facchin, Tania Gerarduzzi, Anna Lasagni, Marzia Lazzerini, Ilaria Mariotti, Massimo Maschio, Rosanna Meneghetti, Anna Lucia Paltrinieri, Emiliano Panizon, Franco Panizon, Michele Pasetto, Anna Lucia Quitadamo, Marika Riva, Fabio Rodaro, Laura Rubert, Silvia Vaccher, Federico Verzegnassi

2008/3 — pag. 174-180

A general, analytic and documented picture on the social and health conditions in Africa, with the figures of the envisaged and distributed aids and the results obtained during the last few years, on the culture, on democracy and especially on the ...

RI Consensus
Gestione della sindrome di Turner in età pediatricae durante la vita adulta

R. Salomone, F. Chiarelli

2008/3 — pag. 157-165

This consensus statement arose from an interdisciplinary meeting of geneticists, paediatricians, cardiologists, internists, behavioural health specialists, and gynaecologists involved in the care of and clinical research on patients with Turner Syn...

EL Casi indimenticabili
Accesso libero
Un pisellino rosso

I. Marinelli

2008/3

EL Casi indimenticabili
Accesso libero
Una situazione proprio...complicata

T. Basso

2008/2

EL Pediatria per l'ospedale
Accesso libero
Fisiopatologia della vitamina D (Seconda parte)

G. Bartolozzi

2007/10

RI Consensus
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...

RI Aggiornamento
Il vaccino contro il papillomavirus umano: efficacia dichiarata ed efficacia dimostrata

S. Di Mario, M. Bergamini, D. Spettoli, V. Basevi, N. Magrini

2007/9 — pag. 562-571

The recent introduction in the European market of the tetravalent vaccine against Human Papillomavirus raises some concerns on the opportunity to start a national vaccination campaign. In this article an analysis of the currently available evidence, ...

EL Casi indimenticabili
Accesso libero
Crostosità ricorrente Ostinata Herpes Negativa

M. Cutrone, M. Fontanin, F. Intini, G. Montesanto

2007/9

RI Casi indimenticabili
… Com’è vero che spesso basta l'anamnesi!

Angela De Cunto, Federica Patarino

2007/6 — pag. 391-392

RI Editoriali
Accesso libero
Vaccinazione anti-HPV: alcuni interrogativi per il pediatra

Simona Di Mario, Vittorio Basevi, Nicola Magrini

2007/5 — pag. 279

EL Il punto su
Accesso libero
Il vaccino per il cancro della cervice

Agenzia Italiana del Farmaco

2007/4

RI Superdigest
Disease mongering: la bottega delle malattie

2006/5 — pag. 317-320

RI Aggiornamento monografico
L'anemia falciforme

M. Lazzerini, M. Rabusin

2006/4 — pag. 223-234

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is one of the most prevalent haemoglobinopathies in the world, being related to areas where malaria is or was endemic. In Italy the majority of patients still live in Sicily, where the overall HbS gene frequency is 2%. Domes...

EL Appunti di Terapia
Accesso libero
Una sola dose di azitromicina è sufficiente per trattare una sifilide precoce?

G. Bartolozzi

2006/2

RI Rubrica iconografica
Quadri dermatologici dei genitali: osservazione di un'area trascurata

M. Cutrone

2006/1 — pag. 40-45

RI Problemi non correnti
Bambini a rischio di infezione verticale da HIV

R. Davanzo, J. Bua, M. Rabusin

2006/1 — pag. 32-37

In the last decade more children have been born from HIV-1 positive mothers because of a decreased risk of transmission due to a series of effective preventive measures, such as perinatal antiretroviral treatment, elective cesarean section, no breast...

EL Appunti di Terapia
Accesso libero
Numero totale di linfociti, di cellule CD4+ e CD8+ in bambini, nati in Europa

G. Bartolozzi

2005/9

RI Casi indimenticabili
Un'ustione proprio lì

M. Curtone

2005/4 — pag. 256-257

EL Pediatria per immagini
Accesso libero
Due casi di lichen sclero-atrofico

D. Cimino, S. Gangarossa

2005/4

RI Casi indimenticabili
Tre palle, un soldo

A. Lambertini, P. Alvisi, G. Mescoli

2005/3 — pag. 190-191

EL Striscia... la notizia
Accesso libero
Il vaccino per il colera è efficace, anche nei pazienti HIV+

I. Bruno

2005/3

EL Striscia... la notizia
Accesso libero
TUTTE LE NOTIZIE

I. Bruno

2005/3

RI Rubrica iconografica
Una pisellite

M. Pennesi, E. Biasotto, A. Saccari

2005/3 — pag. 181-182

EL Appunti di Terapia
Accesso libero
Vaccinazione contro l'influenza in bambini fra 6 e 59 mesi negli USA

G. Bartolozzi

2004/11

EL Appunti di Terapia
Accesso libero
I farmaci antiretrovirali per prevenire la trasmissione dalla madre al figlio

G. Bartolozzi

2004/9

RI Aggiornamento
La videochirurgia per il bambino e l’adolescente

C. Esposito

2004/9 — pag. 553-557

Videosurgery represents one of the most important innovations in pediatric surgery over the last few years, including initially simple diagnostic procedures then more complex surgical procedures. Based on an extensive literature review and their ow...

RI Casi indimenticabili
Tre domande

A. Barachino

2004/8 — pag. 513-514

RI Linee guida
Semeiotica medica dell’abuso sessuale nei bambini prepuberi: requisiti e raccomandazioni

2004/4 — pag. 243-248

A document prepared by a multidisciplinary task force provides recommendations on medical evaluation of suspected sexually abused pre-pubertal children. The document identifies the objectives and the environmental requisites for the assessment, des...

EL Pediatria per l'ospedale
Accesso libero
La tubercolosi (terza e ultima parte)

G. Bartolozzi

2004/3

RI Farmacoriflessioni
La talidomide

F. Marchetti, A. Lenhardt, M. Lazzerini, Et Al.

2003/8 — pag. 517-523

The Authors provide an overview of thalidomide: mechanism of action, pharmacokinetics, efficacy and safety profile, with particular reference to experiences reported with pediatric patients. The review was carried out using the MEDLINE database for...

RI Domande e risposte
Domande e risposte

2003/7 — pag. 469

RI Rubrica iconografica
Papule giallastre “intrattabili” del pene

M. Cutrone

2003/7 — pag. 465-466

RI Domande e risposte
Domande e risposte

2003/3 — pag. 196-199

RI Problemi correnti
Salute della donna e lattazione

R. Davanzo, I. Bruno

2003/2 — pag. 105-113

The Authors carried out a literature review on the effects of breastfeeding (BF) on women’s health to provide an overview of existing evidence. Established knowledge includes the following: exclusive BF for the first six months in the absence of me...

RI Pagine elettroniche
Accesso libero
Studio sull’epidemiologia dell’infezione da HIV e sulle malattie a trasmissione sessuale in una consulta prenatale a Luanda

2002/7 — pag. 459-460

This study was performed on 1000 pregnant women who consecutively referred to two Health Units in a poor district of Luanda (Angola), inhabited for at least 50% by refugees from rural areas because of civil war. It was a serological research aimed...

EL Contributi Originali - Casi contributivi
Accesso libero
Una porpora di Schonlein-Henoch plurisintomatica

G. Bonora, C. Malorgio

2002/4

RI Pagine elettroniche
Accesso libero
Una porpora di Schoenlein-Henoch plurisintomatica

2002/4 — pag. 260-260

A case of multi-symptom Schönlein-Henoch’s purpura case which started with convulsions, and required surgery because of a torsion of the spermatic cord and steroid because of intestinal vasculitis....

RI Editoriali
Accesso libero
La bronchiolite delle controversie

F. Marchetti, G. Longo

2002/4 — pag. 211

RI Domande e risposte
Accesso libero
Domande e risposte

G. Longo

2002/2 — pag. 125-127

RI Controversie
Accesso libero
Il testicolo ritenuto

F. Raimondi, M. Bussi, L. Capasso, et al.

2002/2 — pag. 116-120

To improve the knowledge on natural history and medical practice relating to undescended testis (UT), the records of 7199 male births were reviewed. Cases with UT were assessed and classified and all subjects with abnormal findings at birth were re...

EL Casi clinici della letteratura
Accesso libero
Un caso clinico dalla letteratura internazionale, con integrazioni patogenetico-cliniche

G. Bartolozzi

2001/8

RI L'intervista
Accesso libero
La Pediatria sudafricana e l’AIDS

a cura di G. Tamburlini

2001/4 — pag. 253

RI Editoriali
Accesso libero
Il giro della morte

F. Panizon

2001/2 — pag. 77

RI Pagine elettroniche
Accesso libero
Il trattamento topico con corticosteroidi nei bambini con fimosi con indicazione al trattamento chirurgico è efficace, sicuro ed economico: uno studio in Pediatria ambulatoriale

F Marolla, P Nardini, C. Cives, T. Gazzotti, A. Lo Tesoriere, D Morano, A. D’Erasmo, F. Ferro

2001/1 — pag. 53-54

Verifying the long term (six months) efficacy and the appropriateness of treating boys, to whom circumcision had been recommended, with steroid ointment. 7 primary care paediatricians referred 49 boys with suspected phimosis to surgical examinati...

RI Problemi correnti
Accesso libero
La tosse (o le tossi)

G. Longo, E. Barbi

2000/10 — pag. 631-635

Cough is a frequent symptom, ranging from the simple, irritatingly cough associated with the common cold to the catarrhal cough of sinusitis and to the prolonged afebrile non productive cough caused by intracellular pathogens such as Mycoplasma and...

RI Problemi correnti
Accesso libero
Tre raccomandazioni al pediatra da parte del chirurgo pediatra

A. Messineo

2000/6 — pag. 367-368

The Author provides essential clues for the first approach to common surgical emergencies by practising paediatricians. For acute appendicitis, they are: pain, first periumbilical and colicky then right-sided and continuous; fever, usually moderate...

EL Contributi Originali - Casi contributivi
Accesso libero
La Malattia Mano-Vulva (masturbazione infantile)

M. Cutrone, G. Pettenà, F. Maschio

2000/5

RI Pagina verde
Accesso libero
La malattia mano-vulva (masturbazione infantile)

M. Cutrone, G. Pettenà, F. Maschio

2000/5 — pag. 325-328

Description of a persistent lesion (erythema + excoriation) to the inguinal fold on the left minor and major lips, apparently difficult to explain, and of a callosity at the tenar eminence of the right thumb. Both phenomena were actually due to re...

RI Editoriali
Accesso libero
Cambiamento

M&B

2000/2 — pag. 76

RI Problemi non correnti
Accesso libero
Il bambino e l’HIV

M. De Martino, A. Guarino Amato, L. Galli, A. Vierucci

2000/2 — pag. 101-105

Drug therapy during pregnancy has dramatically reduced the vertical tramission of HIV infection. Moreover, the life expectancy of the infected newborn is now significantly longer than in the past because of the more aggressive therapeutic approach....

RI Casi indimenticabili
Accesso libero
La 34° visita di pronto soccorso pediatrico: un caso di hair thread tourniquet syndrome

M. Cutrone

1999/10 — pag. 662-663

RI Problemi correnti
Accesso libero
Elogio dei ricostituenti

A. Brunelli

1999/10 — pag. 627-628

RI Problemi correnti
Accesso libero
Calendario chirurgico

A. Messineo

1999/10 — pag. 627-628

The timing and treatment of a few common surgical conditions are discussed. Inguinal hernia should be surgically treated as soon as possible. Funicular cyst and hydrocele can wait until the end of the second year. Testes must be in their scrotal si...

EL Il punto su
Accesso libero
L'infezione perinatale da HIV in Italia

L. Galli, M. de Martino

1999/7

RI Editoriali
Accesso libero
M&B e le sue giornate

M&B

1999/6 — pag. 346-348

RI Screening: luci e ombre
Accesso libero
L’infezione prenatale da Chlamydia trachomatis

D. Baronciani

1999/5 — pag. 327-328

EL Appunti di Terapia
Accesso libero
Il famciclovir nella cura dell'herpes genitalis ?

G. Bartolozzi

1999/4

EL Protocolli in pediatria ambulatoriale
Accesso libero
Polmonite (e broncopolmonite)

D. Faraguna

1999/2

RI Ricerca
Accesso libero
La trasmissione perinatale dell’HCV

M. Resti e coll.

1998/8 — pag. 529-534

Mother-to-child HCV transmission is an emergent problem, but risk factors for vertical transmission are still not completely known. Previous reports have shown extremely different transmission rates ranging from 5.6% to 36%. The importance of HI...

RI Epidemiologia
Accesso libero
Epidemiologia del parto pretermine

R. Bortolus, F. Parazzini, L. Chatenoud, A. Marini, P. Catapano

1998/6 — pag. 385-391

The review describes the main risk factors for prematurity. Preterm birth is the single most important cause of perinatal mortality in North America and Europe. We reviewed the most important determinants related to preterm birth appeared on the...

RI Aggiornamento monografico
Accesso libero
Lo scroto acuto: diagnosi clinica o diagnosi peroperatoria?

L. Cucchi, A. Coci, R. Damonte e coll.

1998/4 — pag. 223-226

The Authors present their personal experience in managing children with acute testicular pain. They performed a surgical exploration in 50 children with acute testicular pain, who had been consecutively seen in their department during the last t...

RI Problemi correnti
Accesso libero
La bronchite

F. Panizon, S. Di Mario

1997/9 — pag. 577-580

The Authors review the clinical and ethiological spectrum of bronchitis. Cough is always the leading symptoms, and may be accompanied by rhinorrhea, wheezing, or vomitus. The combination of cough with other symptoms, as well as the duration of ...

RI Problemi correnti
Accesso libero
Criptorchidismo, fimosi, varicocele: andrologia a due voci

M. Guglielmi, M. Pocecco

1997/9 — pag. 573-576