Idrocefalo

Cefalea e vomito, a pensar male spesso ci si azzecca

Zanin F

2025/9 — pag. 247-248 — DOI

An 11-year-old boy presenting with occipital headache and vomiting was diagnosed with a posterior fossa pilocytic astrocytoma. This case underscores the need to promptly identify red flag symptoms in paediatric headaches and to perform timely neuroim...

Nistagmo e diplopia: occhio alla diagnosi

Savino V, Bellini T, Siri L, De Grandis E, Tortora D, Piccotti E

2024/8 — pag. 164-165 — DOI

Medulloblastoma is the most common malignant brain tumour in children, primarily located in the cerebellum. This clinical case highlights the importance of maintaining a high clinical suspicion and conducting timely evaluations, even when symptoms ar...

Mal di testa? Non pensare all’oculista

Campone C, Negro I, Vandone M

2023/6 — pag. 104-104 — DOI

The paper describes the case of a 3-year-old girl presenting with worsening and severe headache initially attributed to astigmatism that was finally diagnosed as cerebellar pilocytic astrocytoma....

Il craniofaringioma

Salce N, Giovannelli E, Graziani V, Cozzolino M, Mazzatenta D, Zucchelli M, Marchetti F

2021/7 — pag. 467-469 — DOI

Craniopharyngioma (CP) is a rare epithelial low-grade tumour that develops in the sellar/suprasellar region of the brain, along the craniopharyngeal duct. It has a bimodal distribution and the first peak occurs in paediatric age almost exclusively co...

Ematoma sottogaleale: quando piove sul bagnato

S. Tagliani, M. Manfredi, R. Faggioli

2019/2 — pag. 24-26

Subgaleal haematoma is a condition that most frequently affects newborns but can be found also in older children especially in presence of predisposing factors (anti-platelets therapy or coagulopathy) after head injury. It appears as a soft swelling ...

La Pediatria per sigle: cerebral salt wasting syndrome

M. Colombo, V. D’Apolito, A. Mazza, L. Verdoni, M. Ruggeri

2018/7

Una cefalea... esplosiva!

G. Reghelin, G. La Fauci, P. Lo Tartaro-Meragliotta, B. Bonomo

2017/1

Complicanze addominali dello shunt ventricolo-peritoneale

E. Zanelli, R. Giorgi

2012/6

Ventriculo-peritoneal shunting remains the most widely used neurosurgical procedure for the management of hydrocephalus. Intraabdominal complications after its insertion are frequently located near the peritoneal end of the shunt catheter, causin...

Quando si dice...ha una testa un po’ grande...!

S. Bertelli, I. Cogo, C. Radice, R. Faggioli

2012/6

Quello che davvero conta

M. Fornaro, M. Gangemi, C. Danchielli, E. Valletta

2010/3

Teste piccole, teste grandi, teste storte

L. Genitori, F. Giordano, F. Mussa, M. Sanzo, L. Sardo, G. Di Pietro, P. Donati

2007/3 — pag. 155-159

The right and early diagnosis of craniosynostosis is a mainstay in their surgical management. The Pediatrician often makes the first medical examination of a child with a suspected craniofacial malformation. The aim of this paper is describing the f...

Un caso tipico di allergia al lattice

A. Polimeni

1999/5