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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Arterite di Takayasu in paziente con febbre persistente sine focus

Demontis C, Stagi C.

2026/1 — pag. 56-56 — DOI

A 10-year-old boy was hospitalized for fever of unknown origin (FUO) and elevated inflammatory markers. After ruling out oncological causes, a total-body MRI revealed ‘cuff-like’ inflammation of the aorta that led to a diagnosis of Takayasu arteri...

EL Caso contributivo
Cefalea frontale con tumefazione: un raro caso di pneumoencefalo di origine infettiva

Raffaldi I, Dall'Olio E, Mogni R, Castagno E, Cerchio R, Garazzino S, Pruccoli G, Denina M, Peradotto F, Bondone C

2026/1 — pag. 1-4 — DOI

Intracranial complications of acute sinusitis in children are uncommon but may lead to serious neurological impairment. These intracranial complications include pneumocephalus, cerebral abscess, empyema, meningitis, cellulitis, orbital abscess and ca...

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
Accesso libero
Una macrocrania subacuta

Incandela V, Mazza S

2025/4 — pag. 97-98 — DOI

A six-month-old infant was admitted to the Emergency Room for loss of consciousness, vomiting and eye deviation. Clinical findings included macrocephaly, bulging fontanelle and repeated episodes of loss of consciousness and vomiting. Brain CT and MRI...

EL Casi indimenticabili
Un lattante con respiro rapido e opacità a vetro smerigliato: è NEHI

Donna L

2025/3 — pag. 64-65 — DOI

An 8-month-old infant was evaluated for persistent polypnea with crackles and wheezing that had occurred 4 months earlier after bronchiolitis. Clinical and radiological findings led to the diagnosis of infant neuroendocrine cell hyperplasia (NEHI), a...

EL Casi indimenticabili
Neurofibromatosi e ipertensione arteriosa: alla ricerca della causa

Ricci S, Spagnoli C, Caponi L, Pugliese F

2024/10 — pag. 214-214 — DOI

The paper describes the case of a 6-year-old girl with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) who was diagnosed with significant arterial hypertension during a routine check-up. After initial ineffective therapy and inconclusive investigations, an angio-CT r...

RI L'esperienza che insegna
Una bambina molto in gamba…: alla ricerca del suo dolore

Mambelli L, Gagliardo B, Minguzzi M, Marchetti F.

2024/1 — pag. 45-47 — DOI

Osteoid osteoma is a condition that causes pain and limping in the lower extremity. Therefore, a thorough investigation is necessary in preschool children with prolonged pain and limping. The paper presents the case of a 6-year-old girl with severe n...

RI Percorsi clinici
Sincope ricorrente: attenti alla coronaria

Tessitore A, Chicco D, Trevisiol C, Caiffa T, Bobbo M, D’Agata Mottolese B, Barbi E.

2022/5 — pag. 307-311 — DOI

Anomalous aortic origin of coronary artery (AAOCA) is a rare condition and the second cause of sudden cardiac death among young athletic patients. Suspicion should arise in the presence of exertional syncope without prodrome, chest pain and/or dyspne...

RI Problemi speciali
Esposizioni radiodiagnostiche in età evolutiva

Corbella D, Tinelli D, Righini A.

2022/3 — pag. 161-167 — DOI

An increase in the quantitative lifetime radiation risk in the paediatric age, correlated with an exponential rise in computed tomography (CT) examinations, has been observed worldwide. Moreover, a positive association between the exposure to radiati...

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Accesso libero
C’era una volta un bernoccolo…

Da Lozzo P

2022/2 — pag. 56-56 — 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 Pagine elettroniche
Due casi di frattura depressa del cranio o frattura “ping pong”

Rizzello E, Migliarino V, Prisco A, Rabach I, Barbi E, Cozzi G

2022/1 — pag. 59-62 — DOI

The paper presents two cases of depressed skull fracture or “ping pong” fracture. This type of fracture is typical of neonatal age or toddlers, ages in which cranial bones are still malleable and not very resistant. Obstetrical causes are more freque...

EL Il punto su
Le fratture della base cranica: clinica e TC alla… base di tutto

Prisco A, Migliarino V, Cozzi G, Giorgi R, Barbi E

2022/1 — pag. 17-20 — DOI

The paper reports the case of a 14-year-old boy with skull base fracture due to head trauma. The skull base fracture represents around 20% of skull fractures after trauma and has to be suspected considering the dynamics of the trauma and the clinical...

EL Caso contributivo
Due casi di frattura depressa del cranio o frattura “ping pong”

Rizzello E, Migliarino V, Prisco A, Rabach I, Barbi E, Cozzi G

2022/1 — pag. 6-9 — DOI

The paper presents two cases of depressed skull fracture or “ping pong” fracture. This type of fracture is typical of neonatal age or toddlers, ages in which cranial bones are still malleable and not very resistant. Obstetrical causes are more freque...

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
Accesso libero
Storia di un murmure vescicolare che non c’è

Varriale G, Greco M, Tamborino A

2021/8 — pag. 259-260 — DOI

The case of a child with basal left recurrent pneumonia is described. A localized bronchomalacia due to a vascular ring was eventually diagnosed....

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
Accesso libero
Una sacroileite poco infiammatoria

Carbogno S

2021/7 — pag. 221-221 — DOI

The case of Ewing sarcoma initially misinterpreted as an infective sacroileitis is presented. The pitfalls in the diagnosis of Ewing sarcoma are also discussed....

RI Casi indimenticabili
C’è dolore e dolore: l’osteoma osteoide

Rizza S

2021/6 — pag. 394-394 — DOI

A 5-year-old boy with one-month history of atraumatic pain in his left leg was taken to the ED for a severe pain attack. A femoral osteoid osteoma was eventually diagnosed after the performance of a CT scan...

RI Pagine elettroniche
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....

EL Caso contributivo
Un suono che inganna: quando sospettare il doppio arco aortico

Giannone V, Goia M, Bignamini E

2021/4 — pag. 109-113 — DOI

The article describes a case of a 10-month-old male infant presenting with respiratory distress, laryngotracheitis and double aortic arch (DAA). Tracheal compression by vascular structures in infants is uncommon and may be masked by nonspecific respi...

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
Accesso libero
Uno strano torcicollo

Bizzarri I, Di Genova L, Paglino A

2021/3 — pag. 85-85 — DOI

RI Casi indimenticabili
Polmoniti ricorrenti

G. Riccio

2020/10 — pag. 659-660 — DOI

The paper describes the case of an adolescent with recurrent pneumonia with lobar bronchiectasis. The Authors suggest that a chest CT should always be performed after a second episode of typical localized pneumonia but even after a fourth, less de...

RI Problemi speciali
Gli ascessi retrofaringei

L. Bernardini, L. Serra, E. Calamelli, P. Bottau, D. Silvestrini, A. Pession

2020/3 — pag. 161-166

The retropharyngeal abscess is a rare pathology nonetheless it has always to be considered in presence of fever (hyperpyrexia) and neck stiffness. In fact, it can be burdened by an important morbidity and mortality, however the advent of antibiotic...

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
Accesso libero
Ematuria e sindrome nutcracker (o dello schiaccianoci)

R. Pillon

2020/1 — pag. 21-21

EL Casi indimenticabili
L’anello vascolare di Veronica

F. Corrias

2020/1 — pag. 12-13

RI Pagine elettroniche
Quale linfonodo sei? La malattia di Rosai-Dorfman in un adolescente

C. Radice, G. Marescotti, M. Serafini, G. Turlà, M.T. Minguzzi, F. Soprani, F. Marchetti

2019/5 — pag. 325-327

The paper reports the case of a 13-year-old adolescent presenting with a right-sided submandibular lymph node swelling in absence of any other systemic symptoms. The histological exam documented Rosai-Dorfman disease (RD). The MRI of the head reporte...

EL Caso contributivo
Quale linfonodo sei? La malattia di Rosai-Dorfman in un adolescente

C. Radice, G. Marescotti, M. Serafini, G. Turlà, M.T. Minguzzi, F. Soprani, F. Marchetti

2019/5 — pag. 97-101

The paper reports the case of a 13-year-old adolescent presenting with a right-sided submandibular lymph node swelling in absence of any other systemic symptoms. The histological exam documented Rosai-Dorfman disease (RD). The MRI of the head reporte...

RI Casi indimenticabili
Ematuria, proteinuria e sindrome dello schiaccianoci

M. Pennesi

2019/2 — pag. 125-126

RI Editoriali
Quanto fanno male i “raggi”?

M. Fontana

2019/1 — pag. 6-8

RI Pagine elettroniche
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 ...

RI Pagine elettroniche
Febbre persistente, dolore toracico e artrite di Takayasu

B. Filippini, B. Bigucci, F. Mascella, M. Gattorno, G. Vergine

2018/5 — pag. 331-334

Takayasu’s arteritis (TA) is an extremely rare vasculitis that presents in paediatric age that typically affects adolescents. Clinical manifestations of TA are polymorph and in the fists stage of the disease systemic aspecific symptoms such as fev...

EL Caso contributivo
Febbre persistente, dolore toracico e arterite di Takayasu

B. Filippini, B. Bigucci, F. Mascella, M. Gattorno, G. Vergine

2018/5

Takayasu’s arteritis (TA) is an extremely rare vasculitis that presents in paediatric age that typically affects adolescents. Clinical manifestations of TA are polymorph and in the fists stage of the disease systemic aspecific symptoms such as fever,...

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
Accesso libero
Una polmonite che non guarisce

M. Delle Piane, T. Ceglie, A. Pizzol, C. Gabiano, P. Tovo

2016/7

EL Caso contributivo
Un "incidentaloma" post-traumatico

V. Genchi, C. Cafagno, R. Francavilla

2016/6

The paper reports a case of pseudopapillary solid tumour of the pancreas, or Frantz tumour or Hamoudi tumour, accidentally discovered after a traumatic event. US + ECD, CT and MRI were used for final diagnosis, suspected by the imaging and histologic...

RI Pagine elettroniche
Un lobo polmonare iperlucente

G. Vieni, S. Pusceddu, L. Mambelli, F. Pugliese, V. Poletti, F. Marchetti

2015/9 — pag. 593-595

The paper describes the case of a 7-year-old female child with a history of chronic cough following an acute respiratory infection and unilateral hyperlucent lung on chest radiograph. The diagnosis was Swyer-James-MacLeod syndrome, based on chara...

EL Caso contributivo
Un lobo polmonare iperlucente

G. Vieni, S. Pusceddu, L. Mambelli, F. Pugliese, V. Poletti, F. Marchetti

2015/9

The paper describes the case of a 7-year-old female child with a history of chronic cough following an acute respiratory infection and unilateral hyperlucent lung on chest radiograph. The diagnosis was Swyer-James-MacLeod syndrome, based on character...

EL Casi indimenticabili
Un ragazzo con la pancia piena

A. Maietta, M. Minute

2015/1

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
Accesso libero
Tutte le CRMO escono col buco!

C. Sandrin, G. Ferrara

2014/7

RI Pagine elettroniche
Una capriola “di troppo” come causa di emorragia del clivus

S. Dal Bo, G. Turla, M. Stella, A. Tomassina, P. Cenni, F. Marchetti

2014/6 — pag. 397-399

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
Accesso libero
Ipoacusia monolaterale permanente nel bambino: approccio diagnostico e impatto sulla vita del paziente

A.V. Marcuzzo, E. Muzzi, R. Marchi, C. Marchese, E. Orzan

2014/6

RI Pagine elettroniche
Un ascesso retrofaringeo recidivante

A. Favret, C. Germani, F.M. Murru, E. Neri, D. Grasso, E. Barbi

2013/9 — pag. 597-598

EL Caso contributivo
Emorragia intraventricolare da malformazione artero-venosa del plesso coroideo in paziente di 13 anni con cefalea

E.A. Di Maio, M. Pagano, L. Mastrodicasa, R. Pimazzoni, F. Bisanti, V. Tartaglia, A. Cataldi, P. Peretta, A. Brach del Prever

2013/9

The article reports the case of a 13 year-old male presenting to the Emergency Unit with nausea, vomiting and sudden headache. He had no focal neurological deficits and basic laboratory tests were normal. The basal computerized tomography evidenced a...

EL Pediatria per immagini
Accesso libero
Un ascesso retrofaringeo recidivante

A. Favret, C. Germani, F.M. Murru, E. Neri, D. Grasso, E. Barbi

2013/9

RI Pagine elettroniche
Un’appendicite di troppo

E. Zanelli, S. Crocco

2013/6 — pag. 395-397

Stump appendicitis is the re-inflammation of the residual appendiceal tissue after an appendectomy. It is a rare and unknown complication of appendectomy. Clinical features of stump appendicitis do not differ from acute appendicitis, even though th...

RI Editoriali
Choosing wisely in pediatria: meno antibiotici e meno TAC

F. Marchetti

2013/6 — pag. 347-350

EL Caso contributivo
Un’appendicite di troppo

E. Zanelli, S. Crocco

2013/6

Stump appendicitis is the re-inflammation of the residual appendiceal tissue after an appendectomy. It is a rare and unknown complication of appendectomy. Clinical features of stump appendicitis do not differ from acute appendicitis, even though th...

RI Problemi speciali
L’ascesso retrofaringeo

A. Favret, C. Germani, G. Pelos, E. Benelli, M. Gregori, E. Barbi

2013/3 — pag. 159-166

Retropharyngeal abscess in children is a rare suppurative complication of upper respiratory infections. Clinical manifestations can be variable but the most common features are fever, neck pain, neck lymphoadenopathy, neck mass, torticollis, neck sti...

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
Accesso libero
Un torcicollo indigesto

M. Vidoni, E. Zanelli

2013/3

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
Accesso libero
La solita cefalea?

E. Alberti, M. Del Pistoia, M. Leoni, F. Vierucci

2013/2

RI Problemi correnti
Il trauma cranico minore in Pronto Soccorso

G. La Fauci, G. Pagano, A. Biasini, E. Valletta

2012/7 — pag. 436-441

Head trauma is one of the most common causes of access to paediatric emergency services and it is the leading cause of death and disability after the first year of life. However, the approach to minor head injury (MHI), which by definition should b...

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
Accesso libero
Quando l’apparenza inganna

S. Lega, M. Pavan

2012/6

EL Casi indimenticabili
Quando tutto sembra procedere per il verso giusto...o sbagliato...

A. Petracchi, S. Biondi, E. Bellocci, E. Giaconi, C. Favre

2011/10

RI Percorsi clinici
Una bronchiolite rivelatrice

C. De Chiara, F. de Seta, R. Kosova, L. de Seta

2011/4 — pag. 242-246

A case of acute respiratory distress with hypoxia in a 28-day-newborn presenting with the symptoms of bronchiolitis during an epidemic period is described. The persistence of the symptoms associated with a radiological picture of the chest showing ...

EL Pediatria per immagini
Una sinusite complicata

G. Gorlato, S. Pastore, M. Chinello, D. Sanabor, F. Marchetti

2011/2

We report the case of a 13-year-old girl with a one-month-and-an-half story of fever, rhinorrhoea, headache and vomiting. Initially neurological assessment resulted normal and a diagnosis of acute sinus infection was made. Since the patient worsened,...

EL Newsletter pediatrica
Accesso libero
Criteri per identificare in Pronto Soccorso i bambini a rischio molto basso di lesioni cerebrali importanti dopo trauma cranicoIl cosleeping in ambiente a rischio: ruolo nella SIDS

Associazione Culturale Pediatri, IRCSS “Burlo Garofolo”, Centro per la Salute del Bambino

2010/3

EL Casi indimenticabili
Primo pomeriggio in PS

C. Zanchi, G. Cont, L. Rubert

2010/2

RI Casi indimenticabili
Pisolo

A. Lambertini, M.T. Bartolini, A. Pini, S. Giovannini

2010/1 — pag. 51

RI Pagine elettroniche ; Caso Contributivo
Osteoma osteoide trattato con ablazione percutanea con radiofrequenze: descrizione di un caso

A. Andreacchio, E. Bailo, N. Sardi, G. Grazia

2009/3 — pag. 189-190

Osteoid osteoma (OO) is a small, benign bone tumour that occurs in young people. The most common skeletal sites are the metaphysis or diaphysis of long bones. We report a case of a 13-year-old boy with a 5-month history of pain in the right femur...

EL Contributi Originali - Casi contributivi
Accesso libero
Osteoma osteoide trattato con ablazione percutanea con radiofrequenze: descrizione di un caso

A. Andreacchio, E. Bailo, N. Sardi, G. Grazia

2009/3

EL Contributi Originali - Casi contributivi
Accesso libero
Lesione nodulare retroauricolare in un lattante. Descrizione di un caso clinico e revisione della letteratura

E. Giacomoni, L. Pecorari, A. Savelli, P. Gagliano, S. Bitetti

2008/5

RI Focus
Nella fabbrica delle immagini: la risonanza magnetica

L. Dalla Palma

2007/7 — pag. 429-443

maging techniques such as Nuclear Magnetic Resonance or NMR, Positron Emission Tomography or PET, Single Photon Emission Tomography or SPECT and Magnetic Resonance Spectrography or MRS have contributed to understand the mechanisms of the different fo...

EL Pediatria per immagini
Accesso libero
Una ragazza con una tumefazione claveare

A. Lorusso, L. Lepore, L. Ammar

2007/5

EL Pediatria per immagini
Accesso libero
Malformazione adenoido-cistica congenita (CCAM) polmonare

L. Calligaris, A. Trappan, F. Zennaro

2006/9

EL Caso Clinico Interattivo
Accesso libero
Dalla clinica all'esame strumentale: un ragazzo con sepsi e dolore alla gamba

Z. Cannioto, S. Storelli, F. Zennaro, J. Schleef, F. Marchetti

2006/2

EL Pediatria per immagini
Accesso libero
Una polmonite cavitaria

F. Marchetti, M. Maschio, E. Barbi

2005/2

RI Problemi non correnti
Il bambino con tosse cronica e bronchiectasie: inquadramento e proposte terapeutiche

C. Braggion, U. Pradal, A. Delmarco, M. Carli

2003/6 — pag. 371-380

Little is known about the prevalence of bronchiectasis (BR) in paediatric age. However, outside the case of cystic fibrosis (CF), they seem to be rare. The BR can be localised or disseminated. For the former, the most common etiology is post-infect...

RI Problemi correnti
L’appendicite acuta oggi

B. Cigliano, N. Baltogiannis, A. Settimi

2003/2 — pag. 99-102

Acute appendicitis is caused by the obstruction of the lumen due to coprolytes, mucus, lymphoid hyperplasia. The earliest symptom is periumbilical pain accompanied by vomiting. Later the appendix gets infected, fever develops and the peritoneum get...

EL Pediatria per l'ospedale
Accesso libero
Tic e sindrome di Tourette (Parte seconda)

2001/10

EL Ortopedia per il pediatra
Accesso libero
Un caso di zoppia

G. Maranzana

2001/9

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

G. Bartolozzi

2001/7

EL Contributi Originali - Casi contributivi
Accesso libero
Valutazione quantitativa dell'idrocefalo neonatale mediante TC volumetrica con ricostruzioni tridimensionali

F. Zennaro, R. Ammar, P. Guastalla, M. Quercini

2000/5

RI Pagina verde
Accesso libero
Valutazione quantitativa dell’idrocefaloneonatale mediante tc volumetricacon ricostruzioni tridimensionali

F. Zennaro, R. Ammar, P. Guastalla, M. Quercini

2000/5 — pag. 325-328

In low-weight new-borns with hydrocephalus, neither the pressure of liquor nor the size of intraventricular diameters provides reliable information to proceed to a precise calculation the amount of liquor to be removed in case of emergency without...

RI Perché si sbaglia
Accesso libero
Una massa mediastinica… di troppo

L. De Seta, G. Aurelio, M. Grimaldi

2000/2 — pag. 113-115

RI Rubrica iconografica
Accesso libero
Un bambino con scafocefalia

G. Ciana, C. Malorgio, P. Guastalla, F. Zennaro

1999/2 — pag. 123-124

RI Prevenzione
Accesso libero
Quanti raggi prende il bambino

F. Brizzi

1997/9 — pag. 581-582

The risk deriving from various kind of esposure to radiation is reviewed with particular emphasis on exposure for diagnostic purposes. There is no exposure thershold that can be considered safe. The risk depends on the amount of radiation and on...