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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Gonadal Disorders

Endocrine System Diseases Gonadal Disorders

147 articoli — 1997-2026 Include sottocategorie MeSH

RI Editoriali
Disforia di genere e dintorni: dieci anni dopo

Tornese G.

2026/3 — pag. 143-144 — 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 Casi contributivi
Un’epifisiolisi misconosciuta

Ranieri M, Discepolo V, Alessio M, Russo M.

2025/7 — pag. 468-470 — DOI

A 15-year-and-7-month-old boy with obesity and delayed pubertal development presents with pain and stiffness in his left hip and knee, to the point of being unable to walk. The symptoms, which began some months earlier as mild knee pain, worsened wit...

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 Pagine elettroniche
Sintomi atipici dei tumori del sistema nervoso centrale in età pediatrica

Pignataro F, Scisci E, Perillo T, Santoro N.

2025/2 — pag. 120-122 — DOI

Paediatric central nervous system (CNS) tumours are the second most common cancer in the 0 to 14 age group; additionally, they constitute the main cause of morbidity and death associated to cancer. Although intracranial hypertension-related and local...

EL Il punto su
Sintomi atipici dei tumori del sistema nervoso centrale in età pediatrica

Pignataro F, Scisci E, Perillo T, Santoro N

2025/2 — pag. 37-42 — DOI

Paediatric central nervous system (CNS) tumours are the second most common cancer in the 0 to 14 age group; additionally, they constitute the main cause of morbidity and death associated to cancer. Although intracranial hypertension-related and local...

RI Se la conosci la riconosci
Sindrome di Bardet-Biedel

Scupilliti S, Selicorni A.

2025/1 — pag. 43-45 — DOI

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 I Poster degli specializzandi
Accesso libero
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. ...

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 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....

RI Se la conosci la riconosci
La sindrome di Turner

Nicolosi ML, Cattoni A, Selicorni A.

2023/9 — pag. 595-597 — DOI

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 Problemi speciali
Ipotiroidismo subclinico: realtà e falsi miti

Burlo F, Tonetto S, Tamaro G, Faleschini E, Tornese G.

2023/6 — pag. 369-373 — DOI

Subclinical hypothyroidism (SH or hyperthyrotropinemia) is a biochemical condition defined as elevated serum TSH concentrations and normal thyroxine (FT4). Generally, it is asymptomatic and is distinguished in mild (TSH between the upper limit and 9....

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....

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
PeLiferia

Riva B, Molinari S, Nicolosi ML, Evasi V, Garella V, Di Marco S, Cattoni A

2023/5 — pag. 89-89 — DOI

An adrenocortical adenoma was diagnosed in a 4-year-old boy presenting with high growth rate, pubic hair and frequent penal erection....

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 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 Pagine elettroniche
Peli scrotali isolati nel lattante: un segno di allarme o una normale variante?

Caprio AM, Casertano M, Longobardi G.

2022/3 — pag. 193-196 — DOI

Isolated scrotal hair development in infancy is a rare disorder that has not been well-characterized. The article describes a case of transient isolated scrotal hairs in a five-month-old boy. Except for scrotal hair development, physical examination ...

EL Caso contributivo
Peli scrotali isolati nel lattante: un segno di allarme o una normale variante?

Caprio AM, Casertano M, Longobardi G

2022/3 — pag. 61-64 — DOI

Isolated scrotal hair development in infancy is a rare disorder that has not been well-characterized. The article describes a case of transient isolated scrotal hairs in a five-month-old boy. Except for scrotal hair development, physical examination ...

RI Pagine elettroniche
C’era una volta un bernoccolo…

Da Lozzo P.

2022/2 — pag. 130 — DOI

An 8-year-old boy presenting with a long-standing cranial bumps was eventually diagnosed with bone fibrodysplasia. The clinical features of this condition and its possible association with McCune-Albright syndrome are discussed. ...

RI Domande e risposte
Iperpotassemia in lattante Vaccino HPV 9-valente

2020/9 — pag. 605 — DOI

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
Accesso libero
Amenorrea primaria e sindrome di Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser

F. Corrias

2020/3 — pag. 60-60

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
Thelarche variant: a metà tra telarca prematuro e pubertà precoce

S. Contorno

2019/10 — pag. 247-247

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 Percorsi clinici
Pubertà precoce da causa organica

M. Cozzolino, A. Zucchini, F. Marchetti

2019/4 — pag. 243-246

The paper describes a case of a child with rapidly progressive central puberty (PPC) secondary to hypothalamic hamartoma. Hypothalamic hamartoma is a congenital malformation diagnosed with MRI. It may be associated with PPC, gelastic seizures and m...

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
Accesso libero
Complicanze endocrinologiche nei bambini affetti da neurofibromatosi 1 e glioma delle vie ottiche

M. Scilipoti

2019/4 — pag. 93-93

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...

RI Casi indimenticabili
È il Turner delle transaminasi

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

2019/1 — pag. 47-48

RI Casi indimenticabili
Piccola, ma non abbastanza

A. Lavagetto, S. Vignola, P. Gianiorio, G. Ottonello

2019/1 — pag. 47-48

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 Pagine elettroniche
L’adolescente obeso: è importante valutare i genitali

B. Mainetti, M.T. Nasi, E. Valletta

2018/9 — pag. 595-596

The article describes the case of an adolescent male with obesity and pubertal delay whose hormonal and imaging investigations led to the diagnosis of prolactin secreting pituitary adenoma. After cabergoline treatment, a decrease in prolactinoma size...

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 Aggiornamento
Sarà maschio o femmina?

L. Lucaccioni, A. Boncompagni, E. Pietrella, P.L. Ceccarelli, F. Ferrari, A. Berardi, L. Mughetti

2018/9 — pag. 561-568

After the first trimester of pregnancy future parents are commonly asked if their child will be male or female. Such a question creates many expectations and implies the true determination of the baby's identity. Indeed, since the earliest stages of ...

EL Caso contributivo
L’adolescente obeso: è importante valutare i genitali

B. Mainetti, M.T. Nasi, E. Valletta

2018/9

The article describes the case of an adolescent male with obesity and pubertal delay whose hormonal and imaging investigations led to the diagnosis of prolactin secreting pituitary adenoma. After cabergoline treatment, a decrease in prolactinoma size...

RI Casi indimenticabili
Una cefalea importante

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

2018/3 — pag. 192-193

RI Problemi speciali
Sindrome di Rokitansky e dintorni: cosa deve sapere il pediatra

M.C. Pellegrin, F. Corrias, M. Bramuzzo, F. Scrimin, E. Cattaruzzi, G. Tornese, E. Faleschini, A. Ventura

2018/3 — pag. 165-171

Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome (MRKHS) is a rare congenital disorder characterised by variable aplasia of the uterus and the upper part of the vagina in women with a normal 46,XX karyotype and normal ovarian function. It may be isolated (t...

RI Aggiornamento
Interferenti endocrini e salute dei bambini

F. Chiarelli, L. Comegna, S. Franchini

2018/3 — pag. 157-164

Children and adolescents are daily exposed to substances present in nature and to industrial and chemical products that may interfere with their normal endocrine functions over time. For this reason, such exogenous substances able to cause adverse ...

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...

RI Il graffio
Pediatria, per le vacanze

2017/6 — pag. 351

RI Percorsi clinici
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...

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...

EL Casi indimenticabili
Quando pensare alla sindrome di Kallmann

E. Carlin, F. Colonna, G. Tornese, F. Zennaro

2017/2

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
Accesso libero
Un’impensata pubertà

L. Baggio, M. Mauro, P. Cavarzere

2017/2

RI Aggiornamento
Insufficienza surrenalica: rara ma non troppo

G. Patti, G. Tornese, M.C. Pellegrin, K. Vecchiato, E. Faleschini, A. Ventura

2016/1 — pag. 21-26

Adrenal insufficiency is a rare condition in childhood. Clinical characteristics of adrenal insufficiency in children may be non-specific. Therefore, the diagnosis may be suspected late. If unrecognized, adrenal insufficiency may present with life-...

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
Accesso libero
Un caso particolare di pubertà precoce

P. Scalini, M. Giacalone, S. Ricci

2015/6

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
Cuore e Turner: cosa c’è oltre la coartazione?

E. Mascheroni, E. Berton, G. Tornese

2015/1 — pag. 57-58

A young woman affected by Turner syndrome undergoes periodic cardiac monitoring. Her last ECG documented QT prolongation. QT prolongation is reported in patients with Turner syndrome. This electrophysiological abnor-mality is probably due to an intri...

EL Casi indimenticabili
Andrea e il dolore testicolare

M. Innocente Cavallo

2014/10

EL Casi indimenticabili
La diagnosi prenatale... ci azzecca sempre?

A. Barachino

2014/8

EL Caso contributivo
Effetti degli endocrine disruptors sullo sviluppo puberale

C. Gertosio, R. Toglia, S. Benzo, G. Cantamessa, V. Paganelli, S. Caimmi

2014/7

The potential effects of “endocrine disruptors” (ECDs) on the human health draw the attention of the scientific community. They are natural or synthetic substances that can alter the action of the endogenous hormones or have biological effects simila...

RI Casi indimenticabili
Ipoglicemia da iperinsulinismo in mosaicismo per sindrome di Turner: quale relazione?

E. Fabbri, A. Magistà, F. Pugliese, M. Cappella, V. Graziani, A. Sensi, F. Marchetti

2014/5 — pag. 324-326

RI Rubrica iconografica
Una tumefazione del clitoride

V. Graziani, M. Mainetti, F. Currò, S. Dal Bo, P. Ghetti, A. Zucchini, F. Marchetti

2014/2 — pag. 113-115

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
Accesso libero
Tanto profumo non mente

C. Bertolini, M.C. Pellegrin, G. Tornese, G. Tonini

2013/9

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
Accesso libero
Se non annusi il problema...

M. Pavan, S. Naviglio, G. Cozzi, F. Faletra, C. Bertolini

2013/3

RI Casi indimenticabili
Un adrenarca fuori dagli schemi

M.C. Pellegrin

2013/1 — pag. 53-56

RI Percorsi clinici
Pubarca precoce, irsutismo, amenorrea e bassa statura: quale diagnosi?

A. Zucchini, F. Marchetti

2013/1 — pag. 35-38

Non-classical congenital adrenal hyperplasia (NCCAH) is an autosomal recessive disease that appears during childhood with hyperandrogenic symptoms. The article reports a case of NCCAH due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency in a 14-year-old girl with prem...

RI Pagine elettroniche
Dalle curve di crescita alla diagnosi di sindrome adrenogenitale

D. Cimino, V. Giacchi

2012/7 — pag. 463-464

Non-classical congenital adrenal hyperplasia (NC CAH) is an autosomal recessive disease that appears during childhood with hyperandrogenic symptoms (premature pubarche, accelerated growth, advanced bone age, penile enlargement, and hypertrophy of...

EL Caso contributivo
Dalle curve di crescita alla diagnosi di sindrome adrenogenitale

D. Cimino, V. Giacchi

2012/7

Non-classical congenital adrenal hyperplasia (NC CAH) is an autosomal recessive disease that appears during childhood with hyperandrogenic symptoms (premature pubarche, accelerated growth, advanced bone age, penile enlargement, and hypertrophy of...

RI Pagine elettroniche
Guida pratica per il bambino con sindrome di Prader-Willi

G. Tornese, S. Pastore, G. Tonini

2012/3 — pag. 195-196

Although Prader-Willi syndrome is a rare disease, it provides an excellent example of how early diagnosis and meticulous management can significantly improve long-term prognosis of some genetic diseases. These guidelines, particularly addressed t...

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 Problemi speciali
Il deficit del gene SHOX come causa di bassa statura

L. Iughetti, S. Bernasconi, E. Caruso-Nicoletti, F. Chiarelli, A. Cicognani

2011/6 — pag. 367-373

SHOX gene (Short Stature Homeobox-containing gene) seems to play an important role in the growth process. Indeed, patients with mutations or deletions of this gene present with variable degrees of stature deficiency that in the most serious cases i...

EL I quiz di M&B
Accesso libero
Auxologia, endocrinologia, diabete, gastroenterologia

F. Panizon

2010/10

RI Consensus
Uso degli analoghi del GnRH nei bambini

F. Chiarelli, E. Conte

2010/7 — pag. 435-445

The development of Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone analogs (GnRHa) revolutionized the treatment of central precocious puberty (CPP). However, questions remain regarding their optimal use in CPP and other conditions in children. The European Society ...

RI Pediatria flash
Deformità di Madelung

2010/5 — pag. 325-326

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
Accesso libero
Cristina

R. Cavallo

2009/6

EL Pediatria per l'ospedale
Accesso libero
Neurofibromatosi tipo I (parte seconda)

G. Bartolozzi

2009/3

RI Consensus
Linee guida sulla diagnosi e il trattamento del bambino con bassa statura idiopatica

F. Chiarelli, R. Salomone

2008/10 — pag. 626-633

ISS is defined auxologically by a height below -2 SDS without findings of disease after a complete evaluation by a pediatric endocrinologist (including bone age X-ray, thyroid function, karyotype for girls, and measurements of IGF-I and stimulated gr...

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 ...

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...

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 Consensus
Il bambino nato piccolo per l’età gestazionale

R. Salomone, F. Chiarelli

2007/6 — pag. 363-369

Being small for gestational (SGA) leads to consequences not only in the neonatal period but also in adulthood. During the last 15 years, a number of long term risks of being SGA have been clearly identified, including hypertension, ischaemic heart ...

RI Percorsi clinici
Un lattante distrofico con alcalosi metabolica

L. Calligaris, G. Cont, D. Codrich, F. Zennaro, F. Marchetti

2006/2 — pag. 111-114

We describe a case of a 4 months-old girl who come to our attention because of an history of failure to thrive and recurrent vomiting started during the second month of life; only remarkable laboratory data were the presence of hyponatriemia and hypo...

EL Caso Clinico Interattivo
Accesso libero
Un lattante distrofico

L. Calligaris, G. Cont, D. Codrich, F. Zennaro, F. Marchetti

2005/9

EL Caso Clinico Interattivo
Accesso libero
Un lattante distrofico

L. Calligaris, G. Cont, D. Codrich, F. Zennaro, F. Marchetti

2005/9

RI Aggiornamento monografico
Sindrome adreno-genitale congenita da deficit di 21-idrossilasi

A. Balsamo, A. Cicognani

2005/5 — pag. 293-301

Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) refers to a group of inherited disorders of adrenal steroidogenesis. More than 90% of CAH is due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency (21-OH-D), found in 1:10.000 to 1:15.000 live births as classical form and detected i...

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 Aggiornamento
La pubertà precoce

S. Cianfarani

2004/8 — pag. 485-491

Precocious puberty is a condition that has both physical and psychological effects on affected children and their families. Therefore, an accurate work up is necessary to understand the dynamic course of the disease in terms of rate of pubertal pro...

EL Seminari degli specializzandi
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Protocollo in caso di sviluppo puberale precoce

a cura di G. Tonini, E. Faleschini, G. Borotto, I. Giuseppin

2004/1

EL Seminari degli specializzandi
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La pubertà ritardata

a cura di I. Giuseppin, E. Faleschini, G. Borotto

2004/1

EL Seminari degli specializzandi
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Puberta' precoce, pseudopuberta' e affini

E. Faleschini, G. Borotto, I. Giuseppin

2003/10

RI Linee guida
DOCUMENTO DI INDIRIZZO Le urgenze endocrinologiche

G. Tonini, et al.

2003/9 — pag. 590-595

Many endocrinological disease represent, in particular conditions, a real emergency. Thireotoxicosis in Graves disease, adrenal insufficiency secondary to acute adrenal dysfunction, surgical intervention or acute disease in a SAG affected patients,...

RI Casi indimenticabili
Maria... sei anni dopo

F. Fusco

2003/8 — pag. 532-534

RI Domande e risposte
Domande e risposte

2003/7 — pag. 469

EL Caso Clinico Interattivo
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La storia di Tina

M. Lazzerini

2003/7

RI Focus
Che cosa deve sapere il pediatra delle malattie rare

A. Ventura, A. Gagliardo, I. Berti, F. Marchetti

2003/5 — pag. 292

Rare diseases constitute a highly eterogeneous category of (mainly genetic) disorders. Even if the individual diseases are rare, due to their global incidence, rare diseases represent both an important cause of morbidity and mortality and a challen...

RI Rubrica iconografica
Una patologia rara ma non troppo

M. Porrello

2003/4 — pag. 250

RI Domande e risposte
Domande e risposte

2003/3 — pag. 196-199

RI Controversie
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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...

RI Aggiornamento monografico
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La pubertà femminile: come e quando esordisce, con che ritmo procede, quando intervenire

S. Di Maio

2002/1 — pag. 20-26

Over the last century there has been a trend to earlier onset of female puberty and a great variability of the age of onset has been observed. A tendency towards a slower pubertal development, particularly in cases at earlier onset, has also been o...

RI Problemi non correnti
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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...

RI Problemi correnti
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Elogio dei ricostituenti

A. Brunelli

1999/10 — pag. 627-628

RI Problemi correnti
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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...

RI Linee guida
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Indicazioni all’uso dell’ormone della crescita

M. Pocecco

1998/8 — pag. 541

RI Aggiornamento monografico
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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
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Criptorchidismo, fimosi, varicocele: andrologia a due voci

M. Guglielmi, M. Pocecco

1997/9 — pag. 573-576