Pathologic Processes

La sindrome di Koolen-De Vries

Bergo E, Selicorni A.

2026/3 — pag. 179-181 — DOI

Ittero neonatale prolungato: a volte è solo questione di tempo

Roncareggi S, Evasi V, Condò M, Bellù R, Motta M.

2026/3 — pag. 188-190 — DOI

HF is a full-term newborn, third child of consanguineous parents from Bangladesh. In good general health at birth, she developed significant hyperbilirubinemia within the first 48 hours of life and required phototherapy (PT), with a total of nine tre...

Guida essenziale alla gestione nutrizionale nello scompenso metabolico acuto in Pediatria

Cimador V, Candela E, Pancaldi C, Biasucci G, Bortolamedi E, Ortolano R, Baronio F, Lanari M.

2026/3 — pag. 161-166 — DOI

Background - Inherited metabolic diseases (IMDs) are a heterogeneous group of rare disorders in which nutritional management is the cornerstone of therapy, both in chronic and acute phases. In cases of acute metabolic decompensation, the timely imple...

Due casi di malformazioni cavernose cerebrali

Mannarà UM, Migliore A, Marino S, Tardino L, Marino S, La Spina M

2026/3 — pag. 77-78 — DOI

Cerebral cavernous malformations (CCM) are vascular lesions that in children often present with diverse and misleading symptoms. This report examines two clinical scenarios: the case of a 12-year-old boy with progressive headache and that of an 11-ye...

Shock da paura: quando è il feocromocitoma a far battere il cuore

Carbonara L, Romaniello M, Grutter G

2026/3 — pag. 75-76 — DOI

Pheochromocytoma is a rare neuroendocrine tumour in children that typically presents with hypertension but may lead to life-threatening complications. The paper reports the case of a 12-year-old boy presenting with cardiogenic shock and severe left v...

Quando il blocco atrio-ventricolare è idiopatico

Chicco D

2026/3 — pag. 74-74 — DOI

The detection of a heart murmur in paediatric patients may mask silent arrhythmias with potential hemodynamic consequences. The paper reports the case of an otherwise asymptomatic 2.5-year-old boy, presenting with slight growth retardation, bradycard...

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...

Quando lo scroto si gonfia... e poi ci ripensa: uno strano caso di edema scrotale

Mosole L.

2026/2 — pag. 122 — DOI

Recurrent idiopathic scrotal oedema is a rare condition in the paediatric population, characterised by episodes of spontaneous, self-limiting scrotal swelling with no apparent cause....

Disidratazione, iponatriemia e iperkaliemia: uno pseudoipoaldosteronismo transitorio fuori dal comune

Lorefice A, Cozzolino M, Cocchi E, Bruno I, Dianori F, Graziani G, Piccinini G, Marchetti F.

2026/2 — pag. 121 — DOI

The paper describes the case of a 2-month-old infant with severe dehydration, hyponatremia and hyperkalemia due to sepsis. He required intensive resuscitation and electrolyte correction and was finally diagnosed with transient secondary pseudoaldoste...

Lesioni cutanee atipiche nel lattante: quando approfondire?

Iannicelli A, Giagnuolo G, Tessitore M, Uva A, Martemucci L, Menna G

2026/2 — pag. 35-37 — DOI

Complicated and recurrent skin lesions in childhood should raise suspicion of neutropenia and prompt immuno-haematological evaluation. Through the case of an infant with recurrent dermatitis and suppurative skin infections associated with severe neut...

Un figlio dei fiori non pensa al domani

Lambertini A

2026/1 — pag. 7-9 — DOI

Sapere riconoscere la discheratosi congenita

Ballaben A.

2026/1 — pag. 54-56 — DOI

Ginevra was examined at age 14 for neurological and inflammatory symptoms (paresthesia, muscle weakness and xerostomia). The clinical picture remained unclear until the discovery of severe onychodystrophy, which had been hidden for years by nail p...

Infezioni da ferite o morso

2026/1 — pag. 25-26

Febbre e dolore toracico? Quando il cuore batte... e sbatte

Giancarli G

2026/1 — pag. 20-22 — DOI

The paper describes the case of a 15-year-old competitive swimmer who presented to the Emergency Unit with a persistent fever and chest pain exacerbated by deep inspiration, following a recent flu-like illness. Although initial examinations were unre...

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...

Enterobius vermicularis come cofattore di infezioni perianali in età pediatrica: descrizione di un caso e revisione della letteratura

Ippolito A, Rizzari R, Amoroso B, Corsello G.

2025/10 — pag. 665-666 — DOI

Enterobius vermicularis is the most common intestinal helminth in paediatric population. While often considered a benign condition, infestation may occasionally be complicated by extraintestinal inflammatory or infectious manifestations, especially i...

Una ematuria da "schiacciamento" della vena renale sinistra: la sindrome di Nutcracker

Pecile P.

2025/10 — pag. 661-663 — DOI

A boy presented with episodes of a single macroscopic haematuria after intense physical activity. The ultrasound result was highly suggestive of Nutcracker syndrome....

Storie di pazienti con ADHD

Skabar A.

2025/10 — pag. 661-663 — DOI

When is a child’s liveliness excessive or at least should it make the paediatrician think of ADHD? The answer is in some of the stories of hyperactive children that have been collected over the years....

Una serata d’inverno

Barabino A.

2025/10 — pag. 639-642 — DOI

Tarcisia: da troppo a troppo poco

2025/10 — pag. 625-628 — DOI

Piastrinopenia nel contesto di una intercorrenza infettiva

Zago A

2025/10 — pag. 275-276 — DOI

The paper reports the case of a 10-year-old girl with acute post-infectious thrombocytopenia, presenting with widespread petechiae, ecchymoses and epistaxis, with otherwise normal blood counts. Initial platelet count was 0/mm³. Intravenous immunoglob...

Senza forze e senza riflessi: non puoi perdere tempo!

Amato M, Marino S, Scirè Calabrisotto S, Catalano D, Stancanelli G, La Spina M

2025/10 — pag. 272-273 — DOI

The paper describes the case of an 8-year-old girl presenting with gait disturbance, paresthesias, weakness, absent reflexes and hoarseness. MRI and CSF findings promptly supported a diagnosis of Guillain-Barré syndrome. The patient rapidly developed...

Il cuore si sciocca dopo vomito incoercibile: quando allarmarsi?

Santarpia V, Acampora E, Coppola E, D’Arco M, Coppola D, Cinelli R

2025/10 — pag. 271-271 — DOI

Vomiting is a common symptom in paediatric emergency rooms and is usually of infectious origin. However, when associated with respiratory distress, more severe conditions such as fulminant myocarditis should be considered. The paper reports the case ...

Crisi celiaca in un bambino di 19 mesi: l'importanza di ripetere i test sierologici in caso di forte sospetto clinico

Di Febo CM, Borali E, Roviglione B, Rabbone I, Felici E.

2025/9 — pag. 601-603 — DOI

Celiac disease (CD) is an autoimmune disorder that may present with non-specific gastrointestinal symptoms. A serious, potentially lethal complication of CD is celiac crisis (CC), marked by severe diarrhoea, vomiting, dehydration and metabolic disord...

Un mal di testa tremendo (del bambino), dopo la sbornia (del dottore)

Barabino A.

2025/9 — pag. 590-592 — DOI

Angioma lobulare eruttivo Mastocitoma isolato

2025/9 — pag. 606 — DOI

Ondansetron: dosaggio e controindicazioni

2025/9 — pag. 605 — DOI

Un bambino che zoppica: quando meno te lo aspetti

Cunsolo M, Gazzitano L, Alizzi C, Panzuto F, Corsello G.

2025/9 — pag. 598-600 — DOI

A 19-month-old boy arrived at the emergency room with inconsolable crying and refusal to walk. MRI revealed bone changes consistent with vitamin C deficiency (scurvy). His history showed a diet almost exclusively based on milk and gingival bleeding. ...

Bassa statura: tutta colpa del papà

Tornese G.

2025/9 — pag. 598-600 — DOI

A child with slow growth and normal hormonal tests shows distinctive physical features. Clinical exome sequencing reveals a mutation in the IHH gene, inherited from the father, who had initially been overlooked. The child responds very well to growth...

Kinari: origini indiane, ma non c’entra Ilaria: febbre e segno della mano (molto) gialla

2025/9 — pag. 569-572 — DOI

Vaccino anti-papillomavirus: uno per tutti, tutti per uno!

Russo R, Marchetti F.

2025/9 — pag. 551-552 — DOI

La sindrome Coffin-Siris (CSS)

Prada E, Mariani M, Scarano G, Selicorni A.

2025/8 — pag. 525-527 — DOI

È viola ma non fa paura: l'orticaria multiforme post-infettiva

Casali S, Bellini E, Rocca A, Andreozzi L, Lanari M

2025/8 — pag. 222-223 — DOI

The paper describes an 18-month-old girl who developed purpuric urticarial lesions during amoxicillin therapy for pulmonary consolidation. Differential diagnosis included vasculitis, systemic drug reactions and incomplete Kawasaki disease. The transi...

Fratture patologiche: dal sospetto di rachitismo a una diagnosi oncologica

Lacovara A, Pepino C, Covini S, Mazza F, Incolingo C, Ferrecchi M, Franzone D.

2025/7 — pag. 462-464 — DOI

The clinical case described highlights an unusual presentation of metastatic-stage neuroblastoma, with a femoral fracture that initially led to a clinical suspicion of rickets....

Sclerosi epatoportale

Sparaventi C, Zago A, Di Leo G, Barbi E, Bramuzzo M.

2025/7 — pag. 453-455 — DOI

Hepatoportal sclerosis is a rare and underdiagnosed liver condition characterised by histological alterations of the portal venules and hepatic sinusoids, with periportal fibrosis and vascular narrowing. Its diagnosis is histological and requires liv...

Lettera d’emergenza per il bambino complesso: uno strumento prezioso e di facile attivazione

Longoni E, Sardella L, Biuso A, De Paoli A, Selicorni A.

2025/7 — pag. 447-451 — DOI

Children with medical complexity (CMC) are at increased risk for complications, medical errors, and poor outcomes, particularly during emergencies when time to intervene is limited and critical medical information is difficult to obtain. Emergency in...

Sfide endocrinologiche neonatali: un caso di ipopituitarismo congenito

Carabelli G, Sala Veni C, Cardani R, Salvatore S, Agosti M

2025/7 — pag. 194-195 — DOI

A full-term newborn delivered by urgent caesarean section developed persistent hypoglycemia within the first hours of life, along with hypotonia, poor feeding and prolonged jaundice. Endocrine evaluation revealed congenital hypopituitarism, confirmed...

Occhio all'emocromo... prima che sia tardi

Di Noto F, Lo Meo F, Marra G, Dimartino G, Gilotta C, Genduso M, Ferraro T, Allegra M, Guarina A, Cardella F, Corsello G

2025/7 — pag. 190-191 — DOI

A 5-year-old boy, presented with hematemesis, diffuse petechiae, epistaxis, respiratory distress and severe pancytopenia. After poor response to immunoglobulin and steroid therapy, bone marrow evaluation revealed trilineage cytopenia. The combination...

Bradicardia neonatale da mutazione del gene KCNQ1: revisione della letteratura della sindrome del QT lungo congenita

Valencic I, Angelucci C, Ancora G

2025/7 — pag. 170-178 — DOI

Congenital Long QT Syndromes (LQTS) are a heterogeneous group of channelopathies that cause an alteration in the repolarization phase, leading to a prolonged QT interval on the electrocardiogram. This condition provides the substrate for the developm...

Anemia e desaturazione… uno strano caso di favismo

Sarno E, Fabbri E, Saia RE, Pericoli R.

2025/6 — pag. 397-398 — DOI

Methaemoglobinaemia is a rare but significant complication in patients with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency. In these individuals, oxidative stress - triggered by infections, drugs, or foods like fava beans - may convert haemoglob...

Papilloma squamoso e lesione linguale

2025/6 — pag. 399 — DOI

Impetigine/Erisipela/Cellulite

2025/6 — pag. 375-376

Diarrea infettiva acuta e gastroenterite

2025/6 — pag. 373-374

Trattamento della scabbia

Sapigni E, Nigro R, Mattei G, Matteo G, Di Nuzzo S, Motolese A, Corazza M, Conti A, Marchetti F.

2025/6 — pag. 381-387 — DOI

Scabies, a parasitic dermatosis caused by Sarcoptes scabiei, is classified by the World Health Organization as a neglected tropical disease due to its global burden. In recent years, the Emilia-Romagna Region has reported a significant increase in sc...

Considerazioni su “Errori congeniti dell’immunità”

Bonazza P, Moratti M, Valencic I.

2025/6 — pag. 352-353 — DOI

Trombocitopenia immune: quando le immunoglobuline non funzionano

Iannicelli A, Vorini MV, Beneduce G, Giagnuolo G, Parasole R, Menna G

2025/6 — pag. 162-163 — DOI

A 9-year-old boy was initially evaluated for macrocytic anaemia, neutrophilic leukocytosis and thrombocytopenia, with spontaneous ecchymoses but with no significant medical history. After ten months of follow-up, hematologic worsening occurred alongs...

Tiroidite acuta... ma non troppo

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

2025/6 — pag. 160-161 — DOI

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

La macroematuria che non ti aspetti

Bossalini G, Gaudenzi F, Sodero R, Grosso SN, Coppola C, Valentino MS, Caiazzo R, Giacomet V

2025/6 — pag. 148-151 — DOI

Macrohaematuria and microhematuria may be signs of various diseases. Infectious haematuria often presents with fever and/or dysuria. The paper describes the case of a 14-year-old boy from Mali who was in Italy for five months and presented with gross...

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...

Bassa statura, disarmonia staturale e deficit del gene SHOX Telarca altalenante e ipoplasia mammaria.

2025/5 — pag. 331 — DOI

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...

Drepanocitosi e osteonecrosi avascolare della testa del femore

Perfetto F, Pasquali E, Biserna L, Iacono A, Farneti C, Radice C, Marchetti F

2025/5 — pag. 123-124 — DOI

A 10.5-year-old girl with homozygous sickle cell disease on chronic treatment with hydroxyurea, blood transfusions and erythroexchange presented with sudden right thigh pain and limping, without trauma or fever. Imaging and lab results indicated avas...

Rivista sfogliabile on line

2025/4

Se l'anca fa male troppo spesso... pensa all'ascesso!

Caridi C, Orsi SM, Burrone M, Consolaro A.

2025/4 — pag. 253-256 — DOI

The Authors describe a case of an 11-year-old girl with persistent coxalgia and a clinical presentation suggestive of subacute/chronic osteomyelitis of the femoral metaphyseal region. The diagnosis was confirmed by radiographic imaging consistent ...

Difficoltà di deglutizione nei bambini con neurodisabilità: sfide e soluzioni

Mincarelli C, Barbi E, Orzan E, Peri F, Pintonello S, Grasso DL.

2025/4 — pag. 235-239 — DOI

Dysphagia, defined as the difficulty in swallowing a food or non-food bolus from the oral cavity to the stomach, is a significant disorder affecting neonates and children, with an incidence of 25-45% in normally developing children and up to 80% in t...

Mal di schiena (e... null'altro) Dolore e "rumore"

2025/4 — pag. 225-228 — DOI

Il neuroblastoma nel lattante: una neoplasia dalle molteplici possibili presentazioni

Marzari L, Patui M, Cogo P

2025/4 — pag. 101-102 — DOI

A 5-month-old infant was brought to the Paediatric Emergency Room with non-specific symptoms: irritability, poor feeding, weight loss and tachycardia. Clinical evaluation revealed severe hypertension and a large abdominal mass suggestive of neuroblas...

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...

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...

Tachiaritmia sopraventricolare in un neonato nato a 32 settimane di età gestazionale

Valencic I, Bronzetti G, Vitali F, Corvaglia L

2025/4 — pag. 86-92 — DOI

Tachyarrhythmias affect 1-5% of neonates and result from an abnormal conduction of the depolarization wave, which in 80% of cases manifests as paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT). These arrhythmias are generally well tolerated but sometime...

La rava e la fava

Fiorenza G

2025/4 — pag. 95-95 — DOI

This paper describes the clinical case of a 2-year-and-11-month-old child presenting with vomiting, fever, abdominal pain and macrohematuria, alongside clinical signs of jaundice and acute haemolytic anaemia. Initial blood tests and thorough history ...

Anche il fegato ha i suoi binomi

Maggiore G.

2025/3 — pag. 183-184 — DOI

The paper describes the case of a 20-month-old girl hospitalized for acute liver failure, later diagnosed with progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC). Jaundice is often a fundamental clinical sign that is frequently overlooked, not only...

Stimorati di Dio

2025/3 — pag. 147 — DOI

Ematuria e non solo... a volte è questione di famiglia: la sindrome di Alport

Sarno E, Alberici I, La Scola C, Pillon R, Pasini A.

2025/3 — pag. 186-190 — DOI

The paper reports the case of a 4-year-old girl with recurrent episodes of macrohematuria. Her family history revealed renal and ocular anomalies. Clinical and genetic analyses confirmed X-linked compound heterozygosity for Alport syndrome, with two ...

Una diagnosi tutt'altro che simplex

Renzullo AM.

2025/3 — pag. 186-190 — DOI

Herpetic encephalitis is the leading cause of sporadic encephalitis, with high mortality despite early treatment. The paper reports the case of a 10-year-old boy who presented with fever, vomiting and headache, initially treated for gastroenteritis. ...

Glomerulonefriti acute: tre facce della stessa medaglia

Iacono A, Cunsolo M, Spallino E, Di Natale K, Cusumano R, Corrado C, Pavone G, D’Alessandro MM, Corsello G.

2025/3 — pag. 159-164 — DOI

The phenotypic variability of a single pathology complicates the diagnostic and therapeutic approaches, particularly for its more complex and less common forms. The paper describes three clinical cases of post-infectious glomerulonephritis, all prese...

Una diagnosi tutt'altro che simplex

Renzullo AM

2025/3 — pag. 75-76 — DOI

Herpetic encephalitis is the leading cause of sporadic encephalitis, with high mortality despite early treatment. The paper reports the case of a 10-year-old boy who presented with fever, vomiting and headache, initially treated for gastroenteritis. ...

Ematuria e non solo... a volte è questione di famiglia: la sindrome di Alport

Sarno E, Alberici I, La Scola C, Pillon R, Pasini A

2025/3 — pag. 72-72 — DOI

The paper reports the case of a 4-year-old girl with recurrent episodes of macrohematuria. Her family history revealed renal and ocular anomalies. Clinical and genetic analyses confirmed X-linked compound heterozygosity for Alport syndrome, with two ...

Coxsackiosi Angioma lobulare eruttivo

2025/2 — pag. 124 — DOI

Marta: un’otite dietro l’altra Un "tumore" che cresce in fretta

2025/2 — pag. 107-110 — DOI

La fototerapia ciclica

Davanzo R, Cavicchioli P, Agosti M, Dani C.

2025/2 — pag. 103-106 — DOI

A proactive approach to the management of hyperbilirubinemia during phototherapy may help reduce mother-infant separation, maintain comfort of the newborn, reduce maternal anxiety and promote exclusive breastfeeding. Cyclic phototherapy may be part o...

Ematoma, infezione e difetto della coagulazione

Iorio RF, Bruzzese E

2025/2 — pag. 53-53 — DOI

Febrile limp in paediatric patients is often associated with septic arthritis, but alternative diagnoses must be considered. The paper reports the case of a 10-year-old boy with intermittent fever and persistent coxalgia. Imaging revealed multiple ab...

Emangioma infantile ulcerato Mastocitoma isolato

2025/1 — pag. 58 — DOI

Incremento delle infezioni pediatriche da streptococco di gruppo A e complicanze trombotiche: studio retrospettivo e case series di trombosi dei seni venosi cerebrali

Perre E, Ferrari M, Filice E, Stera G, Francavilla R, Ghizzi C.

2025/1 — pag. 52-55 — DOI

During the 2022 winter, Europe experienced a surge in invasive group A streptococcal (iGAS) infections in paediatric patients, accompanied by reports of severe complications such as cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST). This study retrospectively ...

Dolori addominali, diete e DCA Buoni amici DOC DOC DOC Diabete tecnologico Quasi celiaci MIS-C: alla fine tutto bene

2025/1 — pag. 11-12 — DOI

Incremento delle infezioni pediatriche da streptococco di gruppo a e complicanze trombotiche: studio retrospettivo e case series di trombosi dei seni venosi cerebrali

Perre E, Ferrari M, Filice E, Stera G, Francavilla R, Ghizzi C

2025/1 — pag. 24-27 — DOI

During the 2022 winter, Europe experienced a surge in invasive group A streptococcal (iGAS) infections in paediatric patients, accompanied by reports of severe complications such as cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST). This study retrospectively ...

Orticaria cronica spontanea

Colussi L, Malni I, Badina L, Berti I.

2024/10 — pag. 629-634 — DOI

Chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) is a condition characterized by the daily occurrence of wheals, with or without angioedema. It persists for more than six weeks, without any identifiable triggering factor and is caused by the abnormal activation o...

Una paralisi del nervo facciale che ricorre

Sandei M

2024/10 — pag. 219-219 — DOI

The paper describes the case of a 16-month-old girl with suspected neurofibromatosis I who was evaluated for recurrent episodes of peripheral facial nerve palsy and severe hypertension (160/110 mmHg). Tests revealed bilateral renal artery stenosis, t...

Una diagnosi precoce di coartazione aortica e sindrome di Williams

Mazza S, Corona L, Atzei A, Fanos V, Paola Neroni P

2024/10 — pag. 217-218 — DOI

A newborn diagnosed with severe aortic coarctation underwent surgical repair but developed re-coarctation and pulmonary artery narrowing. Persistent eyelid oedema and dysmorphic features led to a suspicion of Williams Syndrome, confirmed through gene...

Sindrome di Brugada: guida pratica per il pediatra di base

Speranzon A, Chicco D, Bonazza P, D’Alfonso R, Bobbo M, D’Agata Mottolese B, Barbi E, Caiffa T.

2024/9 — pag. 561-567 — DOI

Brugada syndrome is an autosomal dominant inherited channelopathy affecting the sodium channel and is characterized by predisposition to syncope and sudden death. It typically presents in young adults, but it also presents in the paediatric populatio...

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...

Ematoma subcorneo Emangioma infantile

2024/9 — pag. 602 — DOI

La sindrome cardio-facio-cutanea

Scupilliti S, Selicorni A

2024/9 — pag. 589-591 — DOI

Infezioni delle vie urinarie: dalla diagnosi alla terapia

De Pra S, Benvenuto S, Pennesi M.

2024/9 — pag. 557-560 — DOI

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are a common occurrence in the paediatric population and are often paucisymptomatic in children under two years of age. A definitive diagnosis is obtained through urine culture, which should be collected using invasive...

Bronchiolite inconsolabile, l'addome è trattabile?

Conte A, Carrato V, Pirlo D, Faticato MG, Mazzoni M, Gazzolo A

2024/9 — pag. 196-196 — DOI

Some viruses, such as adenovirus, have been associated with an increased risk of intussusception, although the link in community infections is less clear than with the rotavirus vaccine. The paper presents the case of a 3-month-old infant hospitalize...

FPIES

Barachino A

2024/9 — pag. 189-190 — DOI

A 2-month-old girl presented with diarrhoea and skin rash. Initially suspected of having a viral infection, she was hospitalized because of persistent symptoms, dehydration and weight loss. Despite intravenous antibiotics, she only improved after swi...

Quando lo shock ipovolemico... è una malattia esantematica!

La Cognata D, Finocchiaro MC, Trobia GL, Sciacca M, Buccheri M, Cacciaguerra G, Di Stefano V

2024/9 — pag. 187-188 — DOI

A 9-year-old boy presented with fever, vomiting and respiratory distress. He was diagnosed with left pleural effusion and reduced lung capacity, confirmed by ultrasound and CT. Treatment included rehydration, oxygen and antibiotics. Cultures revealed...

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...

Un torace che suona

Sutera M.

2024/8 — pag. 532-534 — DOI

A 5-year-old girl was evaluated for an intermittent thoracic sound present for two years, often associated with viral infections. The clinical examination was normal, except for mild mitral prolapse with minimal regurgitation noted in a prior echocar...

Articolazioni e loro eccessive reazioni

Scarlato L, Krzysztofiak A, Romani L, Lancetta L.

2024/8 — pag. 532-534 — DOI

A 14-year-old girl presented to the Emergency Department with right gluteal pain, functional limitation of the left hip, sciatica, and low-grade fever. Tests revealed elevated inflammatory markers, and ultrasound showed joint effusion and muscle thic...

La sindrome di Silver-Russel

Prada E, Scupilliti S, Selicorni A.

2024/8 — pag. 515-517 — DOI

Le infezioni neonatali tardive da streptococco di gruppo B: cosa dobbiamo sapere?

Riccipetitoni L, Miselli F, Buttera M, Bondi C, Mazzotti S, Baraldi N, Bedetti L, Lugli L, Berardi A.

2024/8 — pag. 509-514 — DOI

In some high-income countries, the widespread use of intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis has reduced the incidence of early-onset infections (onset from 0 to 6 days of life) with Group B Streptococcus (GBS) and late-onset infections (LOD, Late-Onset D...

Un torace che suona

Sutera M

2024/8 — pag. 167-167 — DOI

A 5-year-old girl was evaluated for an intermittent thoracic sound present for two years, often associated with viral infections. The clinical examination was normal, except for mild mitral prolapse with minimal regurgitation noted in a prior echocar...

Macroematuria: pensare anche alle cause più rare

Fiorentino R, Ferrari ME, Pozzi Mucelli M, Lorenzon T, Pedrini B, Gimillaro A, Poskurica I, Toller I

2024/8 — pag. 163-163 — DOI

A 17-year-old boy presented with gross hematuria and pharyngodynia, without other significant symptoms or trauma. Urine tests showed eumorphic and monomorphic erythrocytes, with protein/creatinine ratio alterations. Doppler ultrasound revealed narrow...

Articolazioni e loro eccessive reazioni

Scarlato L, Krzysztofiak A, Romani L, Lancetta L

2024/8 — pag. 160-161 — DOI

A 14-year-old girl presented to the Emergency Department with right gluteal pain, functional limitation of the left hip, sciatica, and low-grade fever. Tests revealed elevated inflammatory markers, and ultrasound showed joint effusion and muscle thic...

Rivista sfogliabile on line

2024/7

Vitiligine Granulomi anulari multipli

2024/7 — pag. 472 — DOI

"Deep purple": un caso di purpura fulminans in asplenia congenita isolata

Cattaneo F, Mariani E, Lazzerotti A

2024/7 — pag. 468-470 — DOI

Asplenic patients are well-known to be at higher risk of infections, which are primarily caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae. Such infections may present with a sudden onset and a fulminant course, potentially leading to septic shock, purpura fulminan...

La calcolosi renale come causa di dolore addominale

Burlo F.

2024/7 — pag. 465-466 — DOI

This case shows that kidney stones can cause atypical pain and that large stones require surgical intervention. It has also highlighted how impressions about patients can influence the diagnosis....

Parotite ricorrente giovanile: inquadramento clinico e approccio diagnostico-terapeutico

Giuntoli D.G, Galletti A, Pontrandolfo M, Pastore S, Tommasini A, Orzan E, Barbi E.

2024/7 — pag. 443-449 — DOI

Juvenile recurrent parotitis is an uncommon condition characterised by recurrent episodes of parotid swelling that affects school-aged and pre-school children and shows a typical tendency to self-resolution during adolescence. To date, etiopathogenet...

Ematuria e proteinuria

Scaramuzzino F, Burlo F, Delcaro G, Peinkhofer M, Sutera M, Persia S, Emma F.

2024/7 — pag. 425-434 — DOI

Proteinuria and haematuria are common findings in children. However, they are indicative of a renal or urinary condition only in a minority of cases. The probability of an underlying disease causing haematuria and /or proteinuria increases when they...

Sembra un deficit di GH, e invece non lo è!

Casini F, Magenes VC, Guida G, Lonoce L, Pozzi E, Cocuccio C, Arrigoni S, Zuccotti G

2024/7 — pag. 142-143 — DOI

A 2.5-year-old girl was evaluated for poor growth. Despite low IGF-1 levels, GH deficiency was excluded. Further investigation revealed celiac disease, diagnosed via EGDS. After starting a gluten-free diet, catch-up growth was observed. The patient r...

La diagnosi di artrite idiopatica giovanile sistemica

Basilio P

2024/7 — pag. 140-140 — DOI

A 9-year-old boy presented with persistent fever, joint pain and productive cough not responding to antibiotic treatments. After negative diagnostic tests, a fleeting rash during a fever spike and neutrophilic leukocytosis led to the diagnosis of sys...

I genitori negano traumi

Ramazzotti S

2024/7 — pag. 136-136 — DOI

A 3-month-old infant presented to the ER with sudden crying and collapse. Imaging revealed a right fronto-parietal subdural haematoma and additional bilateral subdural haematomas. The diagnosis was Shaken Baby Syndrome, leading to surgical interventi...

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 ...

"Deep purple": un caso di purpura fulminans in asplenia congenita isolata

Cattaneo F, Mariani E, Lazzerotti A

2024/7 — pag. 129-132 — DOI

Asplenic patients are well-known to be at higher risk of infections, which are primarily caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae. Such infections may present with a sudden onset and a fulminant course, potentially leading to septic shock, purpura fulminan...

La sindrome diencefalica: magro, lungo e sorridente

Mercuri C, Piccolo G, Molteni M, Verrico A, Piatelli G, Gaggero G, Ramaglia A, Milanaccio C

2024/26 — pag. 1-1 — DOI

The Authors describe the case of a 10-month-old boy with growth arrest and nystagmus related to a pilomyxoid astrocytoma in a paramedian suprasellar location....

Il bambino che ritorna perché ha sempre la febbre: capire, sapere e saper fare

De Nardi L, Insalaco A, De Benedetti F.

2024/6 — pag. 355-363 — DOI

Fever is a very common symptom in children, mostly due to infections. It is a physiological body defence mechanism against damage. However, when it is recurring, it is difficult to understand which are the underlying causes. Recurrent fever is most c...

Dermatologia inclusiva Taglia e cuci genetico e terapia dell’”incurabile”: c’è, ma non ancora per tutti Celiachia: aggiornamento ESPGHAN Abbasso l’ittero da latte materno Sapere è potere: il caso della APS-1 (sindrome poliendocrina autoimmune di tipo 1) Casi indimenticabili

2024/6 — pag. 349-350 — DOI

Un caso di shock tossico stafilococcico in un'adolescente

Barazzoni M, Lazzerotti A, Amoroso A, Tealdo M.

2024/5 — pag. 332-334 — DOI

A 13-year-old adolescent presented with symptoms compatible with septic shock following a vacation by the lake. Initially, she presented with gastrointestinal symptoms and fever, and later she developed rash, arthralgia, myalgia, asthenia, erythroder...

L’ittero in un lattante

Moras M, Tanzi G, Melli P, Cogo P.

2024/5 — pag. 329-331 — DOI

The diagnosis of biliary atresia was ultimately made in an infant who still presented with jaundice after his first month of life and had previously been misdiagnosed with breast milk jaundice. The authors underline that biliary atresia should always...

Una presentazione atipica della porpora trombocitopenica immune

Leone G, Consentino MC, Pappalardo MG, Leonardi R, Scarlata F, Nannola C, Timpanaro T.

2024/5 — pag. 329-331 — DOI

The authors describe a case of idiopathic autoimmune thrombocytopenia characterized by the onset of visual disturbances due to macular haemorrhage in the left eye....

Sindrome da microdelezione 22q11.2

Cazzaniga L, Scupilliti S, Selicorni A.

2024/5 — pag. 321-323 — DOI

La gestione della piastrinopenia immune acuta in età pediatrica

Parodi E, Russo G. a nome del GdL AIEOP

2024/5 — pag. 313-316 — DOI

This report summarizes the most relevant issues of the document that the Working Group on Coagulation Disorders of the Italian Association of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology (AIEOP) developed to gather shared expert opinions on the management of ...

Cosa deve sapere oggi il pediatra del trattamento dell’epatite C nell’era dei nuovi farmaci antivirali?

Veraldi S, Maggiore G.

2024/5 — pag. 303-307 — DOI

The treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection with the new direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) has dramatically modified the natural history of the HCV-related disease, eradicating the virus in over 90% of treated patients, with negligible collatera...

Un caso di shock tossico stafilococcico in un'adolescente

Barazzoni M, Lazzerotti A, Amoroso A, Tealdo M

2024/5 — pag. 84-86 — DOI

A 13-year-old adolescent presented with symptoms compatible with septic shock following a vacation by the lake. Initially, she presented with gastrointestinal symptoms and fever, and later she developed rash, arthralgia, myalgia, asthenia, erythroder...

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...

Difetti congeniti dell’immunità: non solo le vecchie immunodeficienze

Tommasini A, Valencic E, Naviglio S.

2024/4 — pag. 219-226 — DOI

Inborn errors of immunity are a rapidly-developing area of clinical study. Based on the description of a small set of disorders with a significant risk of infection that may be identified with a small number of lab tests, the definition has been expa...

La pediatria della complessità: tutti per uno o ciascuno per sé?

Selicorni A, Macchiaiolo M, Mazzoni E, Memo L, Onesimo R, Faravelli F, Di Michele S, ZampinoG.

2024/4 — pag. 216 — DOI

Non tutti gli ascessi sono infetti

Crotti B, Fuoti M, Dotta L, Girelli MF, Meini A, Badolato R

2024/4 — pag. 82-83 — DOI

The authors describe the case of a 12-year-old Egyptian girl with a painful, aseptic swelling on the upper right eyelid associated with diarrhoea eventually diagnosed as IBD linked sterile abscess syndrome....

Crisi celiaca: una complicanza rara e insidiosa della celiachia

Barca M, Boccia M, Improta M, Discepolo V

2024/4 — pag. 59-63 — DOI

Coeliac Crisis is an urgent and potentially fatal complication of Coeliac Disease (CeD), which is most frequent in early childhood. The crisis may occur at onset or develop in CeD patients with poor compliance to the gluten-free diet (GFD). Stress, s...

Le colelitiasi a origine ematologica

Fantasia M, Faraguna MC, Ferrari GM, Corti P.

2024/3 — pag. 187 — DOI

A 7-year-old girl presenting with acute abdominal pain due to gallstones was eventually diagnosed with spherocytosis....

La sindrome di Klinefelter

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

2024/3 — pag. 181-183 — DOI

Quando meno te l'aspetti: la cardiopatia aritmogena del ventricolo destro

Perciasepe L, Cozzolino C, Grande E, Bertacca L, Falorni S, Grosso S

2024/3 — pag. 53-55 — DOI

The authors describe the case of a 15-year-old boy who presented with a syncopal episode at rest eventually diagnosed as arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy....

Sindrome di annegamentoCosa deve sapere (e saper fare) il pediatra

Fiorilli C, Trombetta A, Bonvicini F, Palumbo L, Giuliano L, Zuardi V, Iughetti L, De Fanti A

2024/3 — pag. 42-50 — DOI

The paper reports the case of a 13-year-old girl who suffered from complicated appendicitis, which was treated by laparoscopic appendectomy. Subsequently, she developed a bilateral pleural effusion that required a chest drain. Pleural exudative effus...

Lo stroke neonatale: le cause, i sintomi, la diagnosi e la gestione

Sfeir R, Pelliccia V, Bruno I, Graziani G, Ricciardelli P, Cenni P, Piccinini G, Marchetti F.

2024/2 — pag. 106-112 — DOI

The paper reports the case of a term newborn who presented with focal seizures at 24 hours of age and was diagnosed with neonatal stroke upon the suspicion raised by the cranial ultrasound performed at 24 hours, confirmed by the brain MRI 96 hours pa...

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....

Sintomi neurologici da causa insolita

Fiorenza G, De Luca L, Donnarumma B, Tranchese S, Rezzuto M, Mosca C, Ponte G, Liguori L, Acampora E, Tarallo L.

2024/2 — pag. 123-126 — DOI

The case of a drowsy and tachycardic infant eventually diagnosed with cannabis intoxication is presented. ...

Un imprevisto tra capo e collo: la sindrome di Lemierre

Gibellato E, Petrela S, Arosio A, Peccatori N, Melzi ML, Lazzerotti A, Biondi A.

2024/2 — pag. 123-126 — DOI

A healthy 15-year-old boy was hospitalized due to the persistence of lateral cervical swelling associated with fever and worsening of headache. He underwent a neck and facial mass CT scan showing a thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular vein extend...

Un paziente scorbu… tico con dolore, edema e petecchie agli arti inferiori…

Basilio P.

2024/2 — pag. 120 — DOI

The diagnosis of vitamin C deficiency was eventually made in an autistic child complaining about leg pain. ...

Più onco che ematologia: botta, risposta e sottolineature attraverso i casi

Peccatori N, Limido F, Faraguna MC, Dagri A, Coslovich S, Marchettini E, Rocco EM, Tessitore A, Biondi A.

2024/2 — pag. 95-100 — DOI

This study aims to explore unique aspects of onco-haematological diseases by offering paediatricians insights into their characteristics to better inform clinical practice. It emphasizes the importance of considering atypical presentations, like extr...

Un caso di diffusione intra-familiare di colera

Pozza A, Moneta I, Riscassi S, Pagani E, Aschbacher R, Mercolini F, Pescollderungg L, Battisti L

2024/2 — pag. 22-26 — DOI

Cholera is an acute diarrhoeal disease caused by Vibrio cholerae (VC) serogroups O1 and O139. Transmission is oro-faecal and it might lead to acute dehydration. The disease is still endemic in resource-poor countries, nevertheless importation cases ...

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....

Manifestazioni cutanee anulari e lupus eritematoso neonatale

Tumminello M, Serra G, Bacile D, Di Leto E, Gangemi A, Guardino M, Corsello G.

2024/1 — pag. 33-36 — DOI

Neonatal lupus erythematosus (NLE) is a rare immune-mediated disorder due to the passage of maternal anti-Ro/SSA and anti-La/SSB antibodies through the placenta to the foetus and newborn. Major manifestations include cardiac anomalies and skin lesion...

Morbillo: una battaglia da fare in tempo di pace

Russo R.

2024/1 — pag. 15-16 — DOI

Sferocitosi: una famiglia... tre malattie!

Ferrara D, Giordano C, Borsellino Z, Cuccia L, Ruffo GB, Corsello G.

2024/1 — pag. 54-57 — DOI

The paper describes the cases of three siblings affected by Hereditary Spherocytosis (HS). The different clinical presentations in the same family are examples of the heterogeneity of this pathology. HS is a common inherited type of haemolytic anaemi...

La cellulite orbitaria in età pediatrica: una proposta di gestione diagnostico-terapeutica

Zama D, Altimari L, Ruscelli M, Pierantoni L, Gennari G, Toni F, Campoli C, Presutti L, Lanari M.

2024/1 — pag. 17-25 — DOI

The incidence of orbital cellulitis in the paediatric age is around 1.6/100,000 cases per year. Most cases are mild and limited to the preseptal space; however, severe and complicated cases are possible. Paediatricians should be able to recognize hig...

Profondo (timpano) rosso

Rocco EM

2024/1 — pag. 19-20 — DOI

The case of a 9-year-old girl presenting with a post-traumatic haemotympanum and vomiting is described. The diagnosis of subdural haematoma was eventually made....

Sferocitosi: una famiglia... tre malattie!

Ferrara D, Giordano C, Borsellino Z, Cuccia L, Ruffo GB, Corsello G

2024/1 — pag. 5-8 — DOI

The paper describes the cases of three siblings affected by Hereditary Spherocytosis (HS). The different clinical presentations in the same family are examples of the heterogeneity of this pathology. HS is a common inherited type of haemolytic anaemi...

Un bersaglio quando meno te lo aspetti: la sindrome di Peutz-Jeghers

Neirotti A, Rossi L, Parola F, Scarcia S, Brach del Prever AM

2024/1 — pag. 1-4 — DOI

Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome is a genetic condition that puts affected patients at risk of oncological degeneration and gastrointestinal complications. In most cases, abdominal pain is the acute symptom that leads the patient to the emergency room. This ma...

Pensa alla bronchite eosinofila

Fusco F.

2023/10 — pag. 662-663 — DOI

The diagnosis of eosinophilic bronchitis was finally done in a 4-year-old girl with dry, long lasting cough...

La sindrome di Noonan

Scupilliti S, Cianci P, Mariani M, Selicorni A.

2023/10 — pag. 657-659 — DOI

La Bioetica sul campo: una sfida per il neonatologo e il pediatra

Serra G, Antona V, Giuffrè M, Guardino M, Piro E, Vassallo A, Corsello G.

2023/10 — pag. 637-645 — DOI

The communication of a genetic disease or malformation syndrome diagnosis regards the relationship between the medical staff and the family of the affected newborn or child. It should be considered as any other clinical, diagnostic or therapeutic pro...

Tutto scorre

2023/10 — pag. 623 — DOI

Cortocircuiti tra mente e corpo L’obesità non fa eccezione alla regola: prima appare, più c’entra la genetica Mi fa male la testa! Corto come il papà, corto con qualcosa d’altro o semplicemente corto: chiama il genetista Davvero si può curare il diabete?

2023/10 — pag. 621-622 — DOI

Segni clinici di maltrattamento fisico nel bambino, immagine per immagine

Cozzi G, Amaddeo A, Da Lozzo P, Rabach I, Zanchi C, Norbedo S, Calligaris L, Barbi E, Poropat F.

2023/9 — pag. 589-594 — DOI

Unfortunately, physical abuse in children is a frequent condition. Paediatricians need to be aware and to know what signs are more frequently associated with this condition. Bruising, bone fractures, burns, retinal haemorrhages, subdural haematomas a...

Granuloma anulare Pitiriasi versicolor

2023/9 — pag. 606 — DOI

La sindrome di Turner

Nicolosi ML, Cattoni A, Selicorni A.

2023/9 — pag. 595-597 — DOI

Una meningite da scossa

Risso FM.

2023/8 — pag. 527-530 — DOI

The case of a 30-day-old newborn presenting with clonic movements and loss of consciousness, initially misdiagnosed as bacterial meningitis, is described. The diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome was finally made....

Ansia da rientro a scuola, sette consigli per superarla - Bambini con malformazioni dei reni: il ruolo della profilassi antibiotica - Sindrome nefrosica in età pediatrica: il punto su conoscenze, diagnosi e terapie - Sindrome feto-alcolica: il 10% delle donne consuma alcol in gravidanza - L’aria fresca migliora il laringospasmo dei bambini - Dal Senato ok definitivo al DdL su diabete e celiachia - Con l’ADHD sale il rischio di altri disturbi di salute mentale - HIV e non solo, in 10 anni le infezioni sessuali sono in aumento - Dormire a sufficienza riduce comportamenti impulsivi dei bambini - Semaglutide, la (controversa) molecola antiobesità potrebbe essere un rischio per bambini e adolescenti - Pubertà precoce aumentata del 30% fra le bambine durante la pandemia

Abate MV (a cura di)

2023/8

Un puzzle in tre pezzi

Barachino A.

2023/8 — pag. 525-526 — DOI

The case of a 13-year-old boy presenting with conjunctivitis, urethritis and arthritis (affecting hands and knees) after a Salmonella D infection is discussed. ...

Lo spettro dei disordini feto-alcolici: una guida per il pediatra

Serra G, Corsello G.

2023/8 — pag. 515-520 — DOI

Foetal alcohol spectrum disorders are a group of conditions related with the prenatal exposure to alcohol. Affected subjects may manifest a wide variety of birth defects (growth retardation, craniofacial dysmorphisms, malformations) and neurodevelopm...

Due libri, una Pediatria

2023/8 — pag. 487 — DOI

Una RM encefalo che parla da sola

Ferrigno C, Chillemi C, Silvestro S

2023/8 — pag. 163-164 — DOI

A two-month-old infant was admitted with clonic movements of the limbs. At the brain MRI multiple supra and infratentorial haemorrhagic lesions were present leading to the diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome....

Una meningite da scossa

Risso FM

2023/8 — pag. 162-162 — DOI

The case of a 30-day-old newborn presenting with clonic movements and loss of consciousness, initially misdiagnosed as bacterial meningitis, is described. The diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome was finally made....

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...

Il supporto nutrizionale nell’anoressia nervosa

Accomando F, Aricò MO, Valletta E

2023/8 — pag. 136-145 — DOI

Paediatric departments are increasingly faced with adolescents with anorexia nervosa in severe nutritional and metabolic decompensation. Artificial nutritional support, often indispensable in the most critical phases of the course, requires careful e...

Una sindrome infiammatoria multisistemica “fredda” complicata da shock

Valencic I, Moratti M, Lombardi F, Francavilla R, Ghizzi C

2023/8 — pag. 151-156 — DOI

Rationale - In clinical practice there are numerous factors influencing the correct process of diagnosis and treatment, especially in the context of complex clinical cases such as severe and atypical forms of "multisystem inflammatory syndrome" (MIS-...

Sindrome da ipersensibilità dei recettori della tosse (SIRT): “la tosse che fa tosse”

Longo G.

2023/7 — pag. 427-436 — DOI

Dry cough usually accompanies the first few days of each “cold” (Upper Respiratory Tract Infection: URTI), but in some children, it always recurs with a particular intensity that “prevents sleep” and puts the whole family to the test. This cough is r...

Allarme rosso: il sanguinamento rettale

Fracas D, Di Leo G.

2023/7 — pag. 465-468 — DOI

A 6-week-old, exclusively breastfed and well-appearing infant presented with blood in her stools. A diagnosis of food protein-induced allergic proctocolitis was promptly made by the presence of the high number of eosinophils in her blood and the prom...

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 ...

Le infezioni da enterovirus nel neonato e nel lattante

Sandoni M, Ciardo L, Tamburini C, Marrozzini L, Boncompagni A, Rossi C, Guidotti I, Garetti E, Rossi K, Lugli L, Iughetti L, Berardi A.

2023/7 — pag. 437-443 — DOI

Enteroviruses (EV) are a relevant source of infection in paediatric patients. The majority of cases concerns the neonatal period and the first months of life. Due to their extreme epidemiological fluctuations, molecular epidemiology is crucial to und...

Allarme rosso: il sanguinamento rettale

Fracas D, Di Leo G

2023/7 — pag. 135-135 — DOI

A 6-week-old, exclusively breastfed and well-appearing infant presented with blood in her stools. A diagnosis of food protein-induced allergic proctocolitis was promptly made by the presence of the high number of eosinophils in her blood and the prom...

Un bambino che ha messo la sesta

Bagni M

2023/7 — pag. 130-131 — DOI

The case of a 3-month-old infant presenting with fever, rash and hyporeactivity is described. A diagnosis of left parapharyngeal abscess as one of the complications of HHV-6 infection was finally made....

Lesioni ossee simmetriche e drepanocitosi

Franzone D, Chianucci B, Basso L, Guardo D, Bellini T, Piccotti E.

2023/6 — pag. 399-402 — DOI

An 8-year-old boy suffering from sickle cell disease (SCD) was admitted to emergency unit complaining of moderate-to-severe pain in his lower limbs. He received chronic transfusion therapy and hydroxyurea. Apparently, he had never experienced vaso-oc...

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....

L’adolescente ha diritto alla privacy dal medico? - «Mio figlio strizza gli occhi e non sopporta la luce: potrebbe soffrire di congiuntivite allergica?» - Malattie croniche dell’intestino, un paziente su quattro è un bambino - Morbo di Crohn, colite ulcerosa e altre malattie infiammatorie intestinali: chi cura i ragazzi? - Solo il 18% dei bambini malati riceve le cure palliative - Bambini, quanto intervenire sulla postura? - Alta mortalità per sepsi tra i neonati per l’antibioticoresistenza - Psicologo a scuola, Ministero e psicologi avviano un confronto - Aumentano i casi di enterovirus nei neonati, sette decessi in Francia - Aria inquinata, i bambini ne subiscono le conseguenze peggiori. I primi problemi già in gravidanza - Mal di testa nei bambini, perché non va sottovalutato - Nell’Unione Europea cure pediatriche insoddisfacenti per il 3,6% dei bambini. In Italia sono l’1,8%

Abate MV (a cura di)

2023/6

Malattia grassa del fegato: tra fattori ambientali e predisposizione genetica

Mosca A, Maggiore G.

2023/6 — pag. 355-362 — DOI

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is now recognized as the hepatic manifestation of the metabolic syndrome and is the most common cause of chronic liver disease in both adults and children. It is assumed that a genetic predisposition associat...

Un caso di pericardite recidivante colchicina-resistente

Maggio MC, Alizzi C, Di Leto E, Ippolito A, Sferlazza F, Corsello G

2023/6 — pag. 111-112 — DOI

A 9-year-old boy affected by colchicine-resistant idiopathic pericarditis was successfully treated with an IL-1 receptor antagonist (anakinra)....

La meningite da Streptococcus pyogenes: avete visto mai?

Gagliardo di Carpinello B, Bellotto A, Biserna L, Addeo AM, Marchetti F

2023/6 — pag. 105-106 — DOI

The case of a 12-year-old girl presenting with severe headache and a septic status finally diagnosed as mastoiditis related to meningitis due to Streptococcus pyogenes is described....

Febbre e gengivostomatite: non è sempre solo herpes simplex

Arnaboldi S.

2023/5 — pag. 331-334 — DOI

Gingivostomatitis is a clinical condition frequently diagnosed by the family paediatrician and it generally shows a viral aetiology. In particular, primary herpes simplex infection is the most frequent cause of gingivostomatitis in toddlers and it ty...

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....

La sindrome KBG

Carrer A, Mariani M, Selicorni A.

2023/5 — pag. 321-323 — DOI

Lesioni da “capello attorcigliato” in un lattante

Mincuzzi G, Alessi M, Spataro A, Corsello G.

2023/5 — pag. 319-320 — DOI

Hair thread tourniquet syndrome is a paediatric condition due to a hair or cotton thread from infants' clothes that gets tangled around the extremities of the body, tightening the skin until it causes a clean cut. The injury could develop into ischem...

Una “vistosa” vasculite con edema, che riguarda gli arti e il viso e risparmia il tronco

Marchetti F, Izzo BPE, Scaioli M, Graziani V, Turlà G, Mambelli L.

2023/5 — pag. 301-305 — DOI

Acute haemorrhagic oedema of infancy (AHEI) is a small vessel vasculitis that affects boys between 4 months and 2 years. It presents with a characteristic purpuric skin rash but with marked bruising and “typical” localizations in auricles and is ofte...

Vasculiti facili e difficili: cosa deve sapere e saper fare un pediatra

De Nardi L, Petrone MI, Benvenuto S, Natoli V, Abu-Rumeileh S, Castaldo B, De Benedetti F.

2023/5 — pag. 286-298 — DOI

Vasculitis is defined by a state of inflammation of the blood vessel walls. It can result in formation of either aneurysms or stenosis with ischemia and necrosis. The heterogeneity of clinical presentation depends on the type and size of the vessels ...

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...

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...

Disordini demielinizzanti nel bambino e nell’adolescente: ADEM, neurite ottica e MOGAD

Dal Bo S, Ruscelli M, Cenni P, Piscaglia MG, D’Eliseo D, Marchetti F.

2023/4 — pag. 231-236 — DOI

The paper describes the case of a 4-year-old girl who presented with an episode of ADEM and, 8 years later, multiple relapses associated with optic neuritis. The patient resulted positive to anti-MOG antibodies. About a third of patients with an ADEM...

LE MALATTIE DEMIELINIZZANTI IN ETÀ PEDIATRICA La sclerosi multipla in età pediatrica e adolescenziale

Carrozzi M, Iacono A, Gortani G, Piscaglia MG, Marchetti F, Barbi E.

2023/4 — pag. 220-230 — DOI

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic autoimmune disease that affects the myelin of the brain and spinal cord; it is characterized by recurrent episodes of demyelination in the central nervous system. Paediatric-onset multiple sclerosis (POMS) is a ra...

La polmonite da adenovirus

Zago A, Benvenuto S.

2023/4 — pag. 261-263 — DOI

The author describes the case of a 3-year-old boy presenting with cough and fever that had been persisting for seven days and not respondent to amoxicillin. Neutrophilic leukocytosis and diarrhoea were also present. The diagnosis of adenovirus infect...

Le prove coagulative nel bambino che sanguina (prima parte)

Del Monte F, Romano F, Parodi E, Ramenghi U.

2023/4 — pag. 249-254 — DOI

This brief report presents a practical approach to the diagnosis of the main coagulopathies in children with haemorrhagic manifestations. It discusses the clinical-anamnestic elements that should suggest further laboratory investigations. Then, after...

Guardare oltre il tumore: le cancer-predisposing syndrome in età pediatrica

Bettini LR, Lauriola RS, Vendemini F, Coliva T, Biondi A, Cazzaniga G.

2023/4 — pag. 237-241 — DOI

About 10% of children with cancer carry a pathogenic mutation in genes predisposing to tumourigenesis. These mutations are being identified more and more frequently thanks to the use of next-generation sequencing techniques in the diagnostic work-up ...

La polmonite da adenovirus

Zago A, Benvenuto S

2023/4 — pag. 75-75 — DOI

The author describes the case of a 3-year-old boy presenting with cough and fever that had been persisting for seven days and not respondent to amoxicillin. Neutrophilic leukocytosis and diarrhoea were also present. The diagnosis of adenovirus infect...

Un’osteomielite cronica attraverso il Mediterraneo

Mazzieri T, Pulvirenti RM, Casadei R, Cangiano M, Valletta E

2023/4 — pag. 55-59 — DOI

The paper describes the case of a girl whose hospital admission for a domestic accident led to the diagnosis of chronic osteomyelitis as the likely outcome of an acute infection contracted and treated in her country of origin. After an initial wait-a...

Fiato alle trombe: la pneumoparotite

Brienza C, Pascarella F, Imperatore A, Nunziata F

2023/4 — pag. 71-71 — DOI

The authors present the case of an 8-year-old boy presenting with a “mysterious” cheek swelling. The fact that he had blown a trumpet all day before led to the diagnosis of pneumoparotitis....

Le multiple facce della sclerosi multipla

de Martino L, Basilio P

2023/4 — pag. 73-73 — DOI

The authors describe the case of a 14-year-old girl complaining a lack of strength at left hemisome and finally diagnosed with multiple sclerosis....

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....

Adrenalina, il farmaco salvavita

Tumminelli C, Squillaci D, Calligaris L, Berti I, Poropat F, Barbi E, Amaddeo A, Cozzi G.

2023/3 — pag. 169-176 — DOI

The administration of epinephrine is recommended in children with severe clinical conditions, such as in case of anaphylaxis, life-threatening asthma, shock and cardiac arrest. Due to the very low frequency of these conditions in common paediatric em...

Un’anca molto raffreddata

Carraro C.

2023/3 — pag. 188 — DOI

The case of a 3-year-old girl presenting with right hip pain and persisting limp is described. The diagnosis of adrenal neuroblastoma with femoral metastasis was finally made....

Il bambino con anemia severa: proposta di gestione diagnostico-terapeutica

Muratore E, Ruggi A, Abram N, Zanaroli A, Pierantoni L, Lanari M, Zama D.

2023/3 — pag. 159-168 — DOI

Anaemia is a common issue in the paediatric age group and it is not uncommon to encounter severe cases of anaemia in the Paediatric Emergency Unit. The correct identification of patients requiring urgent care is of central importance to provide timel...

Lo spettro della sindrome Cornelia de Lange

Prada E, Mariani M, Selicorni A.

2023/3 — pag. 183-185 — DOI

Agenesia renale, sindrome di Zinner Ittero neonatale, ittero sclerale Nistagmo, albinismo

2023/3 — pag. 193 — DOI

Le cinque sfide per una salute a misura di bambino Le proposte della Società Italiana di Pediatria

2023/3 — pag. 153-154 — DOI

Rifondare l’assistenza pediatrica: prima di tutto spetta a noi!

Marchetti F.

2023/3 — pag. 143-145 — DOI

Una MIS-C come possibile spia di errori congeniti dell’immunità

Drago E, Massaccesi E, Ridella F, Scalas M, Caorsi R, Fioredda F

2023/3 — pag. 52-52 — DOI

The Authors described the case of a 2-year-old child presenting with the typical clinical features of MIS-C finally diagnosed as Wiskott-Aldrich immunodeficiency....

Verruche piane Eczema dell’areola e del capezzolo

2023/2 — pag. 132 — DOI

La Repubblica

2023/2 — pag. 79 — DOI

Disforia di genere. Gli psicologi (CNOP): serve una riflessione sull’adolescenza - Telefono Azzurro, il 50% ragazzi sta sui social 2-3 ore giorno - Giornata nazionale contro il bullismo e il cyberbullismo. Ne è vittima il 15% dei giovani - Virus respiratori: l'effetto delle co-infezioni è grave nei bimbi sotto i 5 anni - Un semplice spray nasale riduce il russamento nei bimbi - Sai che cos'è la disprassia? - Ginecologi: bene il rooming-in del neonato, ma serve più supporto - AIDS nei bambini. Ogni anno 160mila nuovi casi e 15% dei decessi avviene tra i più piccoli - Malattie tropicali neglette. Un miliardo di persone nel mondo ne soffre, oltre la metà in Africa - Giochi cinesi ritirati per la presenza di sostanze nocive

Abate MV (a cura di)

2023/2

Una vecchietta di quattro anni: la dermatomiosite

Gozzi A, Benelli E, Minute M, Strafella MS, Martelossi S.

2023/1 — pag. 53-54 — DOI

The Authors describe the case of a 4-year-old girl with aging appearance of the skin of her hands and feet finally diagnosed as dermatomyositis. The capillaroscopy was a crucial step in the diagnostic process....

Un’insolita ipertensione polmonare

Todero S, Hasan T, Ragni L, Donti A

2023/1 — pag. 13-13 — DOI

The Authors describe the case of a newborn presenting with severe pulmonary hypertension due to the hypoplasia of the pulmonary arteries and finally diagnosed with Alagille syndrome. The typical vertebral anomalies and hyperbilirubinaemia were also p...

Un Meckel fantasma

Malni I

2023/1 — pag. 11-12 — DOI

The case of a 3-year-old child with acute abdomen due to the perforation of a Meckel’s diverticulum is presented. At the first surgical exploration the diagnosis was misunderstood because of the anomalous positioning in the mesenteric side of the div...

Neonati e lattanti messi a dormire con la testa sollevata? anche no, per favore

2022/10 — pag. 624 — DOI

Se a nove anni si torna a gattonare: l’encefalomielite acuta disseminata (ADEM)

Lauriola RS, Arturi E.

2022/10 — pag. 654-656 — DOI

Se a nove anni si torna a gattonare: l’encefalomielite acuta disseminata (ADEM)

Lauriola RS, Arturi E

2022/10 — pag. 211-212 — DOI

Linfangioma cistico mesenterico: una rara causa di addome acuto nel bambino

Graziano F, La Seta F, Citrano M, Cassata N, Rotolo M, Panci D, Paviglianiti G, Milazzo M, Caruso A

2022/10 — pag. 205-208 — DOI

Cystic lymphangiomas are rare benign tumours of childhood resulting from an abnormal development of the lymphatic system, most commonly arising in the head and axillary regions. Abdominal cystic lymphangiomas are rare, accounting for approximately 5%...

Fetal inflammatory response syndrome (FIRS): che cosa è, quando bisogna pensarci

Tagliani S, Casadio L, Bruno I, Graziani G, Radice C, Zago S, Piccinini G, Marchetti F

2022/10 — pag. 200-204 — DOI

The paper describes a case of severe hyperleukocytosis in a preterm with FIRS (Fetal Inflammatory Response Syndrome) associated with funisitis of umbilical cord and intrauterine inflammation. FIRS is a cause of leukocytosis in newborn, as well as leu...

Ogni età ha la sua macroematuria

Delcaro G, Pennesi M.

2022/9 — pag. 598-600 — DOI

A girl with gross haematuria was finally diagnosed with X-linked Alport syndrome that was initially diagnosed as Berger syndrome. The clinical implication of X-linked Alport syndrome is discussed....

Una bambina con lupus eritematoso sistemico che non vuole andare a scuola

Pastore S.

2022/9 — pag. 598-600 — DOI

The intriguing case of a girl affected by LES with a superimposed somatic pain syndrome (intractable, unexplained headache, prolonged school absence) is presented and discussed....

La sindrome di Myhre

Carrer A, Negrello G, Selicorni A.

2022/9 — pag. 593-595 — DOI

Macrotrombocitopenia, dismorfismi facciali e ritardo dello sviluppo psicomotorio: alla scoperta del gene CDC42

Fabbri E, Giardinelli S, Filippini B, Gasperini P, Mazzocco M, Radice C, Marchetti F, Pericoli R

2022/9 — pag. 181-186 — DOI

Cell Division Control 42 (CDC42) gene encodes for a small GTPase with a fundamental role in controlling intracellular signaling pathway. Gene mutations can cause different phenotypic manifestations, which reflect the variety of the role of this media...

Una neonata dal “cuore matto”

Di Marco S, Rosati S, Controzzi T, Ghirri P, Peroni D

2022/9 — pag. 194-194 — DOI

The Authors describe a case of thyrotoxicosis in a newborn presenting with severe tachycardia. The diagnostic and therapeutic approach is also discussed....

Un diverticolo (dav)vero sanguinante

Tessitore A

2022/8 — pag. 527-530 — DOI

Meckel diverticulum has been suspected and then diagnosed at laparoscopic exploration of the abdomen in a severely anaemic 16-month-old child with acute intestinal bleeding. The surgical indication of all unexplained intestinal bleedings is discussed...

Una colestasi che ritorna

Medici F

2022/8 — pag. 527-530 — DOI

The case of a 13-month-old girl with recurrent cholestasis finally diagnosed with BRIC (Benign Recurrent Intrahepatic Cholestasis) is described. The clinical, therapeutic and prognostic implications of BRIC are also discussed....

Screening della colonizzazione vagino-rettale da streptococco di gruppo B in gravidanza

Fangazio M, Melis S, Maglione S, Sfregola G, Barbaglia M, Finale E, Guala A.

2022/8 — pag. 527-530 — DOI

Group B beta-haemolytic streptococcus (GBS) is a bacterium that colonizes the genito-intestinal tract of many women and is one of the main causes of neonatal sepsis if screening and antibiotic prophylaxis are not carried out during pregnancy. The bes...

Lo scorbuto, segnale di allarme di un disturbo dello spettro autistico

Liuzzo Scorpo M, Corsello G, Maggio MC.

2022/8 — pag. 524-526 — DOI

The authors describe the case of a 3-year-old girl with bleeding gums and leg pain finally diagnosed with vitamin C deficiency (scurvy) and autistic spectrum disorder (ASD). The increased risk of developing scurvy due to a restricted diet in children...

Fragilità genitoriali e danni ai bambini: un caso di abusive head trauma

Chiaraluce S, Colasanto L, Ferrari F.

2022/8 — pag. 524-526 — DOI

The case of a 4-month-old infant with clonic seizures involving the right hemisoma finally diagnosed with abusive head trauma (AHT) is presented. The risk factors and the diagnostic implications of AHT are also discussed....

L’epistassi

Zago A, Grasso D, Barbi E.

2022/8 — pag. 499-504 — DOI

Epistaxis is a common condition in childhood. Anterior nosebleeds are most common, almost always self-limited and rarely life-threatening. Infective and allergic rhinitis, mucosal dryness, trauma, foreign body, rhinitis and digital manipulation can c...

Un diverticolo (dav)vero sanguinante

Tessitore A

2022/8 — pag. 174-175 — DOI

Meckel diverticulum has been suspected and then diagnosed at laparoscopic exploration of the abdomen in a severely anaemic 16-month-old child with acute intestinal bleeding. The surgical indication of all unexplained intestinal bleedings is discussed...

Tubercolosi in età pediatrica: una diagnosi potenzialmente elusiva

Guida G, Garancini N, Rubinacci V, Zuccotti G, Giacomet V

2022/8 — pag. 172-173 — DOI

The paper presents the case of Pakistani girl with low-grade fever, malaise and non-specific abdominal pain, finally diagnosed with pulmonary and extra-pulmonary TB. ...

Una colestasi che ritorna

Medici F

2022/8 — pag. 169-170 — DOI

The case of a 13-month-old girl with recurrent cholestasis finally diagnosed with BRIC (Benign Recurrent Intrahepatic Cholestasis) is described. The clinical, therapeutic and prognostic implications of BRIC are also discussed....

La dumping syndrome: da conoscere e sapere riconoscere

Guastalla V

2022/8 — pag. 168-168 — DOI

After starting gastrostomy feeding an epileptic girl developed frequent episodes characterized by pallor, sweating and sleepiness. Finally, dumping syndrome was diagnosed....

PFAPA che ritorna Crescita staturo-ponderale

2022/7 — pag. 467 — DOI

Ittero, pallore e urine scure: e se fosse un’anemia emolitica autoimmune?

Tessitore A, Putoto E, Romano F, Verzegnassi F, Barbi E, Cozzi G, Parodi E.

2022/7 — pag. 451-455 — DOI

The haemolytic crisis is a sudden reduction in the half-life of red blood cells. Consequently, it leads to massive destruction of red blood cells (haemolysis), which is more significant than the compensatory capacity of the bone marrow and results in...

Terapia farmacologica in urgenza

Squillaci D, Tumminelli C, Molina Ruiz I, Calligaris L, Poropat F, Barbi E, Amaddeo A, Cozzi G.

2022/7 — pag. 441-450 — DOI

Emergency cases are rare events in the paediatric emergency department. Nevertheless, paediatricians working at the emergency department should be able to provide the appropriate pharmacological intervention. This retrospective study, performed at th...

Dermatite atopica: andiamo al sodo C’è nausea e nausea (funzionale) PASC: poca cosa nei bambini! Celiachia nella pratica (1) Celiachia nella pratica (2) Risonanza magnetica e sedazione del bambino piccolo: dexmedetomidina Più Cannabis (edibile) gira, più i bambini si avvelenano (accidentalmente)

2022/7 — pag. 419-420 — DOI

Un petto che si gonfia: lo pneumomediastino

Rotolo M, Giambrone C, Graziano F, Citrano M, Cilona C, Ganci R, Cassata N.

2022/6 — pag. 396-398 — DOI

The paper describes the case of a 4-year-old boy with spontaneous pneumomediastinum secondary to a large bronchopneumonic focus, treated with supportive therapy including rest, painkillers, antibiotics and oxygen, which resolved in a short time with ...

Quando la malaria tarda a farsi riconoscere: un’infezione da Plasmodium ovale

Polenzani I, Lisco L, Cozzolino M, Casolari S, Valenti S, Fontijn S, Uva A, Marchetti F.

2022/6 — pag. 381-385 — DOI

Plasmodium ovale is a cause of non-falciparum malaria infection that is endemic in tropical Western Africa. The life cycle of Plasmodium ovale includes hypnozoites, which are dormant stages in the liver. These stages can be reactivated after weeks, m...

Gastrite eosinofila: una causa di possibile anemia sideropenica

Brugnera G, Mario F, Martelossi S, Pavanello P, Pizzol A.

2022/6 — pag. 393-395 — DOI

A case of eosinophilic gastritis (EG) associated with severe iron deficiency anaemia is described. The authors recommend to consider EG in approaching the diagnosis of iron deficiency anaemia associated with intestinal bleeding....

Pediatri: uniformare l’età pediatrica a 18 anni - Polmonite nei bambini, sono sufficienti 3-5 giorni di antibiotico - HPV, il 73% genitori UE sa cos’è ma il 20% non sa che causa il cancro - Malattie croniche, sempre più bambini colpiti - L’appello dei pediatri: “Troppo pochi i posti letto in Terapia Intensiva e Neuropsichiatria” - Bambini e bambine non sono uguali di fronte alla salute. I pediatri italiani pubblicano la prima Guida alle differenze di genere nella cura dei più piccoli - Malattie immunitarie, un test di laboratorio per riconoscere la linfoistiocitosi emofagocitica secondaria - Piombo nel sangue, l’allarme di UNICEF per 20 milioni di bambini nei Paesi ricchi - ‘Datificati’ alla nascita, informazioni dei bambini nel mirino

Abate MV (a cura di)

2022/6

Sangue nel vomito… eosinofili nello stomaco

Paganin P

2022/6 — pag. 135-135 — DOI

The case of a 4-month-year-old infant presenting with blood vomiting eventually diagnosed as food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome (FPIES) is described. The main clinical and diagnostic aspects of FPIES are also discussed....

Una diagnosi complementare: la C3-glomerulopathy

Amoroso S

2022/6 — pag. 134-134 — DOI

The case of a 10-year-old boy with macrohaematuria is presented. The diagnosis of C3-glomerulopathy was eventually made. The author remarks the main clinical and diagnostic aspects of C3-glomerulopathy....

Un petto che si gonfia: lo pneumomediastino

Rotolo M, Giambrone C, Graziano F, Citrano M, Cilona C, Ganci R, Cassata N

2022/6 — pag. 115-118 — DOI

The paper describes the case of a 4-year-old boy with spontaneous pneumomediastinum secondary to a large bronchopneumonic focus, treated with supportive therapy including rest, painkillers, antibiotics and oxygen, which resolved in a short time with ...

Attenti a quelle due

Bronzetti G.

2022/5 — pag. 312 — DOI

Due anni di MIS-C: peculiarità cliniche e orizzonti terapeutici

Mambelli L, Uva A, Iacono A, Del Vecchio L, Bianchedi I, Nuzzo A, Malta B, Marchetti F.

2022/5 — pag. 299-306 — DOI

Introduction - MIS-C is the most relevant complication of SARS-CoV-2 infection and has an incidence of 1 case / 2,200 children and adolescents with previous infection. The clinical picture is characterized by a multiorgan involvement and an insuffici...

Lupus neonatale o tinea corporis?

2022/5 — pag. 334 — DOI

Ruolo della RM cardiaca nel follow-up a lungo termine della MIS-C

Benvenuto S, Simonini G, Della Paolera S, Abu-Rumeileh S, Mastrolia MV, Manerba A, Chicco D, Belgrano M, Caiffa T, Cattalini M, Taddio A.

2022/5 — pag. 330-332 — DOI

In this retrospective multicentre study based on cardiac MR, the cardiological outcome of MIS-C patients does appear favourable regardless of severity of the cardiac involvement during the acute phase....

Disturbo dello spettro autistico: la famiglia prima di tutto

Delcaro G.

2022/5 — pag. 328-329 — DOI

Two Senegalese children (brother and sister) affected by ASD are described. The Author stress the incresed risk to be affected by ASD in children of immigrant mothers....

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...

Parliamo di sesso

2022/5 — pag. 283 — DOI

La Genetica democratica

Marchetti F.

2022/5 — pag. 279-280 — DOI

Tumori: AIEOP, diritto all’oblio per 50mila giovani guariti - Ok della Commissione Europea a un anticorpo monoclonale per l'asma grave in bambini 6-11 anni - Virus respiratorio sinciziale: -84% di rischio per il bimbo vaccinando la mamma in gravidanza - Morbillo, l’allarme di UNICEF e OMS: casi aumentati del 79%, rischio di epidemie - Trombosi nei bambini, crescono i casi nei piccoli ospedalizzati - Percorso diagnostico in caso di sospetto ipostaturalismo - Violenza sulle donne durante la pandemia. I PS pediatrici possono aiutare la rilevazione e la prevenzione - Atrofia muscolare spinale tipo 1: nuovi dati importanti per risdiplam dallo studio Firefish

Abate MV (a cura di)

2022/5

Non ti scordar del tubulo: la malattia di Dent

Benvenuto S, Bossini B

2022/5 — pag. 112-112 — DOI

The case of a 12-year-old boy with proteinuria, microhaematuria and nephrocalcinosis with normal glomerular function is described. A diagnosis of Dent disease was eventually made and confirmed by the genetic test....

Ruolo della RM cardiaca nel follow-up a lungo termine della MIS-C

Benvenuto S, Simonini G, Della Paolera S, Abu-Rumeileh S, Mastrolia MV, Manerba A, Chicco D, Belgrano M, Caiffa T, Cattalini M, Taddio A

2022/5 — pag. 110-111 — DOI

In this retrospective multicentre study based on cardiac MR, the cardiological outcome of MIS-C patients does appear favourable regardless of severity of the cardiac involvement during the acute phase....

“Matti” da morire

2022/4 — pag. 217 — DOI

ERRATA CORRIGE Nella versione cartacea del Graffio sono state invertite le percentuali riguardanti la mortalità e la disabilità in cui sono coinvolte le malattie non comunicabili. La frase: "[...] è stato calcolato che, nei Paesi dell’Unione E...

Una ematemesi fatale

Amoroso A, Di Stasio F, Locatelli L, D’Antiga L.

2022/4 — pag. 259-262 — DOI

Disk battery ingestions in children are increasing worldwide. This condition may cause severe complications, especially if the battery is lodged in the oesophagus. The most dangerous complication with the highest mortality rate is aorto-oesophageal f...

Febbre e lesioni ipoecogene di fegato e milza

Zanatta L.

2022/4 — pag. 255-258 — DOI

Two cases of systemic bartonellosis are described. They both presented with long lasting, unexplained fever and multiple hyopoechoic hepato-splenic images on ultrasound examination....

La sincope in età pediatrica

Corona F, Tessitore A, Bobbo M, Barbi E, Cozzi G.

2022/4 — pag. 229-234 — DOI

Syncope is a loss of consciousness with or without prodromes characterized by fast onset, short duration and spontaneous recovery. It is a frequent cause of recourse to the consultation of a paediatrician. The most frequent cause of syncope in paedia...

La Pediatria della Speranza

Selicorni A, Zampino G.

2022/4 — pag. 213 — DOI

Che faccia di bronzo! L’atresia delle vie biliari

Morra L, Risso FM, Travan L

2022/4 — pag. 94-94 — DOI

The case of a newborn treated for haemolytic anaemia and hyperbilirubinaemia is described. An Extrahepatic Biliary Atresia (EBA) was eventually suspected after the appearance of a bronze discoloration of the skin....

Orticaria cronica: una realtà non così infrequente

Tessitore A

2022/4 — pag. 93-93 — DOI

A case of a (probably) chronic urticaria in a 6-year-old boy is described. The diagnostic and therapeutic approach is also discussed....

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)....

Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae: di cosa si tratta?

Brienza C, Imperatore A, Tierno E, Nunziata F

2022/4 — pag. 89-90 — DOI

The paper reports the case of a 7-month-old infant who presented with high fever and fussiness. The blood culture reveals a rare form of bloodstream infection sustained by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae, a Gram-positive bacillum that may affect a wide ...

Una ematemesi fatale

Amoroso A, Di Stasio F, Locatelli L, D’Antiga L

2022/4 — pag. 81-85 — DOI

Disk battery ingestions in children are increasing worldwide. This condition may cause severe complications, especially if the battery is lodged in the oesophagus. The most dangerous complication with the highest mortality rate is aorto-oesophageal f...

Approccio pratico al bambino “sempre stanco”

Gortani G.

2022/3 — pag. 168-172 — DOI

Fatigue is a common, nonspecific symptom with many different aetiologies. The term “fatigue” can be used to describe muscular weakness, difficulty or inability to initiate activity (subjective sense of weakness), reduced capacity to maintain activity...

Stroke ischemico in un neonato

Tumminelli C.

2022/3 — pag. 189-192 — DOI

The case of a full term newborn with recurrent episodes of bradycardia and apnoea is presented. The diagnosis of ischemic stroke probably due to thromboembolism with placental origin was eventually posed....

Chi va con lo zoppo...

Venditto L, Ciarletta R, La Fauci G.

2022/3 — pag. 189-192 — DOI

A familial case of Perthes disease is described. The clinical presentation and the diagnostic approach to this disease are discussed....

MIS-Cusi dottore… mi fa male la pancia!

Tesser F.

2022/3 — pag. 189-192 — DOI

A girl presenting with abdominal pain and fever was eventually diagnosed with post-Covid multisystemic inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C) and ventricular dysfunction. The diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to MIS-C are discussed....

Covid: più di 5 milioni di orfani a causa della pandemia - Covid: scoperta la causa di MIS-C, la grave infiammazione che colpisce i bambini - Un bambino/adolescente su quattro denuncia carenza di supporto psicologico dopo la pandemia - Giornata delle malattie rare, l’importanza dello screening neonatale - Ipoacusia e sordità congenita. Orfeo (SIN): “Prevenzione e screening per ridurre patologie uditive dei neonati” - Sindrome dell’ovaio policistico comune tra adolescenti con diabete di tipo 2 - Bambini: città grigie e inquinate aumentano il rischio di ADHD - Disturbi dell’apprendimento per 300mila studenti in Italia - Tumori: nel mondo colpiti 400mila bambini e adolescenti l’anno - Bambini sotto i 5 anni: cosa è meglio fare o evitare - La sindrome della morte in culla - È importante consumare frutta e verdura di stagione. Le indicazioni del Ministero della Salute - Bullismo alimentare: il fenomeno dei bambini allergici costretti dai coetanei a mangiare cibi vietati

Abate MV (a cura di)

2022/3

Scrocchiarsi le dita: osteocondrosi della testa metacarpale

Cortellazzo Wiel L, Gortani G, Pastore S, Sanabor D, Barbi E

2022/3 — pag. 71-71 — DOI

The case of a metacarpal head osteochondrosis in a 13-year-old girl is described. The differential diagnosis and the therapeutic approach of this rare condition are discussed....

Ematoma surrenale bilaterale in un neonato

Ficociello C, Masiello E, Masi L, Montano AV, Marzano M, Buttaro G, Colella MG

2022/3 — pag. 58-60 — DOI

Neonatal adrenal haemorrhage is a relatively uncommon condition (0.2-0.55%). Various risk factors have been reported in addition to birth asphyxia, such as sepsis, coagulation disorders, traumatic delivery and perinatal injuries. Adrenal haemorrhage ...

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...

Una tumefazione dell’osso in sede parietale

Roveran M, Benincasa C, Biserna L, Radice C, Romeo C, Fabbri E, Marchetti F.

2022/2 — pag. 115-116 — DOI

Bronchite batterica protratta, trattamento antibiotico

2022/2 — pag. 131

Sclerosi epatoportale

Di Stasio F, Amoroso A, Melzi ML.

2022/2 — pag. 124-126 — DOI

Hepatoportal sclerosis (HS) is a syndrome of obscure aetiology that may evolve in noncirrhotic portal hypertension. The paper reports the case of a 3-month-old infant presenting with HS and isolated liver enzymes elevation....

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Abate MV (a cura di)

2022/2

Sepsi da Yersinia enterocolitica nel lattante: quando pensarci?

Pionelli MG, Bianchi S, Castoldi F, Lista G

2022/2 — pag. 35-38 — DOI

The paper describes the case report of a sepsis due to Yersinia enterocolitica in an ex preterm infant of 32 weeks’ gestational age with birth weight of 1,220 g. The infant was admitted at 39 weeks postconceptual age to the emergency room for fever, ...

Un Duchenne che non convince

Corona F, Conti R, Maschio M, Chicco D, Barbi E.

2022/1 — pag. 51-53 — DOI

The paper reports the case of a 20-year-old boy suffering from Duchenne muscular dystrophy. During his usual pneumology check-up he reported that he had cough with blood traces (not responsive to antibiotic therapy), palpitations, oppressive and retr...

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...

Il trattamento della sindrome dell'intestino corto: vecchie e nuove terapie

Diamanti A, Capriati T, Maggiore G.

2022/1 — pag. 41-46 — DOI

Intestinal failure (IF) is an acute or chronic condition characterized by a so severe reduced intestinal function that does not allow a stable nutritional status and a normal child growth. The “so-called” chronic benign intestinal failure (CBIF) is m...

Long-Covid nel bambino e nell’adolescente: virus, salute mentale e pandemia

Cozzi G, Troisi A, Iacono A, Marchetti F.

2022/1 — pag. 21-25 — DOI

Long-Covid is a typical condition of adults with a history of probable or confirmed SARS-Cov-2 infection in the previous 3 months with symptoms that last over 2 months and are not explained by an alternative diagnosis. Studies in paediatric age are h...

Vaccinare i bambini contro il Covid: mettiamoci la faccia, e un po’ anche il cuore Fecondità e lockdown

2022/1 — pag. 14-15 — DOI

Covid. “Il 76% dei bambini ricoverati non è vaccinato”. Il monitoraggio dei pediatri ospedalieri - Picco dei contagi, nei bimbi aumenta il rischio della sindrome MIS-C - USA: i vaccini per i bambini sono sicuri, 8 miocarditi su 7 milioni di dosi - Bimbi con asma difficile più a rischio di ricovero per Covid - Bimbi con asma difficile più a rischio di ricovero per Covid - Con dieta mediterranea e mindfulness maggiori probabilità di avere neonati “giusti” per età gestazionale - Tumori infantili. Nuove possibilità di cura grazie ai meccanismi di regolazione basati sull’RNA - Alimentazione e obesità. Mangiare veloce fa male al metabolismo e raddoppia il rischio di colesterolo - Ipertensione, quando mette a rischio il cervello dei giovani - Dislipidemia - Malattie da accumulo lisosomiale: fino a 14 anni il ritardo diagnostico

Abate MV (a cura di)

2022/1

Vulvovaginite streptococcica

Trombetta A

2022/1 — pag. 23-23 — DOI

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

Sindrome da perdita di sali e infezione da Clostridium difficile nella fibrosi cistica

Botti M, Quinti S, Negri A, Taccetti G, Danieli R

2022/1 — pag. 21-22 — DOI

The present article describes the case of a child with cystic fibrosis who presented with acute enterocolitis with severe dehydration subsequently to prolonged antibiotic therapy with oral ciprofloxacin. The associated hypochloraemic metabolic alkalo...

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...

Affinché non MIS-Cappi il caso: l’esperienza di Palermo sulla sindrome infiammatoria multisistemica SARS-CoV-2-correlata

Giordano S, Pirrone I, Restivo GA, Collura F, Saia GF, Maggio MC, Finazzo F, Failla MC, Colomba C, Siracusa L.

2021/10 — pag. 660-663 — DOI

Background - Covid-19 is less frequent and milder in children than in adults. However, cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome temporally associated with SARS-CoV-2 (MIS-C) have been reported in children, whose phenotype resembles atypical Kawasak...

Herpes zoster Ematoma eruttivo del sesto dente

2021/10 — pag. 666 — DOI

Giù le mani dai bambini lo dico io! Cosa ci salverà, se qualcosa ci salverà Sei ore di scuola senza pranzo, nessuno ne parla

2021/10 — pag. 624-626 — DOI

Affinché non MIS-Cappi il caso: l’esperienza di Palermo sulla sindrome infiammatoria multisistemica SARS-CoV-2-correlata

Giordano S, Pirrone I, Restivo GA, Collura F, Saia GF, Maggio MC, Finazzo F, Failla MC, Colomba C, Siracusa L

2021/10 — pag. 289-297 — DOI

Background - Covid-19 is less frequent and milder in children than in adults. However, cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome temporally associated with SARS-CoV-2 (MIS-C) have been reported in children, whose phenotype resembles atypical Kawasak...

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...

Il digiuno del bambino prima di una sedazione procedurale

Penco A, Peri P, Poropat F, Conversano E, Barbi E, Cozzi G.

2021/9 — pag. 576-582 — DOI

Fasting before procedural sedation is a hot topic in everyday medical life with the main concern regarding pulmonary aspiration. Fasting guidelines before procedural sedation have always been the same as those used for general anaesthesia. However, p...

Lo shock settico nei primi tre mesi di vita

Crestani S, Passini E, Spaggiari V, Toffoli C, Boncompagni A, Bedetti L, Spaggiari E, Lucaccioni L, Lugli L, Roversi F, Rossi K, Iughetti L, Berardi A.

2021/9 — pag. 567-575 — DOI

Shock is a generalized tissue hypoperfusion that leads to severe cellular distress and complicates some cases of paediatric and neonatal sepsis. Although a reduction in associated sepsis mortality has been observed in the last decades, it remains one...

L’ablazione transcatetere

Costagliola G.

2021/9 — pag. 597-599

Ecchimosi sospette

Brienza C, Imperatore A, Nunziata F.

2021/9 — pag. 593-594 — DOI

The paper reports the case of a 3-month girl presenting with “bruising of unknown origin”. Clinical findings sustained the diagnosis of “maltreatment”....

Granuloma anulare profondo

Potka A

2021/9 — pag. 288-288 — DOI

The author describes the case of a three-year-old girl presenting with a firm, painless retroauricular swelling finally diagnosed as deep granuloma annulare....

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....

Perforazione ileale da febbre tifoide

Piqué M, Ladisa E, Brasili L, Putoto G, Iughetti L

2021/9 — pag. 280-282 — DOI

Typhoid fever continues to be a major public health problem in developing countries and mortality is mainly related to its most frequent complication, namely: intestinal perforation. The paper presents the case of a 12-year-old girl with abdominal pa...

Scorbuto: ancora un problema dei nostri giorni?

Grieco C, Alessio M

2021/9 — pag. 270-272 — DOI

Scurvy is a condition due to chronic ascorbic acid deficiency responsible for vascular fragility and impaired bone formation. The result is gingival bleeding, petechial lesions and articular and bone pain or limb swelling. Children may also present w...

Quando non trascurare la splenomegalia nel lattante

Zama D, Parladori R, Muratore E, Melchionda F, Baronio F, Pession A

2021/8 — pag. 501-507 — DOI

Splenomegaly in children is really common and its main cause is infectious disease. The aetiology in newborns and older children is well established, while it is less defined in suckling infants. The paper describes three cases of splenomegaly in inf...

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Abate MV (a cura di)

2021/8

Una mano da SHOX

Bossini B, Pellegrin MC

2021/8 — pag. 525-526 — DOI

A gene SHOX haploinsufficiency was diagnosed in a 13-year-old girl with short stature. Madelung deformity was absent but some dysmorphism of the fingers and toes were present....

Cheloidi da idrossido di potassio Impetigine

2021/8 — pag. 535 — DOI

Proctocolite allergica DOPA precoce, lattanti al bivio

2021/8 — pag. 533-534 — DOI

I morsi di vipera

Romano F, Rossi L, Raffaldi I, Bondone C, Garelli D, Carmellino V, Schicchi A, Lonati D, Locatelli CA, Urbino AF

2021/8 — pag. 246-253 — DOI

Viper bites are rare but represent a medical emergency that should not be underestimated both in the paediatric and adult population. The clinical presentation can vary from mild symptoms limited to the venom inoculation site to serious cases with e...

Pericarditi acute e ricorrenti in Pediatria

Della Paolera S, Favaretto E, Bobbo M, Barbi E, Gortani G

2021/7 — pag. 425-431 — DOI

Chest pain in children and adolescents is rarely associated with an underlying heart disease. How-ever, when it does occur, pericarditis is the most common cause. Most cases are of unknown origin (idiopathic) and mild. Up to 15-35% of paediatric pati...

Vomito esplosivo con sangue

Borellini M, Zin A

2021/7 — pag. 220-220 — DOI

A case of Mallory-Weiss syndrome presenting after an episode of explosive vomiting is discussed....

Rapida evoluzione di una istiocitosi a cellule di Langerhans cutanea isolata

Brusadelli C, Dell’Acqua F, Vendemini F, Ferrari GM, Corti P

2021/7 — pag. 197-200 — DOI

The paper reports the case of a three-month-old girl presenting with maculopapular lesions all over her scalp, trunk, axilla region and groin. One month earlier she had been diagnosed with LCH through skin biopsy for persisting maculopapular rash. No...

Neonatologia

Corsello G, Risso FM

2021/26 — pag. 9 — DOI

Malattie rare

Bruno I, Selicorni A

2021/26 — pag. 7 — DOI

Epatologia e gastroenterologia

Maggiore G, Bramuzzo M

2021/26 — pag. 5 — DOI

La Pediatria... parola per parolaMedico e Bambino compie 40 anni

Medico e Bambino

2021/26 — pag. 1

Il numero “0”, la prova generale di Medico e Bambino è uscito, quarant’anni fa, nell’autunno del 1981. Stampato in poche centinaia di copie e seguito, a pochi mesi di distanza (febbraio 1982), dal primo numero, proposto all’attenzione dei quasi 14mil...

Larva migrans cutanea

Raffaele CGL

2021/6 — pag. 397-397 — DOI

The paper describes the case of an 8-year-old girl with a one-year history of erythematous lesion and pain in her left foot. At first she was evaluated by an orthopaedic who recommended a throat swab that was positive for beta-haemolytic streptococcu...

Una storia che zoppica

Lambertini AG, Falcioni A, Mambell L, Farneti C, Chiaravalloti A, Foschi N, Marchetti F

2021/6 — pag. 379-382 — DOI

The paper reports the case of a 5-year-old boy who presented with Perthes’ Disease with a long and underhand history of persistent coxalgia, which later became bilateral. Therefore, the main clinical data were reviewed with a particular focus on the ...

Lesioni cutanee stellate e simmetriche in un gemello “rimasto solo”

Sciarrotta C, Serra G, Schierz M, Corsello G

2021/6 — pag. 383-385 — DOI

The incidence of multiple pregnancy has increased, particularly because of the advances in assisted reproductive technologies. Multiple gestations are high risk pregnancies, especially the monochorionic ones. Two/thirds of initially twin pregnancies ...

Uno stato infiammatorio dell’ugula

Saponara M

2021/6 — pag. 185-185 — DOI

Isolated uvulitis has been described in the literature following ‘crack’ cocaine and cannabis inhalation. The authors describe the case of a 16-year-old boy with isolated uvulitis associated to dyspnoea, tachycardia and vomiting probably due to cocai...

Linfoma di Burkitt in età pediatrica

Timeus F, Piglione M, Fagioli F, Ravaglia A

2021/6 — pag. 175-184 — DOI

Sporadic Burkitt lymphoma (BL) accounts for about 80% of non-Hodgkin lymphomas in childhood and adolescence, with an incidence of 3-5 cases per million in developed countries. The hallmark of LB is the deregulation of MYC oncogene, usually caused by ...

Occhio all’asimmetria toracica alla nascita... e se fosse la sindrome di Poland?

Di Caprio A, Bedetti L, Madeo SF, Lucaccioni L, Roversi F, Iughetti L, Berardi A

2021/6 — pag. 166-170 — DOI

Poland syndrome is a rare congenital disorder characterized by agenesis of the pectoralis major muscle. It is usually unilateral and right-sided and can be associated with several thoracic and upper limb defects. Early diagnosis and timely therapeuti...

Edema polmonare da pressione negativa dopo settoplastica in un adolescente

Di Maria C, Prizio G, Triunfo A, Quarantiello F, Di Maria D

2021/5 — pag. 141-143 — DOI

Negative pressure pulmonary edema (NPPE) is a danger-ous and potentially fatal condition with a multifactorial pathogenesis. NPPE is frequently a manifestation of upper airway obstruction, indeed the large negative intrathoracic pressure generated by...

Neonato piccolo, ipotonico, con difficoltà di alimentazione: pensiamo anche alla sindrome di Temple

Dal Bo S, Muratori C, Nardini C, Donati I, Magistà AM, Marchetti F

2021/5 — pag. 138-140 — DOI

Temple syndrome is a rare imprinting disorder mainly due to maternal uniparental disomy of the chromosome 14. It represents the main differential diagnosis of Silver-Russell and Prader-Willi syndrome. This syndrome is characterized by growth retardat...

Le sindromi autoinfiammatorie: quando non è solo PFAPA

Tommasini A, Lepore L

2021/4 — pag. 221-225 — DOI

PFAPA (Periodic Fever, Aphthous Stomatitis, Pharyngitis and Adenitis) is the most common self-inflammatory disorder in children. The diagnosis of PFAPA is easy, based on Thomas criteria, and the prognosis is good. Differential diagnosis with heredita...

Neonato e bambino protagonisti del nostro futuro? Denatalità: lettera aperta al Presidente del Consiglio Implementare la vaccinazione per il Covid-19: c’è un ruolo per pediatri di famiglia e medici di Medicina generale? PASC (Post Acute Sequelae of Sars-CoV-2): un acronimo per indicare gli effetti a lungo termine dell’infezione Covid-19 Screening ecografico neonatale per la displasia dell’anca

2021/4 — pag. 218-220 — DOI

Sequele post-acute da SARS-CoV-2 (PASC): ovvero il lungo inverno del Covid-19

Peri F, Tommasini A

2021/4 — pag. 211-212 — DOI

Quando il disturbo del neurosviluppo ha un substrato genetico: un caso di sindrome di Kleefstra

Sorasio L, Franceschi L, Pavinato L, Peduto A

2021/4 — pag. 114-117 — DOI

Neurodevelopmental disorders (ND) have an important prevalence in children; intellectual disability in particular occurs in a heterogeneous group of genetic conditions. The evolution of molecular cytogenetic techniques and the recent advances in exom...

IperCKemia asintomatica: la malattia di Pompe late-onset

Borelli E, Casciana ML, Salemi C, Sordelli S, Fasoli S

2021/4 — pag. 105-108 — DOI

The paper reports the case of a 7-year-old boy who presented with elevated alanine and aspartate transaminases. Further investigations demonstrated elevated creatine kinase (CK), so an underlying metabolic disorder was investigated even in absence of...

Trauma toracico e... lacerazione epatica

Parpanesi M

2021/3 — pag. 196-199 — DOI

Due fratelli con i globuli rossi stressati

Ceratto S, Tognato E, Fiorica L, Enrico G, Cimminelli L, Eshraghy MR, Loperfido B, Pagani A, Bertola A, Militello MA, Spola R, Perona A, Manzoni P

2021/3 — pag. 193-195 — DOI

The paper describes the case of two Caucasian brothers (11 and 12 years old resepctively) who for the first time presented with acute haemolysis due to glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency. The two brothers showed different severity of sympto...

La dimissione protetta del bambino clinicamente complesso

Lugli L, Garetti E, Rossi K, Torcetta F, Cuomo G, Lucaccioni L, Pugliese M, Bertoncelli N, Rossi C, Riva M, Iughetti L, Ferrari F, Berardi A

2021/3 — pag. 173-179 — DOI

Background - In the last few years care for children with severe chronic conditions is a topic of increasing interest. Children with chronic illness often require a high complexity of care and a high level of coordination among health services. Obje...

Decifrare la bassa statura nei bambini

Chiarelli F, Castorani V, Polidori N

2021/3 — pag. 159-166 — DOI

Short stature is the most common cause of referral to paediatricians. Only a minority of children with short stature have an underlying pathology. Although well-established diagnostic and management paradigms do exist, recent advances in molecular te...

Uso della mascherina a scuola Certificazione di attività sportiva al tempo del Covid: è tempo di cambiare Spray nasali e coronavirus: un nuovo miraggio MALATTIA CRONICA, DISAGIO MENTALE E PRESA IN CARICO “PSICOLOGICA”

2021/3 — pag. 150-155 — DOI

Infezione urinaria e cortisone: più sì che no Qualità dell’accudimento, molecole e (neuro)sviluppo del prematuro Linee guida: tra rigore e bisogno di verifica e aggiornamento Da salvatori a carnefici: il caso dei PPI e dell’asma Pericarditi ricorrenti Una FPIES blu

2021/3 — pag. 147-148 — DOI

A volte ritornano... le acroischemie da Covid-19

2021/2 — pag. 132-132 — DOI

QT lungo, farmaci a rischio aritmico Amoxicillina + acido clavulanico, dosaggio aumentato

2021/2 — pag. 131-131 — DOI

Gestione del Covid-19 in età pediatrica: documento di consenso

Gruppo di Lavoro su Covid-19 in Pediatria della Regione Emilia-Romagna (RE-CO-PED)

2021/2 — pag. 85-101 — DOI

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by SARS-CoV-2 has rapidly spread, becoming the first pandemic of the 21st century by death toll. Children appear to be less affected than adults, with a milder clinical presentation and a significantly lower...

Un asma sine asma: la SIRT

Contorno S

2021/2 — pag. 57-57 — DOI

The paper describes the case of a girl with recurrent cough attributable to the so-called Cough Hypersensitivity Syndrome (CHS). The cough was misdiagnosed as drug resistant asthma for long time. CHS should be considered in all cases where recurrent,...

La cisti sierosa parauretrale in una neonata

Marinelli I

2021/1 — pag. 53-54 — DOI

Paraurethral or Skene’s duct cysts are a rare congenital abnormality in the female neonate and are characterised by a round, yellow or orange-coloured cystic mass on either side of the urethra meatus. Excision, marsupialization and needle aspiration ...

Un riscontro occasionale di aritmia cardiaca

Oliveto R

2021/1 — pag. 53-54 — DOI

The paper describes a clinical case of asymptomatic intermittent Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome detected in an 8-year-old boy on the occasion of a sports medical certificate for non-competitive sporting activity. Recent guidelines suggest a personali...

Toxic shock syndrome

Conte M, Zanella G

2021/1 — pag. 27-27 — DOI

A toxic shock syndrome (TSS) was eventually diagnosed in a four-year-old girl who attended the Emergency Department with a clinical picture suggestive of scarlet fever. The present paper briefly discusses the therapeutic approach to TSS....

Malato! Non pazzo

E. Dei Rossi

2020/10 — pag. 661-663 — DOI

Un empiema pleurico, una occasione per fare il punto sulla vaccinazione antipmeumococcica

G. Ferrante, L. Alessi, M. Giuffrè, G. Corsello

2020/10 — pag. 661-663 — DOI

The article describes the case of a 4-year-old girl presenting with fever and dyspnea. Blood tests showed neutrophilic leukocytosis and a significant increase in inflammation markers. The antibiotic therapy (macrolide and amoxicillin) did not pro...

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...

CIRCOLI VIZIOSI: DISAGIO MENTALE E MALATTIA CRONICA NEL BAMBINO

A. Ventura

2020/10 — pag. 633 — DOI

Sindrome di Morquio e sferocitosi ereditaria

S.M.C. Gramaglia, M. Lo Presti, C. Casà, G. Gramaglia

2020/10 — pag. 248-251 — DOI

Metabolic diseases are rare genetic conditions in the paediatric age. The diagnostic process is often complex and the diagnosis comes even years after the onset of symptoms. The article presents the only documented case of Morquio syndrome and heredi...

Chetoacidosi diabetica e urine scure: quale diagnosi?

S. Tagliani, C. Avventi, S. Ventresca, S. Dal Bo, V. Graziani, F. Marchetti

2020/10 — pag. 245-247 — DOI

During the onset of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), the appearance of hyperchromic urines is a rare occurrence even if already described in the literature. The patient with DKA presents an increased risk to suffer of macrohaematuria due to nephrolithias...

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M.V. Abate (a cura di)

2020/10

Displasia ossea con scarsa crescita

A. Trombetta

2020/10 — pag. 257-258 — DOI

A case of a short girl affected by multiple familial osteochondrosis (MFO) is described. The Author underlines the need of a strict, long term clinical monitoring in all MFO children and in their affected parents because of a significantly increased ...

Un empiema pleurico, una occasione per fare il punto sulla vaccinazione antipneumococcica

G. Ferrante, L. Alessi, M. Giuffrè, G. Corsello

2020/10 — pag. 240-244 — DOI

The article describes the case of a 4-year-old girl present-ing with fever and dyspnea. Blood tests showed neutrophilic leukocytosis and a significant increase in inflammation markers. The antibiotic therapy (macrolide and amoxicillin) did not produc...

Una grave anemizzazione

M. Cognigni

2020/9 — pag. 599 — DOI

Sindrome nefrosica: raccomandazioni terapeutiche oltre le linee guida SINePe

E. Conversano, A.M.C. Galimberti, M. Bevacqua

2020/9 — pag. 591-595 — DOI

Ostruzioni nasali e russamento: da tre casi insoliti una lezione per il pediatra

R. Masetti, D. Leardini, L. Ronchini, S. Riolo, F. Guida, F. Baccelli, S. Cerasi, T. Papaleo, L. Bertelli, A. Pession

2020/9 — pag. 585-589 — DOI

Nasal obstruction with or without snoring is a frequent condition and, as such, it is easily disregarded by paediatricians and by parents as well. The paper describes three “unforgettable” clinical cases that must be a warning to investigate and not ...

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...

Disabilità, patologie croniche complesse e bisogni inevasi: quali prospettive?

2020/9 — pag. 558-560 — DOI

Un bambino più lungo che largo

G. Trippella, C. Pizza, G. Palmas

2020/9 — pag. 237-237 — DOI

Gialla fuori... e gialla dentro

A.G. Grasso

2020/9 — pag. 236-236 — DOI

La circoncisione non è mai banale

D. Codrich, E. Guida, M.G. Scarpa, J. Schleef

2020/9 — pag. 234-234 — DOI

La prima infezione urinaria febbrile in bambini di età compresa tra 2 mesi e 3 anni

Gruppo di lavoro sulle infezioni delle vie urinarie della Società Italiana di Nefrologia Pediatrica (SINePe)

2020/8 — pag. 495-504 — DOI

The aim was to update the recommendations for the diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of the first febrile urinary tract infection in young children, which were first published in 2012 and endorsed by the Italian Society of Paediatric Nephrology. The ...

Identificazione precoce di infezioni severe in età pediatrica: ruolo della cenestesi e del "gut feeling"

G. Fusaro

2020/8 — pag. 217-217 — DOI

Addome acuto: un caso di Schönlein-Henoch

G. D’Onofrio, M. Minute, S. Martelossi

2020/8 — pag. 215-215 — DOI

Streptococcus anginosus

A. Cicogna

2020/8 — pag. 214-214 — DOI

Asplenia congenita

V. Migliarino, R. Lapenna, A. Comici, M.P. Miani, S. Naviglio, E. Barbi

2020/8 — pag. 196-200 — DOI

The paper presents a case of congenital asplenia diagnosed occasionally in a child who previously presented with a pneumococcal sepsis. The case offers the opportunity to discuss about the elevated risk of severe invasive infections in patients with ...

Un ittero neonatale colestatico: semaforo verde!

F.M. Risso

2020/7 — pag. 461-463 — DOI

Un prolasso nell’ambulatorio... “sbagliato”

A. Daidone

2020/7 — pag. 461-463 — DOI

Le cadute del neonato in ospedale: da un caso clinico all’operatività

C. Figliuolo, T. Faillace, F. Forte, V. Targiani, C. Di Lucca, A. Derosa, N. Cicchetti, G. Cinalli, G. Mirone, R. Davanzo

2020/7 — pag. 186-189 — DOI

Neonatal falls during hospital stay after childbirth have an incidence of around 2.1-5.9 / 10,000 births. In general, they are linked to co-sleeping with the mother in the rooming-in or heedlessness on the part of relatives. Neonatal falls have a goo...

Diarrea ematica nel bambino… pensa alla sindrome emolitico-uremica!

R. Letizia, G. Maiorino, M.E. Di Cicco, G.I. Baroncelli, E. De Marco, D. Peroni

2020/7 — pag. 180-185 — DOI

A healthy 5-year-old boy was brought to the Emergency Department with a 24-hour-history of fever, abdominal pain, bloody diarrhoea and vomiting. Blood tests and ultrasound of the abdomen suggested an acute gastroenteritis. The boy was admitted and in...

Quando lo scarso accrescimento è (anche) una questione di cuore

M.R. Arienzo, F. Angrisani

2020/26 — pag. 167-167 — DOI

Gestione dei liquidi e del sodio nella reidratazione per via endovenosa in età pediatrica

G. Ardissino, A. Vergori

2020/26 — pag. 156-163 — DOI

Stroke arterioso neonatale: quello che ogni pediatra deve sapere

C. Di Lucca, G.C. Fabrizio, N.F. Cicchetti, A. Derosa, T. Faillace, F. Forte, V. Targiani, P. Appio, C. Figliuolo, M. Nardella, R. Davanzo

2020/6 — pag. 371-376

Neonatal arterial stroke is a common cause of established neurological sequelae. Although several risk factors have been identified, many questions regarding in particular its causes remain unanswered. This study reports 3 cases observed in the Mater...

Parotidite ricorrente giovanile Malallineamento delle dita del piede

2020/6 — pag. 395

Bambini e coronavirus: la doverosa ricerca di un equilibrio tra i presunti rischi e i documentati danni collaterali

2020/6 — pag. 355-356

Un mal di pancia capriccioso

C. Corrado

2020/6 — pag. 141-141 — DOI

Anemia falciforme e sindrome toracica acuta

G. Graziani, J. Gencarelli, C. Lama, S. Brocchi, L. Biserna, C. Radice, F. Marchetti

2020/6 — pag. 126-129 — DOI

Il ruolo del microbiota intestinale nella modulazione immunitaria

D. Leardini, E. Muratore, D. Zama, A. Prete, A. Pession, R. Masetti

2020/6 — pag. 130-136 — DOI

The intestinal microbiota plays a crucial role in numerous physiological and pathological processes of the developmental age. The development of new investigation methods, such as next generation sequencing, has allowed a more precise characterizatio...

Pitiriasi lichenoide varioliforme acuta Verruche genitali

2020/5 — pag. 332-332

Non era una MICI

F. Graziano, R. Ganci, M. Di Pisa, et al.

2020/5 — pag. 319-320

The paper describes a case of colorectal adenocarcinoma (CRC) in a twelwe-year-old girl, at first diagnosed as IBD. CRC represents 1-2% of paediatric cancers. Generally, it occurs after the age of 10 years of life. Symptoms of presentation include ab...

Indagare cum “granuloma” salis: malattia granulomatosa cronica vs malattia di Crohn

C. Pantuso, M. Citrano, M. Giuffrè, G. Corsello

2020/5 — pag. 315-316

Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) is a rare inherited disorder of phagocyte oxidative metabolism that, in addition to infectious complications, is characterized by abnormal inflammatory response leading to the formation of granulomas in multiple ti...

MALATTIA INFIAMMATORIA CRONICA INTESTINALE E DINTORNI

A. Ventura

2020/5 — pag. 314-314

Cosa stiamo imparando dalla pandemia da Covid-19: il presente e il futuro

2020/5 — pag. 290-296

Malattia di Kawasaki e coronavirus: lo stato attuale delle cose

A. Taddio, A. Tommasini

2020/5 — pag. 279-282

Certificati medici per attività sportiva

V. Grigoletto


2020/5 — pag. 112-112 — DOI

Ematoma spinale epidurale spontaneo in Pediatria

A. Natale, E. Covelli, B. Cordiale, A. Alfieri

2020/5 — pag. 106-109 — DOI

The spontaneous spinal epidural haematoma (SSEH) is a rare emergency condition due to an accumulation of blood in the epidural space that can compress the spinal cord and can lead to severe neurological sequelae. The typical symptom of SSEH is severe...

Covid-19 e risposta immune

S. Volpi, S. Naviglio, A. Tommasini

2020/4 — pag. 223-231

Covid-19 outbreak is about to reach the peak of infected people in Italy. Huge amount of data is being published on this epidemic in all medical journals, with especial concern on severe cases. Unfortunately, most reports are just descriptive and onl...

Manifestazioni acrali di tipo ischemico/vasculitico e Covid-19?

2020/4 — pag. 262-262

Covid-19 e bambini: le due facce di una diversa medaglia

F. Marchetti, C. Guiducci

2020/4 — pag. 219-221

Goccioline del contagio e mascherine FANS e polmonite: più no che sì Abbasso il colesterolo: ma come? Kawasaki… a tappe Terapia dell’emangioma infantile. Una significativa controprova Repetita juvant?

2020/4 — pag. 213-214

Quando la sindrome di Guillain-Barré è più dolore che ipostenia

F. Marchetti, M. Roveran, F. Currò, M. Mainetti, C. Muratori, L. Casadio, P. Ricciardelli

2020/3 — pag. 179-182

The paper reports the case of a 4-year-old girl who had been suffering from progressive pain in her legs and back and impossibility of walking for 10 days. The presence of a slight hyposthenia but with absence of patellar reflexes was observed. The...

Infezione orofaringea, trombosi della vena giugulare e batteriemia: sindrome di Lemierre

S. Dal Bo, L. Calandriello, L. Biserna, F. Mantero, T. Minguzzi, F. Marchetti

2020/3 — pag. 185-187

Sindrome di Guillain-Barré: dolore e pregiudizio

P. Pecile

2020/3 — pag. 185-187

Un’otorrea infinita

F. Forte, D. Cifarelli, P. Appio, M. Delvecchio, A. Derosa, C. Di Lucca, T. Faillace, C. Figliuolo, V. Targiani, R. Davanzo

2020/3 — pag. 54-56

Branchial arch anomalies (sinuses, fistulae, cysts and condral remnants) represent one of the commonest paediatric neck malformations. The paper describes a case study of a 2-year-old girl who presented with a persistent left-sided ear drainage, unre...

Tubercolosi al ginocchio

A. Caserta

2020/3 — pag. 59-59

Amenorrea primaria e sindrome di Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser

F. Corrias

2020/3 — pag. 60-60

Coronavirus. Che differenza c'è con una normale influenza? - L’antitetanica fatta da bimbi vale per sempre - Neuromielite ottica - Un bambino su 4 soffre di disturbi del sonno - Farmaci, metà degli avvelenamenti dei bimbi per 4 errori degli adulti - Facebook, come lo usano gli adolescenti con malattie croniche - Leggere libri ogni giorno migliora la pagella dei bambini - Neurofibromatosi - I primi dentini nel bambino

M.V. Abate (a cura di)

2020/3

Le infezioni respiratorie ricorrenti

D. Ferrara, M.C. Vella

2020/2 — pag. 85-91

Recurrent respiratory tract infections (RRI) constitute an important public health problem, they are among the main causes of morbidity in paediatric age and one of the most frequent reasons for prescribing antibiotics. Their management has a signi...

Ai bimbi dire tutto, ma meno ansia - Ipertensione in età pediatrica - Ustioni di bambini, applicare acqua fredda è il primo approccio migliore - Identikit di un bullo. Perché i ragazzi fanno male ai coetanei - Tumori pediatrici: in Italia tassi di sopravvivenza tra 80 e 90% - Igiene delle mani. Lacune fra gli operatori sanitari - Quanto costa fare un figlio? - Malattie rare. Contro HLH arrivano i Cacciatori di arcobaleno - Il “parentese” aiuta i bambini a imparare una lingua - Mai più denti storti: le strategie e le età giuste per la correzione - Bambini terminali: il Comitato di Bioetica detta la linea - Disabili a scuola, per gli alunni è un’odissea

M.V. Abate (a cura di)

2020/2

Una torsione ovarica intermittente

A.G. Grasso

2020/2 — pag. 126

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...

Sindromi emorragiche e lupus anticoagulante positivo

L. Facchini, C. Radice, L. Biserna, G. Poletti, F. Marchetti

2020/2 — pag. 97-100

The paper reports the cases of two children who presented with a coagulation alteration with a clinically evident haemorrhagic diathesis. In one case the child presented with cutaneous purpura, in the other case with bleeding of the upper digestive...

SARS-CoV-2: quali implicazioni nella popolazione pediatrica

V. Giacomet, M. Stracuzzi, V. Rubinacci, G.V. Zuccotti

2020/2 — pag. 93-96

By the end of December 2019 there was an outbreak of polmonitis of a new coronavirus named SARS-CoV-2. Until now there have been 76,727 cases, 2,247 deaths and 18,562 healed patients in China and less than 1,200 cases in the rest of the world. Few...

Nefrocalcinosi e gene SLC34A1

M. Luzzati

2020/2 — pag. 39-39

Occhio.... al cortisone

P. Pecile

2020/2 — pag. 30-30

Reazione locale estesa causata da vaccino DTPa

G. Carlone, S. Lega

2020/1 — pag. 22-22

Ematuria e sindrome nutcracker (o dello schiaccianoci)

R. Pillon

2020/1 — pag. 21-21

Linfoistiocitosi emofagocitica, tubercolosi e immunodeficienza primitiva

L. Lodi, R. Cupone

2020/1 — pag. 20-20

Dermatite artefatta Granuloma piogenico

2019/10 — pag. 666

Un dolore alla gamba fuori dal comune

M. Staccioni, C. Guadagno, L. Biserna, M.T. Minguzzi, L. Mellini, F. Rambelli, F. Marchetti

2019/10 — pag. 645-647

Emorragia e trombosi, le due facce del lupus eritematoso sistemico

M. Stinco, T. Giani, I. Maccora, G. Simonini, R. Cimaz

2019/10 — pag. 628-630

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an inflammatory disease with autoimmune pathogenesis and chronic-relapsing course characterised by a wide and heterogeneous spectrum of manifestations and sometimes opposed coexisting clinical features. The paper...

Alzare il cofano

2019/10 — pag. 623

Sindrome di Gardner-Diamond (ovvero la porpora psicogena)

C. Salvottini, M. Casella, G. La Fauci

2019/10 — pag. 242-243

“Fermenti lattici” e disturbi gastroenterici nei bimbi: facciamo chiarezza - Cellulite orbitaria e periorbitaria - Depressione giovanile, per i genitori non è facile riconoscerla - Disturbi del linguaggio. Colpito il 7% dei bambini - - Nascite: prosegue il calo - Crisi dei Pronto Soccorso. Come la stanno affrontando gli altri Paesi - Rabdomiosarcoma, il tumore dei bambini oggi si cura con meno farmaci, ma per più tempo - I bambini e i ragazzi italiani carenti di vitamina D: troppo poco tempo all’aria aperta - Performance dell’intradermoreazione di Mantoux e del Quantiferon nei bambini al di sotto dei 5 anni - Italia prima in UE per morti da antibiotico-resistenza

M.V. Abate (a cura di)

2019/10

Un caso di pancreatite cronica a esordio infantile: quando una diagnosi genetica non basta

A. Casertano, C. Coppola, J. Cerullo, R. Iorio, C. Mollica, R. Auricchio

2019/10 — pag. 234-237

The present work reports a case of a 6-year-old child with a diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis. The relevance of this case is in the complex aetiology of the pancreatitis with a genetic mutation of SPINK1 gene (N34S) and a probable functional issue (...

Denutrizione, fame nascosta e obesità

2019/9 — pag. 563-565

La sindrome nefrosica in età pediatrica

Consensus della Società Italiana di Nefrologia Pediatrica (SINePe)

2019/9 — pag. 577-588

In Italy are not guidelines for the management of idiopathic nephrotic syndrome (NS) in paediatric age. The choice of a treatment with steroids has always been based on the clinical experience of each centre. The present Consensus of the Italian Paed...

Chi è il paraechovirus e perché bisogna tenerlo a mente

E. Cacciatore, S. Dal Bo, G. Vieni, C. Radice, L. Biserna, I. Bruno, V. Sambri, F. Marchetti

2019/9 — pag. 596-598

Le “basi” (genetiche) dell’obesità

F. Angrisani, M.R. Arienzo

2019/9 — pag. 230-230

Un ittero colestatico neonatale: la sindrome di Alagille

E. Rizzello, J. Bua, S. Nider

2019/9 — pag. 226-227

Chi è il paraechovirus e perché bisogna tenerlo a mente

E. Cacciatore, S. Dal Bo, G. Vieni, C. Radice, L. Biserna, I. Bruno, V. Sambri, F. Marchetti

2019/9 — pag. 224-225

Sincope come prima manifestazione della malattia reumatica: il caso di una adolescente

A. Raymond, E. Pedretti, C. Cicero, G. Privitera, G. Biasucci

2019/8 — pag. 533-536

Background - Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) is an autoimmune disorder following group A streptococcal pharyngitis that can lead to arthritis, carditis with mitral and/or aortic valve insufficiency, chorea and skin manifestations (erythema marginatum and...

Herpes labiale ricorrente: è efficace la profilassi farmacologica antivirale per via orale?

F. Damassa, L. Mambelli, F. Marchetti

2019/8 — pag. 521-524

The prevalence of recurrent herpes labialis ranges between 15% and 40%. In the paediatric population frequent recrudescence leads to different consequences according to the patients’ age. A recent review of clinical studies on the effectiveness of an...

Child abuse: note medico-legali per una corretta segnalazione

A. Aprile, M. Russo

2019/8 — pag. 503-507

Health care practitioners have the duty to make a report to the judicial authority when assisting children who are victims of abuse or need protection as their families are unable or unwilling to provide adequate care. However, as a consequence of th...

Ritorno a scuola: come recuperare il giusto ritmo di sonno? - Infanzia: la corretta idratazione inizia fin da piccoli - Toccati da una medusa? Ecco i rimedi davvero efficaci - Esperienze positive da bambini e salute mentale da adulti - Mal di pancia da inizio scuola? Le regole per capire se è vero - Lupus eritematoso sistemico: nuovi criteri per la diagnosi - Tumori, bambini a rischio di leucemie e sarcomi - Polmone da “svapo”: negli Usa segnalati già oltre 900 casi e 8 decessi negli ultimi due mesi - Adolescenti, lo studio dell’ISS: il 16% ha sintomi o disturbi da gioco d’azzardo

M.V. Abate (a cura di)

2019/8

TPSV in cardiopatie congenite complesse: come cavarsela dai piedi

M. Brighenti, G. Bronzetti, M. Scimeca, M. Lanari, M. Bonvicini

2019/8 — pag. 209-209

Ematemesi rivelatrice

R. Pillon

2019/8 — pag. 207-207

Sincope come prima manifestazione della malattia reumatica: il caso di una adolescente

A. Raymond, E. Pedretti, C. Cicero, G. Privitera, G. Biasucci

2019/8 — pag. 196-199

Background - Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) is an autoimmune disorder following group A streptococcal pharyngitis that can lead to arthritis, carditis with mitral and/or aortic valve insufficiency, chorea and skin manifestations (erythema marginatum and...

Melena o non melena? Reflusso vescico-ureterale, insufficienza renale Vaccinazioni, splenectomia post-traumatica

2019/7 — pag. 463

Il neonato a colori: le sfumature di grigio

G. Corsello, M. Schierz

2019/7 — pag. 455-456

Corto come il papà

G. Tornese

2019/7 — pag. 431-437

Familial short stature is the second cause of short stature immediately after constitutional delay of growth and puberty. So far, in case of familiarity for short stature, regular growth velocity, bone age compatible with chronological age, the ind...

Prescrivere bene gli antibiotici Perché abbiamo paura di prescrivere bene gli antibiotici? Il conflitto di interessi “di cortesia” Neonato a rischio di sepsi Appello ad AIFA e alle Regioni per un intervento urgente

2019/7 — pag. 422-424

Una bambina piccola con le dita coniche

V. Carrato, A.G. Grasso

2019/7 — pag. 154-154

Sindrome pseudo-Bartter e disidratazione: presentazione atipica di fibrosi cistica

N. Della Vecchia, M. Mariani


2019/7 — pag. 153-153

Shaken baby syndrome

C. Forest, A. Bulian, G. Pellino, E. Fiumana, R. Faggioli, G. Maggiore

2019/7 — pag. 151-152

Sindrome di Costello

C. Leoni, P. Cianci, G. Zampino, A. Selicorni

2019/6 — pag. 383-386

Osservazione nel neonato a rischio di sepsi precoce

A. Berardi, C. Spada, M. Ciccia, M Capretti, G. Brusa, F. Sandri, E. Balestri, L. Rocca, L. Gambini, M. Azzalli, V. Rizzo, G. Piccinini, E. Vaccina, L. Lucaccioni

2019/6 — pag. 370-376

The approach to the newborn at risk of early-onset sepsis is a challenge. In the past the approach was mainly based on laboratory tests, which were poorly predictive and might cause repeated blood samples and unnecessary antibiotic therapies, with ...

Storia delle evidenze sull’uso pediatrico dei farmaci antiemetici

F. Marchetti

2019/6 — pag. 365-369

On 2nd May 2019 the Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA) issued an “Informative Note agreed upon with the European Regulatory Authorities” on domperidone entitled Memorandum on recommendations for minimising heart risks and eliminating prescriptions in ...

Ma che fine fanno gli SGA?

G. Tornese

2019/6 — pag. 355-364

Recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) is an approved and effective treatment for short children born small for gestational age (SGA). Prevalence of children eligible for treatment as SGA is reported to be 1:1,800. The latest data from the Italian...

Un’istiocitosi evanescente

A.M.C. Galimberti

2019/6 — pag. 130-130

Una celiachia con invaginazioni intestinali ricorrenti

M. Mainetti, V. Graziani, C. Radice, M. Serafini, G. Turlà, F. Marchetti

2019/6 — pag. 119-122

The paper presents the case of a 22-month-old child with an acute onset of coeliac disease and recurrent intussusception. A prevalence of around 1% of intestinal intussusception in children with a new diagnosis of coeliac disease is described in the ...

Pachidermodattilia

S. Piccolo, T. Russo, V. Piccolo

2019/6 — pag. 123-124

The paper reports a case of a 7-year-old child presenting with a bilateral swelling of hands, then diagnosed as pachydermodactyly. The etiology of this rare condition and the most common differential diagnosis including knuckle pads, acromegaly, juve...

Il neonato a colori: rosso

G. Corsello, M. Schierz

2019/5 — pag. 310-314

Il cuore di anakinra

V. Carrato

2019/5 — pag. 322-324

Le diverse facce dell'infezione da Bartonella henselae

E. Cacciatore, A. Bulian, R. Burnelli, S. Rinieri, M. Sprocati, G. Maggiore

2019/5 — pag. 322-324

QT lungo congenito ed epilessia: quale relazione?

L. Cortellazzo Wiel

2019/5 — pag. 118-118

Un caso di immunodeficienza comune variabile che mima una sarcoidosi in un bambino di 9 anni

I. Maccora, E. Marrani, T. Giani, R. Cimaz, G. Simonini, C. Azzari

2019/5 — pag. 117-117

Polipo e invaginazione intestinale

G. Lanzoni, P. Moras, D. Gobbi, P. Midrio

2019/5 — pag. 113-113

Il versamento pericardico può essere considerato una complicanza del disturbo della condotta alimentare?

A. Bulian, L. Biserna, F. Currò, D. Pranstraller, F. Marchetti

2019/5 — pag. 108-110

Il neonato a colori: bianco

G. Corsello, M. Schierz

2019/4 — pag. 253-254

Un colpo all'occhio

E. Conversano, F. Corrias, F. Poropat, G. Cozzi, M. Pavan, F. Parentin, E. Barbi

2019/4 — pag. 247-250

Hyphema refers to an accumulation of red blood cells within the anterior chamber of the eye and is more frequently a consequence of trauma. Particularly, blunting trauma due to plastic projectiles is increasingly reported as its cause. Isolated low...

Emorragia retinica periferica da trauma oculare contusivo: un caso clinico

R. Oliveto

2019/4 — pag. 89-90

The paper describes a clinical case of accidental ocular trauma with peripheral retinal haemorrhage with a favourable course and highlights the importance of collaboration with eye specialists in traumatic ophthalmology as well as the careful monitor...

La reidratazione per via endovenosa: più problemi che “soluzioni”...?

M. Fontana

2019/3 — pag. 142-144

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...

Sindrome di Waardenburg

S. Tajè, M.C. Provero, P. Cianci, A. Selicorni

2019/3 — pag. 185-187

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...

Aritmia ipercinetica nonostante pregresso elettrocardiogramma da sforzo normale

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

2019/3 — pag. 45-45

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...

La musica è un arcobaleno: effetti della musicoterapia nei bambini con emofilia

E. Zanon, S. Pasca, L. Salmaso, E. Macellari

2019/2 — pag. 127-128

Introduction - Music and colours are the universal languages that reach diverse peoples and can evoke different emotions. Music therapy was used in several hospital settings, but no studies were conducted on children with haemophilia. The aim of this...

Ematuria, proteinuria e sindrome dello schiaccianoci

M. Pennesi

2019/2 — pag. 125-126

Sindrome di Mowat-Wilson

P. Cianci, S. Tajè, A. Selicorni

2019/2 — pag. 119-121

Myasthenia gravis giovanile generalizzata

L. Di Genova, A. Paglino

2019/2 — pag. 27-29

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 musica è un arcobaleno: effetti della musicoterapia nei bambini con emofilia

E. Zanon, S. Pasca, L. Salmaso, E. Macellari

2019/2 — pag. 18-23

Introduction - Music and colours are the universal languages that reach diverse peoples and can evoke different emotions. Music therapy was used in several hospital settings, but no studies were conducted on children with haemophilia. The aim of this...

Un ombelico… troppo spesso bagnato

D. Ferrara, L. Alessi, F. Mulè, G. Corsello

2019/1 — pag. 41-43

Una enterocolite da Campylobacter jejuni che confonde

A. Iacono, C. Guiducci, M. Mainetti, S. Brocchi, F. Marchetti

2019/1 — pag. 52-54

Campylobacter infection is one of the most frequent enteritis in developed countries and in most cases it features a self-limiting character. In some cases it shows severe clinical pictures and it requires antibiotic therapy. Cases of antibiotic resi...

Piccola, ma non abbastanza

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

2019/1 — pag. 47-48

Bartonella sine Bartonella

A. Barachino

2019/1 — pag. 13-13

Atlante dermatologico pediatrico alfabetico di Medico e Bambino C

2018/11

Storia di una tumefazione del collo ricorrente, troppo ricorrente

E. Fabbri, L. Bardeggia, A. Pedini, F. Libertucci, L. Viola, C. Cola, F. Tucci, R. Devito, G. Vergine

2018/10 — pag. 664-666

The paper describes the case of a 3-year-old girl who was repeatedly hospitalised for a swelling on her neck, which showed a scarce response to the antibiotic therapy, was significantly recurrent and was associated with fever and a remarkable increas...

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 ...

Pile

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

2018/10 — pag. 662-663

Lattanti e trapianti

F. Fusco

2018/10 — pag. 662-663

Tutto sull’ingestione di corpi estranei

S. Carbogno, A. Canuto

2018/10 — pag. 651-653

Le sfide della Medicina contemporanea

S. Maitz, A. Biondi

2018/10 — pag. 635

Malattie rare a cavallo dell’innovazione: una sfida etica e scientifica

A. Tommasini, A. Magnolato, S. Pastore, I. Bruno

2018/10 — pag. 628-634

Recent advances in medicine are providing new opportunities to treat rare and complex disorders. Precision therapies are being developed to target molecular processes crucial to the disease pathogenesis. Media often present technological advances r...

Un trauma cranico con trombosi venosa

A. Iacono, E. Cacciatore, M. Serafini, G. Maggiore

2018/10

Due cugini con neuropatia ereditaria con sensibilità alla paralisi da pressione

P. Ricciardelli, G. Turlà, M.L. Marini, F. Marchetti

2018/10

Hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsy (HNPP) results from the deletion of the PMP22 gene in chromosome 17p11.2. Clinically, it presents with painless pressure palsies, typically in the 2nd and 3rd decades of life, being a rare condit...

Storia di una tumefazione del collo ricorrente, troppo ricorrente

E. Fabbri, L. Bardeggia, A. Pedini, F. Libertucci, L. Viola, C. Cola, F. Tucci, R. Devito, G. Vergine

2018/10

The paper describes the case of a 3-year-old girl who was repeatedly hospitalised for a swelling on her neck, which showed a scarce response to the antibiotic therapy, was significantly recurrent and was associated with fever and a remarkable increas...

Paralisi del facciale con recidiva

F. Corrias

2018/9 — pag. 593

Papule piezogeniche Granulomi anulari multipli

2018/9 — pag. 598

Il neonato a colori: blu, giallo-verde

G. Corsello, M. Schierz

2018/9 — pag. 581-583

15 anni, amenorrea… pensa anche al prolattinoma!

A. Troisi, M. Cozzolino, G. Graziani, V. Graziani, M. Mainetti, P. Cenni, F. Marchetti

2018/9

Prolactinoma is a rare benign neoplasia in paediatric age that mostly affects female adolescents. In most cases the adopted therapy is pharmacological with dopamine-agonists and the first choice is cabergoline that shows a good safe and efficacious p...

Varicella... e complicanze

A.G. Grasso, L. Mambelli

2018/8

Sindrome di Freeman-Sheldon

S. Tajè, P. Cianci, A. Selicorni

2018/7 — pag. 453-455

Orticaria emorragica: eppur si muove

S. Della Paolera, M.C. Pellegrin, I. Berti, E. Barbi

2018/7 — pag. 441-444

Acute urticaria is a frequent benign disease in children and is often secondary to infections. Usually it is a self-limited histamine-dependent cutaneous condition marked by transient, erythematous, and pruritic wheals and frequently by acral angio...

Leucociti: più alti che bassi

D.U. De Rose, R. Badolato

2018/7 — pag. 435-439

Leukocytosis is a common finding in children evaluation. In order to highlight the underlying cause, it is necessary to investigate which leukocyte subset is involved. Usually, leukocytosis is observed in children with infectious diseases. However,...

Lo stroke ischemico nel bambino

A. Iacono, C. Guiducci, G. Turlà, C. Renzelli, P. Ricciardelli, F. Marchetti

2018/7 — pag. 425-431

Ischemic stroke is a clinical syndrome characterised by the sudden onset of a neurological deficit that can refer to the perfusion area of a cerebral artery and by the neuroradiologic evidence of an ischemic lesion. The incidence of ischemic stroke...

Una cefalea che non ti aspetti: Moyamoya

P. Zagni, F. Leo, V. Loizzo, M.C. Bariola, G. Cingolani, L. Iughetti

2018/7

Ispessimenti fibrosi del tessuto sottocutaneo Infezione erpetica

2018/6 — pag. 404

La terapia reidratante endovenosa in Pronto Soccorso: alla ricerca di una semplificazione Dislessia e ruolo del pediatra Bruno Pincherle Comunicato stampa - Eccellenze dell’Informazione Scientifica: la rivista “Medico e Bambino” premiata per la seconda volta

2018/6 — pag. 352-353

Rachitismo (X-linked) vitamina D-resistente: problema risolto? Quel bisogno di qualcosa di più… per vivere Il troppo stroppia Sepsi da stafilococco: non c’è nulla da aggiungere… “Strani” farmaci per le epilessie difficili Sindrome nefrosica cortico-dipendente: la parola giusta è rituximab Suicidi e tentamen in bambini e adolescenti: come cresce il problema e… una serie televisiva di successo

2018/6 — pag. 349-350

Un’emolisi ben mascherata

G. Del Borrello

2018/6

Chronic haemolytic anaemia is a pathophysiological process that can be the expression of many possible etiologies (e.g. a congenital defect of a membrane protein, immune-mediated destruction, enzymopathies, altered erythrocyte development). The paper...

Dolore addominale in fossa iliaca destra: sembrava un'appendicite ma era una torsione dell’omento

C. Marchetti, C. Scalamogna, A. Mussari, R. Mattei

2018/6

The primary omental torsion is a rare cause of acute abdomen in the paediatric population. This condition occurs when the omental apron pedicle twists around its longer axis, leading to oedema, ischaemia and necrosis. The article describes a rare cas...

Il bambino con coxalgia

S. Carbogno

2018/5 — pag. 325-327

Sindrome di Smith-Magenis

P. Cianci, R. Onesimo, G. Zampino, A. Selicorni

2018/5 — pag. 319-321

Bambino adottato: non pensiamo solo alle infezioni!

C. Totaro, B. Bortone, P. Putignano, L. Galli, M. De Martino, E. Chiappini

2018/5 — pag. 307-312

Background - According to the most recent statistic report by the Italian Commission for International Adoptions, in the period 2014-2015 Italy was the Nation with the highest rate of adoptions in Europe and the second one worldwide, following the Un...

ARPKD: una malattia clinicamente eterogenea che richiede un approccio terapeutico multidisciplinare

E. Petrucci

2018/5

Latenza diagnostica in un adolescente con morbo di Crohn: esordio insidioso o diagnosi intempestiva?

A. Casertano, M. Martinelli, A. Staiano

2018/5

Morbo di Crohn: 3 casi per 3 sottolineature

P. Pascolo, M. Bramuzzo, A. Ventura

2018/5

Crohn’s disease is an inflammatory bowel disease diagnosed in paediatric age, especially during adolescence, in approximately one third of the cases. Pathogenesis is unknown but growing evidence suggests that immunological anomalies due to monogenic ...

Un lattante molto irritabile

M. Mauro

2018/4 — pag. 263-264

Reumatologia attraverso i casi

A. Taddio

2018/4 — pag. 243-245

The paper presents some practical messages for paediatricians that may be taken from the five rheumatological cases herein. Kawasaki disease may recur in the same patient, so in this case re-treatment with intravenous gammaglobulin is mandatory. Di...

Più si sa, meno si fa: il caso delle infezioni urinarie

M. Pennesi

2018/4 — pag. 234-235

La meningite nel neonato e nel piccolo lattante

L. Bedetti, A. Baraldi, F. Leone, L. Marrozzini, L. Iughetti, L. Lucaccioni, A. Berardi

2018/4 — pag. 223-228

Bacterial meningitis may cause long term disabilities or death, particularly at younger ages. Early diagnosis and prompt antibiotic therapy are essential for improving outcome. The diagnosis of meningitis in newborns and young infants is a challeng...

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M.V. Abate (a cura di)

2018/4

Otite e mastoidite

V. Ragnoni, L. Viola, B. Bigucci, F. Libertucci, G. Vergine, G. Maggiore

2018/4

Disartria e strabismo: due sorelle, una dopo l’altra. Ovvero: quando lo streptococco dà ai nervi

F. Galdo, V. Pintabona, M. Bramuzzo, F. Pellegrini, A. Ventura

2018/3 — pag. 194-196

Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) may follow infections such as Campylobacter jejuni, cytomegalovirus and Haemophilus influenzae infections. The paper describes two familiar cases of polyneuritis cranialis, an oculopharyngeal subtype of GBS, which appear...

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...

Trattare la malattia come un’opportunità

G. Masera

2018/3 — pag. 143-145

Febbre e petecchie… anche il morbillo!

E. Dei Rossi

2018/3

Misurazione non invasiva della bilirubina in Neonatologia: limiti e potenzialità

G. De Bernardo, R.T. Scaramuzzo, F. Gabbriellini, B. Barni, I. Vannozzi, C. Tuoni, F. Dini, M. Ciantelli, A. Boldrini

2018/3

Background - Besides traditional bilirubin measurement methods, in the past few years transcutaneous measurement has become popular in Neonatal Care Units, as it is easy to use and painless. However, transcutaneous bilirubinometers are currently limi...

Salmonella e appendicite

A. Di Candia, E. Pasta, C. Vallongo

2018/2 — pag. 115-117

Il punto sulla sindrome di Silver-Russell dopo il primo Consensus internazionale

G. Patti, N. Di Iorgi, F. Napoli, M. Maghnie

2018/2 — pag. 85-91

Silver-Russell syndrome (SRS) is a heterogeneous syndrome characterised by severe intrauterine and postnatal growth retardation with typical dysmorphic features. SRS is primarily a clinical diagnosis; however molecular testing enables confirmation ...

Piastrinopenia immunomediata in età adolescenziale ed evoluzione in lupus eritematoso sistemico

G. Costagliola, R. Consolini

2018/2 — pag. 97-100

Thrombocytopenia, defined by a platelet count lower than 100,000 mm3, in children and adolescents is more frequently ascribable to an immune pathogenesis (Immune Thrombocytopenia, or ITP). ITP is defined “persistent” if it is still present after th...

Corticosteroidi nell’asma acuto: adesso lo dicono tutti Una pesante eredità Padri che si fanno un bicchierino coi figli: niente ben! Probiotici (e coliche) Esame rapido delle urine (dipstick): buono a qualsiasi età Battere la leucemia con un colpo solo?

2018/2 — pag. 79-80

Una lesione renale che non ti aspetti

V. Moressa

2018/2

Radiologia in Odontoiatria pediatrica. Linee guida del Ministero della Salute per minimizzare i rischi - Sostanze pericolose nei giocattoli vintage, rischio per i bimbi - Giornata mondiale della lebbra: la Medicina vuole cancellarla definitivamente entro il 2020 - OMS lancia l’allarme annegamento: ecco le strategie in atto - I bimbi gattonano in una nuvola di polvere - Come vestire i bambini in inverno: le regole da seguire

M.V. Abate (a cura di)

2018/2

Cos'è la sindrome di Jeune e quando pensarciDescrizione di un caso clinico

B. Vergara, C. Muratori, L. Mambelli, A. Zucchini, R. Iannace, G. Parmeggiani, A. Sensi, F. Marchetti

2018/2

Jeune syndrome, also known as asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy, is a rare autosomal recessive skeletal dysplasia characterised by narrow chest, short skull and skeletal abnormalities, which include, among other things, a “trident” appearance of the ac...

La gestione delle ustioni passo per passo

C. Santelia, C. Zanin

2018/1 — pag. 47-49

Urgenze neurologiche in Pediatria: il caso della perdita acuta del visus

A. Suppiej

2018/1 — pag. 42-46

Acute loss of vision in children is a worrying sign for both patients and physicians. In the absence of obvious ophthalmological signs, the paediatrician is faced with the challenge of distinguishing a functional (non-organic) disorder from potenti...

Il bambino delicato

J. Apley

2018/1 — pag. 11

Lunga vita al rene! L'outcome dei reni unici congeniti

G. Macchini, A. Allegorico

2018/1

Eclatante bassa statura: quando l’ovvio passa inosservato

L. Sessa, E. De Nitto

2018/1

Ematochezia nel lattante e Clostridium fecale Allergia al latte e lattanti al bivio

2017/10 — pag. 667

Bartonelle di tutto il mondo, unitevi!

S. Dal Bo, L. Mambelli, A. Fumarola, P. Ricciardelli, A. Zucchini, F. Marchetti

2017/10 — pag. 663-664

La sindrome di Pallister-Killian

L. Bettini, S. Tajè, A. Selicorni

2017/10 — pag. 657-658

Sindrome del bambino scosso: una campagna per farla conoscere - Pediatri, contro l’antibiotico-resistenza un decalogo per i genitori e un quiz online - Nuova pelle con le staminali a un ‘bimbo farfalla’: medici di Modena gli salvano la vita - Bambini con psoriasi: farmaci efficaci e con una tossicità accettabile - OMS, più di 1 bambino su 10 ogni anno nasce prematuro - Una guida per capire l’anoressia e vincere i luoghi comuni - Quando viene il sangue dal naso. Che cosa fare (e cosa non fare) - Il dolore di perdere un fratello da piccoli aumenta il rischio di morte - Allarme fake news in Sanità: 8,8 milioni di italiani hanno trovato sul web informazioni mediche sbagliate

M.V. Abate (a cura di)

2017/10

Una marcia da ubriaca da trombosi del seno sigmoideo

A.G. Grasso

2017/10

Sembrava un’ADEM e invece era un tumore cerebrale

A. Delise

2017/10

Ipokaliemia, allungamento del QTc… e disturbi del comportamento alimentare

S. Maiolo, L. Giacchetti

2017/10

Hypokalaemia is found in up to 20% of eating disorders, it can cause life-threatening conditions, such as cardiac arrhythmias, myopathy, rhabdomyolysis, nephropathy and paralysis. It often remains a diagnostic challenge, especially in young women wit...

Appendicite acuta: intervento o terapia conservativa?

S. Pusceddu, V. Dell’Omo, F. Marchetti

2017/9 — pag. 595-596

IGARIS (Iatrogenic Ghost Allergy and Reflux Infant Sindrome): una nuova forma iatrogenica di rifiuto del cibo

A. Taddio, Z. Cannioto, E. Barbi, F. Marchetti, M. Maschio, S. Martelossi, L. Monasta, M. Bramuzzo, A. Ventura

2017/9 — pag. 571-576

Background - ood refusal (FR) may be related to organic conditions such as gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and food allergy (FA). Recent findings have shown a GERD and FA overdiagnosis. Inaccurate GERD or FA diagnosis may lead to iatrogenic ...

Acido è bello

A. Ventura

2017/9 — pag. 551-553

Ascesso appendicolare in lattante come causa di febbre di origine sconosciuta

A. Zavallone, F. Comaita, L. Azzoni, L. Cantalupi, D. Luotti, I. Santini, A. Ramon Gonzalez, V. Mondino, F. Rossi, V. Gabriele

2017/9

Evaluation of abdominal pain in children can be often difficult. Acute appendicitis is the most frequent disease in children population that often requires a surgical intervention. Only 2% of operated children belong to the group younger than 3 years...

Cosa si nasconde dietro una rettorragia che persiste?

C. Spada, E. Coccolini, M. Ficara

2017/9

Melena, ematemesi e... latte materno

A. Morreale

2017/8 — pag. 530

Melena e... biscotti

G. Ferrara

2017/8 — pag. 530

Una ragazza con ascite e diarrea con sangue: quale diagnosi?

F. Marchetti, M. Mainetti, M. Giovannini, C. Morelli

2017/8 — pag. 519-522

Difetti immunitari non convenzionali in pazienti con infezione grave

A. Marzollo, J. Bustamante, M.C. Putti, M. Stronati, M. Bendavid, J-L. Casanova, G. Basso, A. Borghesi

2017/8 — pag. 503-510

Severe infectious disease in an otherwise healthy child is often perceived as a sporadic event with no genetic cause. Recent data challenge this assumption showing that a mutation in genes involved in host defence can be found in a significant prop...

Ma tutti questi antibiotici sono davvero necessari nei lattanti gravi?

L. Baroni, S. Fornaciari, S. Riboni, V. Loizzo, C. Magnani

2017/8 — pag. 493-501

CASI CLINICI: COSA DEVE FARE IL PEDIATRA PER AZZECCARE GLI ANTIBIOTICI…

2017/8 — pag. 493-501

STEWARDSHIP ANTIMICROBICA NEL NEONATO E NEL PICCOLO LATTANTE. Perché e come praticarla

A. Berardi, M. Ficara, E. Pietrella, A. Boncompagni, C. Toffoli, A. Bianchini, E. Della Casa, C. Spada, E. Spaggiari, M. Ciccia, G. Gargano, V. Rizzo, M. Azzalli, G. Biasucci, L. Gambini, S. Bolognesi, G. Piccinini, F. Ferrari a nome del Gruppo per la Prevenzione delle Infezioni da Streptococco B della Regione Emilia-Romagna

2017/8 — pag. 493-501

Antimicrobial resistances are increasing worldwide, due to the misuse of antibiotic therapies in humans as well as in animals. It is expected that within a few decades multi-resistant pathogens will become the leading cause of death worldwide. The ...

Una rara zoppia

S. Carbogno

2017/7

Un caso di pericardite ricorrente che nasconde una febbre mediterranea familiare

V. Gragnaniello, S. Ascione

2017/7

L’anemia che fa male

A. Bonadies, G. Rispoli

2017/7

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...

“Ha perso 10 chili in due mesi!”

F. Barbieri, T. Montini

2017/6 — pag. 393-394

La sindrome di Wolf-Hirschhorn

L. Bettini, P. Cianci, A. Selicorni

2017/6 — pag. 389-390

Pediatria, per le vacanze

2017/6 — pag. 351

Diarrea acuta: quando la faccenda è seria… non si parla di probiotici Un medico donna, per favore Cannabidiolo nell’epilessia (sindrome di Dravet): ideologia, ignoranza e scienza Siparietto sull’empiema e dintorni Klinefelter, imprinting testosteronico e… casi indimenticabili

2017/6 — pag. 349-350

Sindrome di Waardenburg: descrizione di un caso clinico

V. Carrato, A. Spinelli, I. Bruno

2017/5 — pag. 323-324

Waardenburg syndrome - type 1 (WS1) is an autosomal dominant disease clinically and genetically heterogeneous. It is characterized by non-progressive sensorineural hearing loss of variable degree and anomalous pigmentation of the eyes and the skin ca...

Sindrome da delezione 22q11.2, ovvero la sindrome di DiGeorge con molte sfumature

A. Galimberti

2017/5 — pag. 326-327

Farmaco anti-epilessia responsabile di difetti nei neonati - Radiazioni durante gli esami clinici: nuove direttive europee per monitorare le dosi - Sulle intolleranze alimentari troppi i test-bufala - Il giusto approccio al disagio psichico infantile - Emicizumab: meno sanguinamenti anche nei bambini con emofilia A - Tosse secca o grassa, è sempre una noia per bambini e genitori - La sindrome di Tourette e i tic - Poche denunce di abusi sui bimbi, ma si stima 80mila vittime l’anno - Neonati. Nuovo metodo non invasivo per velocizzare la raccolta delle urine - Malattie rare. Un bimbo costretto per anni a mangiare solo patate e latte

M.V. Abate (a cura di)

2017/5

Una parotite acuta neonatale

S. Amoroso, P. Brovedani, G. Cont, A. Trappan, L. Travan, A. Velkoski

2017/5

Calprotectina elevata e polipi intestinali: quale relazione?

M. Mainetti, A. Zucchini, G. Turlà, A. Buzzi, F. Marchetti

2017/4 — pag. 256-258

n clinical paediatric practice faecal calprotectin, a protein derived from white blood cells, is a reliable, non-invasive and easy-to-perform marker, with a high positive predictive power to identify intestinal inflammation. It is very useful for the...

Il bambino con il batticuore in Pronto Soccorso: dalla teoria alla pratica andata e ritorno

M. Bobbo, G. Tamaro, V. Gesuete, B. D’Agata, E. Barbi, A. Ventura

2017/4 — pag. 256-258

Palpitations are a common cause of complaint in the paediatric population and can be a reason of serious concern for children, adolescents and parents. Despite this, palpitations are known to have a benign prognosis, but still are cause of referral t...

Fat happy wheezer Linfocitosi età-dipendente Salbutamolo e tachicardia parossistica sopraventricolare

2017/4 — pag. 261

Non tutte le tachicardie sono benigne

I. Marinelli

2017/4 — pag. 259-260

Una “cellulite” con il grappolo

A. Agrusti, B. Sacher

2017/4 — pag. 259-260

Elettrocardiogramma: ABC... e D per il pediatra

V. Gesuete

2017/4 — pag. 219-226

The paediatric electrocardiogram has particular features that distinguish it from that of an adult. Everyone needs to know them in order to interpret it correctly. A systematic approach that for example considers rhythm, heart rate, axis, and inter...

CUORE E BATTICUOREIl bambino con il batticuore

V. Gesuete, B. D’Agata, M. Bobbo, A. Ventura

2017/4 — pag. 219-226

Palpitations mean the perception of the heartbeat that is usually a cause for concern for patients. In adults, palpitations occasionally herald serious underlying cardiac events. However, palpitations in children typically arise from physiologic st...

Spesso il male di battere

G. Bronzetti

2017/4 — pag. 211

Dolore addominale, iperplasia nodulare linfoide e… EBV

G. Papucci, V. Ragnoni

2017/4

Gestione della tachicardia parossistica sopraventricolare pediatrica: dai farmaci alla cardioversione elettrica in emergenza

S. Postorivo, S. Pusceddu, C. Renzelli, R. Francesconi

2017/4

Il bambino con il batticuore in Pronto Soccorso: dalla teoria alla pratica andata e ritorno

M. Bobbo, G. Tamaro, V. Gesuete, B. D’Agata, E. Barbi, A. Ventura

2017/4

Palpitations are a common cause of complaint in the paediatric population and can be a reason of serious concern for children, adolescents and parents. Despite this, palpitations are known to have a benign prognosis, but still are cause of referral t...

Psoriasi guttata Granuloma anulare

2017/3 — pag. 198

Kawasaki facile e difficile

E. Benelli, S. Carbogno, N.S. Carucci, M. Gori, E. Marrani, M. Melis, M.C. Pellegrin

2017/3 — pag. 155-162

Kawasaki disease (KD) is a systemic vasculitis that typically affects children of 2-5 years of age and whose diagnosis and treatment are usually easy, as described in the first case report. Anyway, in spite of adequate therapy, 10-15% of patients d...

Kawasaki disease shock syndrome: una rara modalità di presentazione della malattia

N. Sardi, C. Galletto, L. Besenzon

2017/3

Kawasaki disease shock syndrome is a rare and severe condition related to Kawasaki disease (KD), frequently difficult to diagnose, defined as the presence of any of the following conditions: systolic hypotension (< -2 SD blood pressure defined for ag...

La sindrome Kabuki

P. Cianci, L. Bettini, A. Selicorni

2017/2 — pag. 113-114

Sarcoidosi pediatrica: esiste davvero?

M. Giovannini, M. Luzzati, G. Ferrara, T. Giani, G. Simonini, R. Cimaz

2017/2 — pag. 119-122

Una febbre ricorrente e una mutazione che vale doppio

L. Mambelli, A. Fumarola, F. Marchetti

2017/2 — pag. 119-122

Leucemia per caso

P. Paganin

2017/2

Shock tossico da streptococco

M. Vergine

2017/2

Una febbre ricorrente in cerca di diagnosi

S. Contorno

2017/2

Quando le bugie hanno le gambe corte

F. Bandera

2017/1 — pag. 54-56

La reidratazione orale e l’uso dell’ondansetron e del domperidone nella gastroenterite

F. Marchetti, M. Bonati, A. Maestro, D. Zanon, F. Rovere, A. Arrighini, E. Barbi, P. Bertolani, P. Biban, L. Da Dalt, A. Guala, E. Mazzoni, A. Pazzaglia, P.F. Perri, A. Reale, S. Renna, A.F. Urbino, E. Valletta, A. Vitale, T. Zangardi, A. Clavenna, L. Ronfani, a nome del Gruppo di Studio SONDO (Studio ONdansetron vs DOmperidone)

2017/1 — pag. 21-29

Background - Vomiting limits the success of oral rehydration in children with acute gastroenteritis (AGE). A double-blind randomized trial was conducted to compare the efficacy of ondansetron and domperidone for the symptomatic treatment of vomiting ...

Ai bimbi con l'otite servono 10 giorni di antibiotici, non "tagli" - Sistema immunitario fuori controllo anche nei piccoli - I bambini bevono troppo poco, decalogo sull'idratazione dei piccoli - È italiana la nuova cura che guarisce i bimbi dal "fegato grasso" - 36 nuovi farmaci destinati ai bambini nel 2016, ma l'95% è ancora off label - Dolore, qualcuno aiuti i bambini - Lingua a carta geografica nei bambini, ecco i rimedi - Bambini: se le mamme fumano in gravidanza, maggiori rischi per i reni - Troppi "errori" nelle pubblicità delle culle, bimbi a rischio - La risonanza magnetica in utero svela i problemi al cervello del feto - Farmaci pediatrici: il parlamento UE chiede modifiche al regolamento. "Troppi ostacoli all'innovazione"

2017/1

Una cefalea... esplosiva!

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

2017/1

La soppressione surrenalica sintomatica in corso di terapia steroidea

F. Fusco, D. Sambugaro, G. Zoso

2017/1

Eczema di tipo nummulareAngioma lobulare eruttivo

2016/10 — pag. 668

Ematemesi in lattantePrick test: istruzioni per l’uso

2016/10 — pag. 667

Emorragia splenica post-traumatica in un adolescente: il ruolo della angio-embolizzazione

P. Gallo, C. Radice, M. Mainetti, C. Renzelli, D. Palmarini, F. Marchetti

2016/10 — pag. 665-666

The paper describes the case of a 13-year-old boy who arrived to the emergency room for 2 syncopal episodes associated with abdominal pain. Blood tests showed Hb 10.5 g/dl with normal MCV. His general medical conditions were regular except for a ...

Talkaesthesia: ovvero la parola come anestetico Screening dell’ipercolesterolemia: una strategia per la famiglia POTS: un modo di non funzionare dell’adolescente 10 e 12 (millimetri) SONDO… o son desto? Ovvero: quando si dice fare chiarezza Ondansetron e rischio di aritmie: tranquilli Tonsillectomia nelle PFAPA e quasi PFAPA Giri e raggiri per prevenire l’obesità

2016/10 — pag. 621-622

Una recidiva atipica di porpora di Schönlein-Henoch

C. Rubino, S. Trapani, M. Paci, M. Resti

2016/10

Una porpora (per nulla) spaventosa

S. Carbogno

2016/10

Emorragia splenica post-traumatica in un adolescente: il ruolo della angio-embolizzazione

P. Gallo, C. Radice, M. Mainetti, C. Renzelli, D. Palmarini, F. Marchetti

2016/10

Dati Istat 2015: solo 485.780 nati, -17 mila rispetto al 2014 - Dolore in età pediatrica sottostimato in pronto soccorso - Tappi di cerume: non è scarsa igiene, ecco come si puliscono le orecchie - Depressione: un adolescente su 11 sperimenta almeno una crisi all'anno - Malattie non trasmissibili responsabili del 92% dei decessi in Italia - Emicrania nei bambini, non sempre la cura è nei farmaci - Febbre e dolore, attenzione a dosaggio e orario farmaci - Problemi psichiatrici, emergenza adolescenti: 27 ricoveri al giorno - Nefrologia: identificate mutazioni rare responsabili della malattia di Berger - Colite ulcerosa pediatrica, in incremento le nuove diagnosi - Obesità infantile: studio su Lancet assolve gli antibiotici

2016/10

Il cellulare del dottor Rete

E. Barbi

2016/9 — pag. 551-553

La definizione della eleggibilità alle cure palliative pediatriche

F. Pellegatta, L. De Zen, P. Lazzarin, M. Jankovic, M. Bertolotti, L. Manfredini, A. Aprea, F. Benini

2016/9 — pag. 573-578

Background - In recent years there has been a slow but steady change in the care of the infant/child/adolescent patient needs: new types of patients, new situations and new objectives of “health”. One of these “novelties” is the need of Palliative ...

Il pediatra e il bambino obeso Cortisone nella Kawasaki: giustizia è fatta Novità da non perdere: curare l’epilessia nella sclerosi tuberosa Morbillo Rare, indimenticabili e… facili da diagnosticare Guarigione con… cicatrice Suicidi di bambini

2016/9 — pag. 555-556

Un bimbo che cresce poco: pensa alla sindrome di Shwachman-Diamond

M. Luzzati

2016/9

Antibioticoterapia parenterale a domicilio: un’opportunità mancata?

G. Vieni, F. Marchetti

2016/9

Una esperienza assistenziale a metà strada tra casa e ospedale

P. Cianci, St. Besseghini, Se. Besseghini, G. Bortolami, A. Moretto, T. Fedeli, G. Kullman, M.L. Melzi, L. Introzzi, A. Selicorni

2016/8 — pag. 513-518

A small but meaningful proportion of Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN) presents with quite instable and severe medical conditions. Moreover, they are frequently dependent on technological devices. So, their chances of living in their ...

Il gene del G6PD, le varianti cliniche e... la minestrina della nonna

M.L. Tortorella, F. Colonna, L. Fanti

2016/8 — pag. 526-528

Uno strappo tropicale

E. Caneva, G. Gallo, S. Ielo, M. Aricò

2016/8

Quando un batterio banale diventa letale

F. Minniti, S. Orlandini, G. Pagano, P. Biban

2016/8

Terapia antibiotica a spettro ristretto versus terapia ad ampio spettro nell'appendicite acuta

S. Pusceddu, P. Gallo, C. Lama, F. Marchetti

2016/7 — pag. 463-465

È saltata la valvola

M. Magnani, V. Silecchia, C. Vallongo, Mara Marchiori

2016/7 — pag. 461-462

La diagnosi e la presa in carico di sindrome rara associata a ipoacusia

2016/7 — pag. 456-457

Una polmonite che non guarisce

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

2016/7

Quando la genetica ti cambia le carte in tavola

M. Pasetti, F. Crosti, S. Maitz, C. Fossati, V. D’Apolito, A. Selicorni

2016/7

Terapia antibiotica a spettro ristretto versus terapia ad ampio spettro nell’appendicite acuta

S. Pusceddu, P. Gallo, C. Lama, F. Marchetti

2016/7

La sindrome di Cornelia de Lange

V. Decimi, A. Cereda, M. Mariani, L. Bettini, A. Selicorni

2016/6 — pag. 373-380

Which are the distinctive features of Cornelia de Lange syndrome? When should it be suspected? Which of these features are of interest for a paediatrician who assists a young patient with this syndrome? Which tools can the paediatrician use in orde...

Tutti a tavola con… i bambini con disabilità

P. Pascolo

2016/6 — pag. 395-397

Una sclerodermia lineare

S. Contorno, F. Barbieri

2016/6 — pag. 390-392

Pediatria 2016: tra povertà ed esomaTacere per amoreDiagnosi eziologica delle infezioni respiratorie: tutto e subitoCorticosteroidi e distrofia muscolare di Duchenne: gioie e doloriCorticosteroide inalatorio e crescitaPancreatite ricorrente e pancreatite cronica: avete visto mai?POTS: tra mito, realtà... e impotenza del pediatra

2016/6 — pag. 349-350

Piastrinopenia autoimmune

M. Saruggia, B. Longhi, M. Colombo

2016/5 — pag. 319-321

Quando le piastrine basse possono... attendere

E. Mazzoni, F. Lombardi, C. Fochi, A. Lambertini

2016/5 — pag. 316-318

Il trattamento della sindrome nefrosica cortico-sensibile

V. Murgia, F. Pugliese, F. Emma, G. Montini, M. Pennesi

2016/5 — pag. 297-302

Nephrotic cortico-sensitive syndrome is a chronic disease difficult to manage. Indeed, it presents a relapse risk in about 90% of cases and it may develop steroid dependence/ frequent relapse in about 50% of children. The nephrologist and the paedi...

Nascere con una severa piastrinopenia

L. Mambelli, C. Muratori, G. Piccinini, S. Dal Bo, F. Marchetti

2016/5

Intossicazione acuta da levotiroxina in età pediatrica

M.C. Pellegrin, E. Mascheroni, G. Tornese, E. Faleschini

2016/5

The paper presents two cases of acute levothyroxine ingestion: the first is an accidental ingestion in a child and the second is a voluntary ingestion in an adolescent. Ingestion of levothyroxine in children usually follows a benign course. Patients ...

Uno più uno fa sempre due:una storia di bartonellosi viscerale

A. D’Adda, G. Ferrari, M.L. Melzi, G. Bovo, S. Foresti, A. Cavallero, R. Corso, A. Ciervo, F. Mancini, A. Biondi

2016/4 — pag. 255-258

Batti 5: ho lo shock settico

A. Pirrone

2016/4 — pag. 255-258

Appendicistite

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

2016/4 — pag. 255-258

L’appendicite acuta nei primi cinque anni di vita:una sfida per il pediatra

G. Campana, P. Marzuillo, C. Germani, S. Guarino, I. Rabach, E. Barbi

2016/4 — pag. 225-230

Acute appendicitis is one of the most frequent causes of abdominal surgery in paediatric ages, with the peak incidence in the second decade of life. Acute appendicitis in the first years of life is an uncommon but not so rare event. The clinical pr...

La legge sulla responsabilità del personale sanitario e le linee guida La verità scientifica, le nostre convinzioni e i nostri pregiudizi Perché ho difficoltà ad andare ai congressi La sindrome di Swyer-James-Macleod o enfisema lobare congenito?

2016/4 — pag. 218-220

Una splenomegalia… per caso

T. Di Chio, E. Randazzo, G. Maggiore

2016/4

Una tonsilla che ricresce

C. Retetangos

2016/4

Quando i bambini con l’acetone hanno lingua blu e abbronzatura fuori stagione

E. Castagno, I. Tardivo, G. Grasso, P. Matarazzo, G. Tuli, A.F. Urbino

2016/3 — pag. 191-194

Addison’s disease (primary adrenocortical failure) is a rare condition mainly of autoimmune origin. Signs and symptoms are usually mild and non-specific, as abdominal pain, failure to thrive, weight loss, anorexia, vomiting and diarrhoea associate...

Convulsioni e stato di male epilettico: schema sinottico per l’intervento in emergenza/urgenza

F. Quarantiello, G. Furcolo

2016/3

Una rara lombalgia

M.C. Pellegrin, C. Fossati, M.G. Dell’Orto, C. Giussani, A. Selicorni

2016/2

Un caso di associazione di malattia di Graves e carcinoma papillare tiroideo

M.A. Pinotti, F. Codazzi, F. Cortinovis, C. Ghitti

2016/1 — pag. 55-57

Graves’ disease in children is rare; for this reason and for the insidious clinical presentation, the diagnosis is difficult, especially when there are not risk factors that orient the clinician. The paper reports the case of a 15-year-old boy wit...

Un lattante rosso con il batticuore

C. Lobello

2016/1 — pag. 53-54

Approccio metodologico “di base” al bambino con sospetta sindrome malformativa

P. Cianci, F. Zanetto, A. Biolchini, A. Selicorni

2016/1 — pag. 27-33

The diagnosis of a genetic syndrome is very important in the life of a child and of their family for various reasons. Thus, paediatricians should be alert because the possible starting manifestations of a syndrome are really very different and vari...

Shammo Khairy Sado

2016/1 — pag. 12

Una diagnosi a tappe

M.C. Pellegrin, M. Mariani, S. Maitz, A. Selicorni

2016/1

Un caso di associazione di malattia di Graves e carcinoma papillare tiroideo

M.A. Pinotti, F. Codazzi, F. Cortinovis, C. Ghitti

2016/1

Graves’ disease in children is rare; for this reason and for the insidious clinical presentation, the diagnosis is difficult, especially when there are not risk factors that orient the clinician. The paper reports the case of a 15-year-old boy with n...

La sindrome di Guillain-Barré con parestesie e diplegia facciale. Descrizione di un caso clinico

C. Domenicali, C. Farneti, A. Magistà, F. Pugliese, S. Pusceddu, L. Casadio, A. Pini, F. Marchetti

2015/10 — pag. 663-664

Acute bilateral facial nerve palsy is a relatively rare condition and often indicates a serious underlying medical condition. The paper reports a case of a 14-year-old girl who developed paresthesias in the distal limbs and subsequently bifacial ...

Il bambino con infezione da micobatteri non tubercolari

M. Caironi, R. Badolato

2015/10 — pag. 634-638

Localized mycobacterial infections of cervical lymph nodes are frequently observed in normal children. These types of infections are sustained by environmental mycobacteria and can be treated by surgical therapy. On the contrary, disseminated mycob...

Detective in corsia

M. Minute, L. De Marco

2015/10

Proctite emorragica del lattante Osteoma osteoide e sport Diete e malattie neurologiche Omocisteinemia e rischio tromboembolico Infezione urinaria e monorene Mononucleosi e contumacia Lettura del prick test Orecchie rosse Osteolisi benigna

2015/9 — pag. 601-603

Una famiglia con il collo che ciondola

I. Giuseppin, M. Ranieri, A. Camolese, A. Tonetto, P.G. Flora

2015/9 — pag. 598-600

L’annegamento: cosa fare e quando preoccuparsi

F. Barbieri, I. Paoli

2015/9 — pag. 596-597

L’epistassi nel bambino

S. Lega, G. Ferrara

2015/9 — pag. 585-588

Epistaxis is very common in children and usually originates from small anastomotic vessels in the anterior septum as a consequence of local trauma. In most cases bleeding is self-limiting and can be easily managed with direct compression of the nas...

Latte: a ciascuno il suo! Effetti non nutrizionali del latte

L. Greco, M.P. Mollica, R. Negri

2015/9 — pag. 573-579

Relevance of early nutrition in promoting body growth and health is well established. Human milk is the natural food of all human infants; it provides an adequate supply of all nutrients necessary to support growth and development and even plays a ...

Bronchite batterica protratta dai casi clinici alla messa a fuoco di una entità poco conosciuta e “maltrattata”

C. Bibalo, C. Bibalo, M. Tubaro, A. Ventura, G. Longo

2015/9 — pag. 565-572

Protracted bacterial bronchitis (PBB) is a wet, “smoker-like” cough that persists more than 4 weeks (chronic, not remitting cough) and promptly responds to an appropriate antimicrobial treatment. Although it is the most common cause of chronic coug...

Perdersi... per un bicchiere d’acqua

G. Patti, A. Mascio, E. Godano, A. Allegri, M. Maghnie

2015/8 — pag. 529-530

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...

Calcolosi biliare: non solo per adulti...

G. Rossi, F. Cirillo, M. Sciveres, S. Riva, C. Ricotta, M. Spada, G. Maggiore

2015/8 — pag. 495-503

In recent years cholelithiasis has been on the rise among infants and children, partly because of improved diagnostic modalities, but also because of an increased awareness of emerging comorbidities, such as childhood obesity, and other associated ...

Un test del colesterolo a soli 9 anni può essere salvavita Lo stick che misura la bilirubina contro i rischi dell’ittero neonatale Dislessia, riconoscerla presto significa gestirla meglio Come gestire al meglio la sofferenza dei bambini che devono curarsi Miopia si previene, giocando all'aperto Da pediatri ok a sport per bimbi con malattie croniche Malattie croniche, ecco gli sport più indicati Arriva dagli Usa la prima fibbia intelligente salva-bambini L'ipertermia non va combattuta a tutti i costi: è indispensabile per la sopravvivenza La bambina di 3 anni col diabete «dei grandi»: pesava 35 chili I cibi per bambini sono troppo zuccherosi: da grandi non ameranno le verdure

2015/8

Gli antibiotici fanno ingrassare?

V. Murgia

2015/7 — pag. 465-467

PEG e bottone gastrostomico: le medicazioni

G. Di Leo, D. Codrich

2015/7 — pag. 458-459

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...

Cosa deve sapere il pediatra della linfoistiocitosi emofagocitica attraverso i casi degli specializzandi

S. Lega, F. Dell’Acqua, M. Minute, F. Vendemini, C. Cattelani

2015/7 — pag. 431-441

Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a potentially life-threatening syndrome caused by severe hypercytokinemia due to a highly stimulated but ineffective immune response. HLH is not a disease by its own but is rather a common final consequen...

LA LINFOISTIOCITOSI EMOFAGOCITICA

2015/7 — pag. 431-441

Certificati medici per l’attività sportiva non agonistica: punto e a capo?

2015/7 — pag. 429-430

La sindrome di Evans: chi è costei?

F. Pugliese, A. Zucchini, R. Burnelli, F. Marchetti

2015/7

Troppe artriti per Erlis

I. Mula

2015/7

Un colpo d’occhio… siculo

M.C. Lia, I. Giuseppin, A. Tonetto, P.G. Flora

2015/7

Il dimagrimento nel bambino obeso, panacea di tutti i mali, cura la steatosi epatica anche in chi presenta una predisposizione genetica

P. Marzuillo, A. Grandone, E. Miraglia del Giudice, L. Perrone

2015/7

Prevalenza dell’HPV nei bambini abusati e non

S. Ghirardo, M. Bramuzzo

2015/7

Quando la sferocitosi incontra il chirurgo

C. Bibalo

2015/6 — pag. 391-392

Summary Hereditary spherocytosis is a common inherited disorder that is characterized by anaemia, jaundice and splenomegaly. It is reported worldwide and is the most common inherited anaemia in individuals of northern European ancestry. Clinical ...

La linfadenite di Kikuchi-Fujimoto

V. Graziani, V. Armaroli, L. Cardinale, F. Ravaioli, F. Marchetti

2015/6 — pag. 382-385

Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KF), also known as histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis, is a rare benign condition characterized by cervical lymphadenopathy, prolonged fever and other systemic manifestations without specific laboratory findings. The et...

La resilienza: una risorsa da valorizzare

G. Masera, A. Delle Fave

2015/6 — pag. 360-368

During the last few years, the term resilience has become popular in common language and public discourse within a variety of domains, from psychology to medicine, from economics to ecology. However, its meaning is often misunderstood and generaliz...

Una strana lipotimia

N. Palladino, I. Marinelli

2015/6

Quando la sferocitosi incontra il chirurgo

C. Bibalo

2015/6

Summary Hereditary spherocytosis is a common inherited disorder that is characterized by anaemia, jaundice and splenomegaly. It is reported worldwide and is the most common inherited anaemia in individuals of northern European ancestry. Clinical ...

L’uso del beta-bloccante nella sindrome del QT lungo: un punto di vista personale

G. Bronzetti

2015/6

Dobbiamo dare il beta-bloccante a ogni bambino con il QT lungo?

V. Murgia

2015/6

Allergia alimentare e svezzamento Allergia all’uovo ed epoca di introduzione Ittero neonatale tardivo

2015/5 — pag. 332

Chi ha paura della febbre?

V. Murgia, F. Marchetti

2015/5 — pag. 327-329

Limoncella e Clorofilla

F. Marolla

2015/5 — pag. 325-326

Gialli di latte

A. Di Tullio

2015/5 — pag. 325-326

La sindrome del “Cri du chat”: qualche novità per una “vecchia” sindrome

M. Spunton, M.E. Liverani, P. Cerruti Mainardi, S. Cavani, M. Malacarne, C. Baldo, M. Pierluigi, A. Guala

2015/5 — pag. 306-312

“Cri du chat” syndrome (CdC, OMIM 123450) is classified among the rare diseases. It was described for the first time in 1963 and it is due to a deletion in the short arm of chromosome 5 (in about 90% of cases as a result of a sporadic “de novo” del...

Per una corretta gestione del bambino con ALTE

A. Vigo, S. Noce, A. Ravaglia

2015/5 — pag. 292-297

“Infants with an apparent life-threatening event (ALTE) present to medical attention because of an acute and unexpected change in behaviour that alarmed the care giver. The initial episodes can occur during sleep, awake, or feeding. They are most c...

L’eco del diavolo

2015/5 — pag. 284

PPI e mal di pancia: andata e ritorno Novità forse utili: Apremilast Novità forse utili: Mongersen Evviva la soluzione fisiologica Sonno sicuro per il lattante Formula magica contro la SIRT Sembrava una Kawasaki, era una artrite sistemica

2015/5 — pag. 281-282

Una faringotonsillite ricorrente

C. Granato, M.F. Gicchino, G. Cantelmi, L. D’Ambrosio, A.N. Olivieri

2015/5

Compagni di viaggio

M. Vidoni, G. Bravar, R. Lualdi

2015/5

Chi ha paura della febbre?

V. Murgia, F. Marchetti

2015/5

Una bozza che cresce in fretta

I. Marinelli, N. Palladino

2015/5

Entero-artrite reattiva da Clostridium difficile:relazione casuale o causale? Descrizione di un caso clinico

F. Pugliese, A. Zucchini, P. Ricciardelli, M. Cappella, F. Marchetti

2015/5

In adults reactive arthritis (ReA) following Clostridium diffıcile-enterocolitis has been documented. In children only five case of C. diffıcile-associated ReA has been reported. The paper describes a case of ReA in a six-year-old boy treat...

Un'altra sepsi

E. Mazzoni, A. Lambertini

2015/4 — pag. 257-258