Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

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...

Mangiarsi dal dolore

Persoglia M.

2026/3 — pag. 184-187 — DOI

A 16-year-old boy with Cornelia de Lange syndrome and severe sensory disabilities presented with a sudden worsening of self-injurious behaviour. After ruling out common gastrointestinal complications associated with his condition, a thorough dental e...

Vomito verde e dinamiche di famiglia: un caso di Munchausen per procura

Giuseppin I, Camolese A.

2026/3 — pag. 184-187 — DOI

The paper reports the case of a 6-year-old girl obsessively brought for medical evaluation by her father due to vague symptoms and recurrent vomiting (at times biliary, documented only through photographs provided by her mother). Extensive medical in...

Quando la porpora arriva dopo il bisturi

Fachin A.

2026/3 — pag. 184-187 — DOI

The case shows that Henoch-Schönlein purpura may present with isolated abdominal symptoms and mimic a surgical acute abdomen and may sometimes lead to exploratory surgery before the typical skin manifestations appear....

Maschere da snorkelling full-face: quando respirare non è così facile

Trapani L, Poropat F, Barbi E, Zanchi G.

2026/3 — pag. 175-178 — DOI

The use of full-face snorkelling masks (FFSM), frequently marketed as ‘easy-breath’ devices, is witnessing an exponential growth. This surge is driven by the promise of a 180° underwater field of view combined with ‘natural’ nasal-oral breathing, the...

Paura in gola… ARFID in azione!

Menghi A, Biserna L, Barbini D, Mainetti M, Marchetti F.

2026/3 — pag. 170-174 — DOI

Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) is a recently defined eating disorder characterised by an apparent lack of interest in eating, avoidance based on sensory characteristics of food or concern about potential adverse consequences of eat...

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...

Caduta nella voragine

Barabino A.

2026/3 — pag. 158-160 — DOI

OMS 2026 – Linee guida sugli ambienti alimentari scolastici

2026/3 — pag. 153-154 — DOI

L’autonomia possibile

Selicorni A.

2026/3 — pag. 145 — DOI

Infezione da Clostridioides difficile nel neonato e nel lattante: una malattia... "difficile"!

Serra G, Pollari F, Di Pace MR, Giuffrè M, Notarbartolo V, Sergio M, Pensabene M, Corsello G

2026/3 — pag. 51-57 — DOI

Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile) is the leading cause of infection among patients on antibiotic therapy, with disease severity (CDI) varying by age and patient charac-teristics, ranging from asymptomatic to severe cases such as diarrhoea and s...

Una linfangite rapidamente "strisciante"

Paiano R, Aimone Prina V, Nicolì S, Campisi Frascà G, Brandolisio LR, Feresin MG, Lorenzoni G, Bondone C, Manzoni P

2026/3 — pag. 67-69 — DOI

This report presents the case of a seven-year-old child with a suspected viper bite on the right hand, initially presenting with local oedema and a puncture lesion. The subsequent onset of vomiting, altered consciousness and lymphangitic streaks exte...

Ipotono e inappetenza in un lattante di 4 mesi

Pezzuto M, Di Stefano M, Rigamonti A, Zambon A, Natali Sora MG, Rossana Fiori, Piselli G, Fontana K, Guarneri MP, Barera G

2026/3 — pag. 79-79 — DOI

Infection with Clostridioides botulinum in infants is a rare but potentially fatal condition characterised by descending flaccid paralysis. The study reports the case of a four-month-old female infant admitted to the Emergency Unit with non-specific ...

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...

Uno stridore persistente in un lattante

Ippoliti A, Lovati C.

2026/2 — pag. 123 — DOI

Stridor in infants is a frequent but non-specific clinical sign, indicating partial upper airway obstruction. The causes vary according to age and include congenital anomalies, infections, trauma or space-occupying lesions. Among the rare aetiologies...

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...

La sindrome di Malan

Ramazzotti S, Nuvoli V, Baldo F.

2026/2 — pag. 114-117 — DOI

Un approccio clinico all’ipotono neonatale attraverso i casi

Castaldo B, Cossovel F, Starc M, Bua J, Travan L.

2026/2 — pag. 109-113 — DOI

Neonatal hypotonia may be a sign of different serious conditions (metabolic and genetic diseases, infections, neuromuscular disorders, intracranial haemorrhage or malformations). However, it may also be a common consequence of early gestational age. ...

Le pere sono pere, le mele sono mele…

Barabino A.

2026/2 — pag. 87-90 — DOI

Thomas, 3 mesi: stitico e… inespressivo…

2026/2 — pag. 83-85 — DOI

Non un semplice stridor

Rossi D, Sadou Y, Gilardi C

2026/2 — pag. 45-46 — DOI

A 4-year-old neonate presented with inspiratory stridor and respiratory distress due to tracheal compression. Echocardiography and CT scans documented a double aortic arch with a dominant right arch and hypoplastic left arch. Cardiac surgical correct...

La tosse che faceva... tic: quando il sintomo inganna il pediatra

Falcone M, Fioretto A, Fiorenza G, Esposito S

2026/2 — pag. 42-42 — DOI

Chronic paediatric cough may often have psychogenic origins when organic causes are excluded. This report describes the case of a 13-year-old boy with a persistent, metallic, diurnal cough that lasted for one year and was unresponsive to treatments f...

Dolore addominale e stipsi funzionale: non sempre tutto coincide

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

2026/2 — pag. 38-38 — DOI

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

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

Storie di ordinaria isteria: quando una bambina dice che non vede

Nucci P.

2026/1 — pag. 57-58 — DOI

The case of Giulia, a nine-year-old girl with progressive visual difficulties in the absence of organic findings, illustrates a common functional presentation in paediatrics. The symptom, fluctuating and inconsistent with ocular pathology, serves a c...

Arterite di Takayasu in paziente con febbre persistente sine focus

Demontis C, Stagi C.

2026/1 — pag. 56-56 — DOI

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

Astasia-abasia psicogena a 13 anni... è possibile?

Menghi A, Addeo A, Radice C, Vignutelli L, Marchetti F.

2026/1 — pag. 53-56 — DOI

Anna, a 13-year-old girl with a family background of separation and fluctuating academic performance, manifested sudden gait disturbances and muscle weakness. Despite the alarming symptoms, all clinical investigations (CT scan, EEG, blood tests) w...

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...

La febbre è un sintomo o una malattia?

Marolla F, Mallardi M, Marolla F.

2026/1 — pag. 30-35 — DOI

Fever is one of the main causes of paediatric consultation and a frequent source of parental anxiety. Between April and May 2024, 362 parents attending clinics of 21 family paediatricians in Rome filled in a questionnaire on the subject. Among respon...

Il fiuto della caposala

Barabino A.

2026/1 — pag. 27-29 — DOI

Infezioni da ferite o morso

2026/1 — pag. 25-26

Semaglutide e obesità grave in età pediatrica: benefici, rischi e questioni etiche

2026/1 — pag. 17-20 — DOI

La profilassi con benzilpenicillina: cosa chiedono i genitori

Dell’Accio L, De Bianchi M, Ferrarin E.

2026/1 — pag. 15-15 — DOI

Una PRESsione da indigestione

De Peppo Cocco M, Mattia I, Fabi M, Gennari M, Lanari M

2026/1 — pag. 27-29 — DOI

This report describes the case of a 9.5-year-old boy admitted for tonic-clonic seizures following a non-febrile gastroenteritis. Brain MRI revealed areas of altered signalling consistent with Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES). Detai...

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...

Due fratellini inseparabili con la sindrome emolitica uremica (SEU)

Delcaro G, Dall'Amico R, Tubaro M

2026/1 — pag. 16-16 — DOI

This report describes a familial cluster of typical Haemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS) caused by Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (EHEC). An 18-month-old girl initially presented with haemorrhagic diarrhoea, which rapidly progressed to acute renal failure...

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...

Porpora di Schönlein-Henoch bollosa Mononucleosi

2025/10 — pag. 668 — DOI

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....

Il disturbo da conversione

Nardin B.

2025/10 — pag. 661-663 — DOI

A young girl arrives at the hospital unconscious, although her vital signs are stable, with no signs of neurological or metabolic damage. The father reports that she has recently shown signs of anxiety and sadness due to her mother’s illness. After a...

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

I ragazzi del non-luogo Qualcosa è cambiato Tamponi virali in lattanti febbrili: a nulla servono Rischio coronarico e obesità Modulatori CFTR: sempre meglio Affamati e dimenticati

2025/10 — pag. 621-622 — 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 ...

Una diagnosi di malattia di Hirschprung a 14 anni

Trombetta A

2025/10 — pag. 269-270 — DOI

The paper presents the case of a 14-year-old boy with severe microcytic anaemia and lifelong constipation, with imaging showing massive faecal impaction and rectosigmoid dilatation. Poor response to transfusion and iron therapy, together with marked ...

Disturbo della condotta alimentare e sindrome dell'arteria mesenterica superiore: chi comanda chi?

Iacono A, Biserna L, Mainetti M, Chiaravallotti A, Minguzzi M, Marchetti F

2025/10 — pag. 253-256 — DOI

This paper discusses the case of a 14-year-old girl who presented with severe depressive-catonia, social withdrawal, self-harm and significant weight loss of approximately 20 kg over six months. Previously diagnosed with anxiety and eating disorders,...

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

Volvolo da malrotazione intestinale in un lattante: una sfida diagnostica

Ferrari M, Perre E, Lombardo VF, Di Florio F, Ghizzi C

2025/9 — pag. 251-252 — DOI

A 1-year-old boy presenting with irritability, lethargy and vomiting was diagnosed with small bowel volvulus due to intestinal malrotation. Prompt surgical intervention prevented severe complications. The case highlights the importance of considering...

Cefalea e vomito, a pensar male spesso ci si azzecca

Zanin F

2025/9 — pag. 247-248 — DOI

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

In caso di dubbio, consulta l'appendice

Campanile C, Russo R, Ambrosio G, Basilio P

2025/9 — pag. 236-238 — DOI

This article reports the case of a newborn admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) for prematurity and perinatal distress. At thirteen days of age, he presented with reduced nutritional intake, vomiting, a globular abdomen, and blood test...

Un bambino con difficoltà nella deambulazione: la miosite acuta benigna dell'infanzia

Ruberto E, Scaglione F, Starita A

2025/9 — pag. 224-225 — DOI

The paper describes the case of a 5-year-old child presenting with sudden walking difficulty after influenza-like symptoms. The definitive diagnosis was based on accurate anamnesis and physical examination and a few laboratory tests: benign acute chi...

Un caso anomalo di stridor alla nascita: raccomandazioni per diagnosi e prevenzione delle complicanze del neonato con doppio arco aortico

Valencic I, Tarì EM, Moccia E, Vitali F, Corvaglia L.

2025/8 — pag. 531 — DOI

Double aortic arch (DAA) is a rare congenital vascular malformation that forms a ring around the oesophagus and trachea, with a prevalence of 0.005% and chromosomal abnormalities associated in only 24% of cases. The most common symptoms are noisy bre...

La bronchite eosinofila

Longo G, Badina L, Berti I, Maschio M, Amaddeo A.

2025/8 — pag. 489-498 — DOI

Eosinophilic bronchitis is a clinical entity characterized by bronchial eosinophilic inflammation that clinically manifests only with chronic, essentially dry cough. Just like asthma, it responds well to inhaled corticosteroid therapy, but it differs...

Frattura della clavicola in un neonato Corea di Huntigton e blefarospasmo Sudorazione acre prepuberale

2025/8 — pag. 535 — DOI

Quando l’anamnesi non aiuta... occhio alla clinica (e alla milza)

Sardella L, Abbagnato L, Agosti M, Salvatore S, Selicorni A.

2025/8 — pag. 530 — DOI

The case of a 15-year-old girl with Epstein-Barr virus infectious mononucleosis complicated by splenomegaly and traumatic splenic rupture with haemoperitoneum is described. She was treated with splenic embolization, blood transfusion, antibiotic ther...

La sindrome Coffin-Siris (CSS)

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

2025/8 — pag. 525-527 — DOI

Se mi sfiori... urlo dal dolore

2025/8 — pag. 499-501 — DOI

La bronchite eosinofila: la riconosci se la conosci

Thiebat E, Longo G.

2025/8 — pag. 488 — DOI

Le drusen del nervo ottico

Fusco F

2025/8 — pag. 213-213 — DOI

The paper describes the case of a 5-year-old child presenting with acute headache and bilateral papilledema on fundus examination. Brain MRI was unremarkable, while subsequent ophthalmologic evaluations identified optic nerve drusen as the cause of t...

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...

Quanti danni questi eosinofili!

Cannas M, Malaventura C

2025/8 — pag. 218-219 — DOI

A 15-year-old boy presented with abdominal pain, weight loss, ascites and marked eosinophilia. Work-up excluded infectious, autoimmune and neoplastic causes, leading to the diagnosis of hypereosinophilic syndrome with transmural panenteric involvemen...

Una stipsi ostinata

Calareso L, Milioto S, Principio E, Milad Mousavi S, Meli F, Bongiovanni A, Smilari P

2025/8 — pag. 216-217 — DOI

The paper reports the case of a 9-year-old girl with persistent faecal incontinence lasting approximately five months, on a background of chronic constipation. Clinical and instrumental investigations revealed faecal impaction and marked rectosigmoid...

Galeotto fu il parvovirus

Vecchi M, Cavalleri L

2025/8 — pag. 215-216 — DOI

A previously healthy 2.5-year-old child presented in critical condition with hypoglycemic coma, severe metabolic acidosis and profound anaemia. Diagnostic work-up revealed previously undiagnosed sickle cell disease (SCD) complicated by aplastic crisi...

Non sentire i piedi e non essere capace di camminare

Guala A

2025/8 — pag. 211-212 — DOI

The paper reports the case of an 11-year-old boy with sudden onset of stocking-like anaesthesia and inability to walk, without objective neurological or systemic abnormalities. Laboratory and imaging studies were unremarkable. Following a suggestive ...

Un’epifisiolisi misconosciuta

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

2025/7 — pag. 468-470 — DOI

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

Febbre persistente, malessere, congiuntive e lieve cheilite: quando c’entra l’Adenovirus

Lorefice A, Troisi A, Fontijn S, Marchetti F.

2025/7 — pag. 465-466 — DOI

A 5-and-a-half-year-old child presents with a 10-day history of fever, upper respiratory tract inflammation, conjunctivitis and diarrhoea. Clinical examination reveals inflammatory signs in the pharyngeal, ocular and tympanic areas, but no rash or pe...

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...

Pianto e stipsi di recente insorgenza

2025/7 — pag. 427-429 — DOI

L’eterno dibattito sulla Neuropsichiatria infantile

Marchetti F.

2025/7 — pag. 415-417 — DOI

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

Sapere riconoscere l’epilessia mioclonica giovanile

Rossetti V.

2025/6 — pag. 394-394 — DOI

A 15-year-old girl experienced episodes characterised by blurred vision accompanied by limb spasms, during which she would drop objects from her hands and, on some occasions, fall to the ground while remaining conscious. Initially interpreted as mani...

Aftosi orale e bruxismo

Somma CE, Alfaro C, Acampora E.

2025/6 — pag. 392-394 — DOI

A 26-month-old girl presented with episodes of oral aphthosis associated with frequent night-time awakenings and sudden, intense crying. After having ruled out organic causes, she was sent to a neuropsychiatric evaluation that led to a diagnosis of a...

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...

I disturbi respiratori ostruttivi del sonno

Basilicata S, Traunero A, Borrelli M, Maschio M, Ghirardo S, Amaddeo A.

2025/6 — pag. 359-365 — DOI

Obstructive sleep disordered breathing encompasses different clinical entities, the most severe of which is obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS). Children with severe adenotonsillar hypertrophy, obesity, congenital malformations or specific syndro...

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...

Un'invaginazione intestinale insidiosa

Di Noto F, La Russa R, Genduso M, Trizzino A, D'Angelo P

2025/6 — pag. 158-159 — DOI

The paper presents the case of a 2-year-old boy who arrived at the Emergency Room with acute abdominal pain; ultrasound revealed an intestinal intussusception. After recurrence and bowel resection, histology confirmed Burkitt lymphoma. Further invest...

La sindrome di Currarino: malformazione anorettale, massa presacrale, alterazioni del sacro

Codrich D

2025/6 — pag. 154-155 — DOI

A 6.5-year-old girl with severe constipation since infancy, unresponsive to macrogol. Pelvic MRI revealed a presacral mass, tethered cord, megarectum and sacral anomalies - features consistent with Currarino syndrome. Surgical management included pro...

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...

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2025/5

Un caso di neurinoma del III nervo cranico in paziente cefalgico noto

Ciurlia C, Romani F, Peruzzi C, Sala D, Lazzerotti A, Biondi A.

2025/5 — pag. 329-330 — DOI

Acquired third nerve palsies are rare in children but are often associated with significant underlying pathologies. This article describes a paediatric case of isolated third nerve palsy due to a schwannoma. A 10-year-old boy with a history of migrai...

Un mal di schiena ostinato

Marra G, Lo Meo F, Dimartino G, Di Noto F, Gilotta C, Napoli L, La Torre ML, Allegra A, Ruffo GB, Cardella F, Corsello G.

2025/5 — pag. 323-326 — DOI

Emanuel is an 11-year-old boy of Ivorian descent, born and raised in Italy, who presented with recurrent migratory musculoskeletal pain. After excluding neurological and oncological conditions, his ethnic background and clinical course raised the sus...

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...

Non passa mai di moda: il morbillo

Campodipietro G, de Palo B, Andreozzi L, Dondi A, Lanari M.

2025/5 — pag. 323-326 — DOI

The paper describes the case of a 10-year-old girl with persistent fever for approximately one week, poor general condition, skin rash, bilateral non-exudative conjunctivitis, cough, rhinitis, abdominal pain and vomiting. The patient was finally diag...

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

2025/5 — pag. 331 — DOI

Associazione VATER/VACTERL

Scupilliti S, Vancini A, Selicorni A

2025/5 — pag. 317-319 — 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...

Alla faccia di Bell: un caso clinico di paralisi bilaterale in una paziente di sei anni

Di Febo CM

2025/5 — pag. 107-111 — DOI

Bilateral facial palsy (BFP) is an uncommon condition characterised by the involvement of the opposite side within 30 days from the onset in the first side. If paralysis occurs simultaneously on both sides, it is termed simultaneous BFP. Otherwise, i...

Alla ricerca della Salmonella...

Menconi G, Stera G, Virgili G, Balsamo C, Meli M, Congiu M, Ghizzi C

2025/5 — pag. 129-130 — DOI

Typhoid fever, caused by Salmonella enterica serovar typhi, is a potentially severe systemic infection, especially in endemic regions with poor sanitation. The paper reports the case of a 12-year-old girl returning from Pakistan with prolonged fever ...

Diarrea intrattabile e neuroblastoma

Contratto c, Casabona F, Avanzini S, conte M, Gandullia P

2025/5 — pag. 127-128 — DOI

A previously healthy three-year-old girl presented with persistent diarrhoea, progressive abdominal distension and weight loss. After negative infectious and anatomical workup, abdominal imaging (ultrasound, MRI and CT) revealed a retroperitoneal mas...

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...

Questa volta la sigla è PNES: crisi psicogene non epilettiche

Brienza C, Caputo OO, Ranucci G, Nunziata F

2025/5 — pag. 122-122 — DOI

A 13-year-old girl with a prior diagnosis of epilepsy presented to the emergency room following a prolonged generalized seizure. Despite ongoing antiepileptic therapy, she experienced recurrent seizures requiring hospitalization. During admission, sh...

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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 ...

Annamaria e Daniele sono immobili: la peritonite

Galeone MA, Ranucci G, Brienza C, Letizia M, Gallicola F, Pezzulo M, Nunziata F.

2025/4 — pag. 253-256 — DOI

Two cases of peritonitis with atypical presentation: peritonitis in younger children may be particularly challenging to recognise due to the lack of specific signs and the child’s inability to express or localise pain clearly. Immobility is an unco...

Bambino immobile: pensa anche alla miocardite

Rivellino L.

2025/4 — pag. 253-256 — DOI

This report describes a case of acute myocarditis in a 2-year-old child. Acute myocarditis is most commonly secondary to viral infections and, less frequently, to immune disorders or drug reactions. Among the various viruses, parvovirus B19 is rec...

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

Desametasone nella meningite batterica Celiachia ai tempi dell’AI Torsione ovarica, sempre in guardia Diarree intrattabili 2025 sul NEJM Acalasia POE(M)-SIA? Skin of Colour

2025/4 — pag. 217-218 — 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...

Cardite subclinica e corea di Syndenham

De Pra S

2025/4 — pag. 96-96 — DOI

An 11-year-old boy presented with orofacial pain and involuntary movements. Elevated ASO titer and echocardiography showing mitral insufficiency led to the diagnosis of rheumatic fever with Sydenham’s chorea and subclinical carditis. Treatment with s...

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...

Famiglie tossiche

Faleschini E.

2025/3 — pag. 184-185 — DOI

The paper highlights that families characterized by violence, ignorance and a lack of rules, along with the failure to consult a paediatrician, contributed to worsen psychophysical condition in adolescents....

Enuresi da sempre... e valvole dell'uretra posteriore

Menotti MG, Pugliese P.

2025/3 — pag. 185-185 — DOI

The Authors describe the case of 9-year-old child with a urological problem underestimated even by the family. Investigations reveal bladder overactivity with vesicoureteral reflux secondary to posterior urethral valves....

Stimorati di Dio

2025/3 — pag. 147 — DOI

Adolescenti e TIC: sempre un problema Prendersi cura dell’obesità paga, e prima è meglio Denti e sonno Pi-i-tre-kappa-delta: non dimenticatelo Bambini violentati

2025/3 — pag. 145-146 — DOI

Le responsabilità dei padri: oltre il gene!

Greco L, Maiuri P.

2025/3 — pag. 165-169 — DOI

It is customary to think that fathers participate in the fertilization of the egg by releasing only the genetic DNA contained in the head of the sperm. The fertilized oocyte then expels the mitochondria of paternal origin, giving only to the mother t...

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 ...

C'è mal di testa... e mal di testa

Barachino A.

2025/3 — pag. 186-190 — DOI

The paper reports two paediatric headache cases with initially negative clinical findings but vastly different outcomes. The first regarded a girl subjected to excessive medical evaluations, reflecting parental anxiety and overmedicalization. The sec...

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. ...

Sindrome ATR-X

Scupilliti S, Selicorni A.

2025/3 — pag. 177-179 — DOI

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...

Il mistero del seme paterno ovvero la responsabilità dei padri

Greco L.

2025/3 — pag. 144 — DOI

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 ...

C'è mal di testa ...e mal di testa

Barachino A

2025/3 — pag. 68-69 — DOI

The paper reports two paediatric headache cases with initially negative clinical findings but vastly different outcomes. The first regarded a girl subjected to excessive medical evaluations, reflecting parental anxiety and overmedicalization. The sec...

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2025/2

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...

Torcicollo in età pediatrica: come orientarsi per non sbagliare

Cruciani C, Borelli AI, Palluzzi F, Bonvicini F, Cesaroni CA, Fusco C, Iughetti L, De Fanti A.

2025/2 — pag. 83-90 — DOI

Torticollis is defined as a condition characterised by the deviation of the head to one side with the chin rotated in the opposite direction. Torticollis in paediatric age is a presenting symptom common to various underlying pathophysiological proces...

Lupus eritematoso sistemico a esordio con embolia polmonare

La Cognata D, Ferrigno M, Nannola C, La Loggia N, Di Nora A, Smilari P, Timpanaro T

2025/2 — pag. 55-56 — DOI

A 15-year-old girl was hospitalized with persistent fever lasting 40 days, accompanied by fatigue, loss of appetite and muscle pain. After initial antibiotic treatment proved ineffective, further investigations revealed pulmonary embolism and cardiac...

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...

Leishmania e linfoistiocitosi emofagocitica (HLH)

Bratta A, Arcuri L, Micalizzi C

2025/2 — pag. 51-52 — DOI

Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a rare life-threatening hyperinflammatory syndrome. The paper reports the case of a 5-month-old infant hospitalised with persistent fever, splenomegaly and significant inflammatory activation. After an ini...

L'atassia cerebellare acuta

Iacono A, Forte F, Magno C, Stella A, Fichera F, Cassata N

2025/2 — pag. 49-50 — DOI

Acute cerebellar ataxia is a rare but well-described paediatric condition, often post-infectious. The paper reports the case of a 4-year-old boy with sudden onset of tremors, ataxia, speech disturbances, and urinary incontinence. Laboratory tests, ne...

Quando cuore e cervello sono connessi: ictus ischemico secondario a mixoma atriale sinistro

Bucciarell B, Spina E, Cappelletti D, Bianco F, Bucciarelli V, Merlino E, Fornaro M, Lionetti ME, Filippelli S

2025/2 — pag. 45-48 — DOI

The paper reports the case of a 17-year-old girl, apparently healthy, who presented to the Emergency Department with syncope, visual disturbances and vertigo during a walk. Neurological symptoms prompted an MRI, revealing subacute cerebellar ischemic...

Enteropatia protido-disperdente: la linfangectasia intestinale primitiva

Iacono Fullone O, Bacile D, Cassata N, Giallombardo D, Montalbano LM, Filice R, Cirano M, Graziano F

2025/2 — pag. 28-33 — DOI

Protein-losing enteropathy is a rare condition character-ised by protein loss through the intestines, which leads to hypoproteinemia. It may result from various causes, including primary intestinal lymphangiectasia, amyloido-sis, rheumatic diseases, ...

Quando un deficit nutrizionale simula una displasia midollare

Roberti G, Wiedemann F, Polito B, Catena F, Costagliola G.

2025/1 — pag. 50-51 — DOI

presents with severe macrocytic anaemia and weight loss. Tests reveal deficiencies in vitamin B12 and folate, leading to a diagnosis of megaloblastic anaemia. Malnutrition related to the diet is suspected, and investigations are ongoing to rule ou...

La tosse di Arnold

Giuseppin I.

2025/1 — pag. 49-50 — DOI

A 9-year-old boy presenting with a persistent dry cough for 3 weeks is examined without any lung-related findings. When inspecting the ear, a pink pencil lodged in the earwax was discovered and removed. As a consequence the cough, which was caused b...

Emangioma congenito in sindrome PHACE, esiste una correlazione?

Carzaniga V, Pangallo E.

2025/1 — pag. 48-49 — DOI

A newborn with facial haemangiomas and vascular malformations, including an arteriovenous fistula, is diagnosed with PHACE syndrome. At the age of 4 months, following the worsening of her malformations, she undergoes endovascular embolization. Follow...

Infezione congenita da citomegalovirus

Rubino C, Spadavecchia A, Neirotti A, Leone A, Coscia A.

2025/1 — pag. 38-42 — DOI

Congenital cytomegalovirus is the leading cause of congenital infection in developed countries and is increasingly recognized in paediatrics due to its significant impact on hearing loss and neurodevelopmental outcomes in children. Recent advances ha...

Trombosi venosa cerebrale associata a otomastoidite con segni di ipertensione endocranica

Troisi A, Pasquali E, Iacono A, Farneti C, Cocchi E, Fernandez IJ, Romeo C, Marchetti F.

2025/1 — pag. 25-31 — DOI

Venous thrombosis of the cerebral sinuses can complicate acute otitis media (AOM) due to the close anatomical relationship between these structures. This condition presents a diagnostic challenge for clinicians, as it often manifests with nonspecific...

Sindrome di Bardet-Biedel

Scupilliti S, Selicorni A.

2025/1 — pag. 43-45 — DOI

Emangioma infantile ulcerato Mastocitoma isolato

2025/1 — pag. 58 — DOI

Vomito acuto e Helicobacter pylori

2025/1 — pag. 57 — 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 ...

Intossicazione severa da tetraidrocannabinolo

Orsi SM, Mallamaci MF, Carrato V, Moscatelli A.

2025/1 — pag. 52-55 — DOI

A 1-year-old girl was hospitalised with coma and seizures caused by acute THC intoxication (45 µg/l) due to hashish resin ingestion. Supportive therapy, including IV hydration and bromazepam, led to complete symptom resolution within 72 hours. This c...

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 ...

Colecistite acuta da EBV

Favaretto E

2025/1 — pag. 21-22 — DOI

The paper describes a rare instance of acute acalculous cholecystitis (ACC) in a 7-year-old boy caused by Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection. Initially, he was suspected to have appendicitis, but subsequently imaging and laboratory tests revealed ACC...

Intossicazione severa da tetraidrocannabinolo

Orsi SM, Mallamaci MF, Carrato V, Moscatelli A

2025/1 — pag. 18-18 — DOI

A 1-year-old girl was hospitalised with coma and seizures caused by acute THC intoxication (45 µg/l) due to hashish resin ingestion. Supportive therapy, including IV hydration and bromazepam, led to complete symptom resolution within 72 hours. This c...

Distress respiratorio del neonato: dall'Apgar all'ecografia polmonare. Manuale di istruzioni per il pediatra

Carnazzo SM, Balconara D, Calareso L, Pecora G, Papale M,Parisi GF, Leonardi S

2025/1 — pag. 8-15 — DOI

The use ultrasound for diagnosing lung diseases is relatively recent: it was around the 1960s when the first observations of the utility of chest ultrasound in pulmonary diseases were made. This article examines the findings of lung ultrasound in new...

Un’inconsapevolezza potenzialmente fatale: il dosaggio dei clismi a base di fosfato nella stipsi

Zampieri A, De Pra S, Zago A, Ceconi V, Barbi E, Poropat F, Bramuzzo M, Colacino V, Occhipinti AA; PEDs CLISMA study group

2024/10 — pag. 649-652 — DOI

While oral laxatives are the first-line treatment for faecal impaction, enemas are frequently used in clinical practice in paediatric emergency departments (PED) and by family paediatricians (FP). Phosphate-containing enemas (PcE) are commonly employ...

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...

Manifestazioni parossistiche non epilettiche: tonic upgaze

Tratta E, Piacentini F, Pelosi P, Cupone R, Mirri S, Bini R, Mirri G, Ferrara G.

2024/9 — pag. 594-596 — DOI

A 2-year-old girl was hospitalized for suspected febrile seizures, but after a neurological reassessment, the episodes were classified as non-epileptic paroxysmal manifestations of the tonic upgaze type and required no treatment. ...

Manifestazioni parossistiche non epilettiche: shuddering attaks

Fusco F.

2024/9 — pag. 594-596 — DOI

The paper describes a case of shuddering attacks in an 8-month-old girl. These are benign, definitely non-epileptic manifestations characterized by rapid tremors of the head and subsequently of the shoulders and trunk. They are non-pathological movem...

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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

Un calciatore a cui tremano le gambe: un caso di ipoparatiroidismo

Marchese S, Raso E, Dolce R, Bignone L, Di Bella L, Maggio MC, Corsello G.

2024/9 — pag. 597-600 — DOI

The paper presents the case of a 13-year-old athlete who experienced sudden tremors, limb pain, hand spasms and severe hypocalcemia (6 mg/dl). Tests revealed low parathyroid hormone (PTH), hyperphosphatemia and low vitamin D levels. The diagnosis of ...

La sindrome cardio-facio-cutanea

Scupilliti S, Selicorni A

2024/9 — pag. 589-591 — DOI

Dexmedetomidina

Marrazzo M, Galletti A, Solidoro S, Ballaben A, Barbi E.

2024/9 — pag. 569-574 — DOI

Procedural sedation is often required in paediatrics to execute diagnostic procedures. There are many sedative drugs that may be used, but all of them carry not negligible side effect risks and may not be easy to manage. The use of dexmedetomidine ha...

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...

Un calciatore a cui tremano le gambe: un caso di ipoparatiroidismo

Marchese S, Raso E, Dolce R, Bignone L, Di Bella L, Maggio MC, Corsello G

2024/9 — pag. 193-195 — DOI

The paper presents the case of a 13-year-old athlete who experienced sudden tremors, limb pain, hand spasms and severe hypocalcemia (6 mg/dl). Tests revealed low parathyroid hormone (PTH), hyperphosphatemia and low vitamin D levels. The diagnosis of ...

Quando l'anemia blocca le gambe

Bellotto A, Gagliardo di Carpinello B, Radice C, Addeo AM, Mambelli L, Marchetti F

2024/9 — pag. 191-192 — DOI

A 17-month-old girl was hospitalized for dehydration due to gastroenteritis. She presented with a severe microcytic anaemia (Hb 6.2 g/dl) linked to an exclusive breastfeeding diet. Attempts at introducing solid foods had failed. Despite improvement i...

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...

Sovrappeso e obesità in età pediatrica: un intervento pragmatico nelle cure primarie

Davoli AM, Ferrari E, Bonvicini L, Bosi S, Greci M, Ilari B, Palomba A, Panza C, Pinotti M, Sartori C, Storani S, Volta A, Giorgi Rossi P

2024/9 — pag. 175-182 — DOI

Paediatric clinics are in a unique position to detect chronic diseases, identify at-risk individuals, educate families and implement early preventive interventions. This article aims to provide evidence on how and with what strategies the AUSL of Reg...

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 caso di FPIES in paziente alimentata con latte di formula per galattosemia

Fumagalli R, Crescitelli V, Barzaghi S, Pretese R, Lazzerotti A, Gasperini S

2024/9 — pag. 168-170 — DOI

Soy-derived proteins are a known trigger for Food Protein Induced Enterocolitis Syndrome. The authors present the case of a sly onset of chronic FPIES in a newborn fed by soy-based formula. The baby’s nutrition was switched to infant formula to avoid...

Fidarsi o non fidarsi del test prenatale non invasivo. Riflessioni a partire da un caso di falso negativo

Neirotti A, Bombaci S, Rubino C

2024/9 — pag. 183-186 — DOI

Non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) is a screening for foetal chromosomal abnormalities that identifies at-risk pregnancies and is used to propose a possible invasive genetic confirmation testing in case of its positive results. For Down syndrome (t...

Rivista sfogliabile on line

2024/8

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...

Nistagmo e diplopia: occhio alla diagnosi

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

2024/8 — pag. 532-534 — DOI

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

Le manifestazioni parossistiche non epilettiche

Tratta E, Piacentini F, Pelosi P, Cupone R, Mirri S, Bini R, Mirri G, Ferrara G.

2024/8 — pag. 532-534 — DOI

A 9-month-old infant, under follow-up for neonatal sepsis due to Streptococcus agalactiae, presented to the Emergency Department with episodes of head drooping, sometimes accompanied by blinking. During the clinical examination, the infant showed nor...

Otorrea, dolore emivolto e paralisi del VI nervo cranico: la sindrome di Gradenigo

Lanzetta MA.

2024/8 — pag. 532-534 — DOI

A 3-year-10-month-old girl presented to the Emergency Department with persistent right-sided facial pain following antibiotic treatment for acute otitis media. Clinical findings revealed otorrhea, VI cranial nerve palsy, and facial pain, raising susp...

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...

Cosa deve sapere il pediatra sui DSA Intervista ad Antonella Gagliano, neuropsichiatra infantile

2024/8 — pag. 525-527 — DOI

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...

La melatonina nei disturbi del sonno in bambini e adolescenti con problemi neurocomportamentali

Marchetti F, Cocchi E.

2024/8 — pag. 505-508 — DOI

Melatonin, a neurohormone produced by the pineal gland, regulates the sleep-wake circadian rhythm. Sleep disorders are prevalent in children, especially those with neurodevelopmental disorders like autism and other neurodisabilities and affect about ...

L’enuresi notturna: inquadramento e gestione

Renzullo AM, Benvenuto S, Nait G, Pennesi M.

2024/8 — pag. 499-504 — DOI

Enuresis is the involuntary discharge of urine during sleep. It is a fairly common problem in paediatric age: approximately 1 child out of 5 is affected at 5 years of age, with a potential significant impact on their quality of life and family. Patho...

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...

Le manifestazioni parossistiche non epilettiche

Tratta E, Piacentini F, Pelosi P, Cupone R, Mirri S, Bini R, Mirri G, Ferrara G

2024/8 — pag. 166-166 — DOI

A 9-month-old infant, under follow-up for neonatal sepsis due to Streptococcus agalactiae, presented to the Emergency Department with episodes of head drooping, sometimes accompanied by blinking. During the clinical examination, the infant showed nor...

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...

I Disturbi Specifici di Apprendimento (DSA)

Zarra ME, Pisanu L, Rizzi M, Carucci S, Ventura G, Cavallo R, Gagliano A

2024/8 — pag. 150-159 — DOI

The article aims to provide a cognitive tool that helps the family paediatrician to manage children with DSA through an increasingly aware way, so that the principle of universal right to education is best realized. The Italian Law no. 170 attributes...

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...

Calcolosi renale e infezione delle vie urinarie

Cangemi F, Aloisio A, D’Alessandro MM, Corsello G.

2024/7 — pag. 465-466 — DOI

This case highlights the importance of investigating persistent leukocyturia, as it may indicate nephrolithiasis and require early treatment....

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....

La sindrome di Treacher Collins

Apuril E, Mariani M, Selicorni A.

2024/7 — pag. 458-459 — DOI

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...

Profitto e diritti sono sempre in contraddizione?

Neri A, Tamburlini G.

2024/7 — pag. 420-422 — DOI

Routine del sonno: una scelta informata e consapevole nonostante la complessità

Bontempo F, Malventano M, Corbelli E, Di Fazzio G, Regazzi C, Davoli AM, Vignali D, Ubaldi A, Ferrari E, Marchesi M, Panza C, Segre G, Clavenna A, Roberti E, Campi R, Rapisardi G, Bonati M.

2024/7 — pag. 420-422 — DOI

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...

Glucocorticoidi intrarticolari nel trattamento del dolore da sublussazione d'anca in bambini con difetto cognitivo

Boaretto S, Benvenuto S, Carbone M, Barbi E

2024/26 — pag. 6-7 — DOI

The Authors report data from a study demonstrating the utility of intra-articular corticosteroids in treating pain from hip dysplasia in children with cognitive disability....

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...

Vomito mattutino e cefalea: pensa male

Fenato A.

2024/6 — pag. 395-395 — DOI

The paper reports the case of a six-year-old child with progressively worsening headaches and morning vomiting over several months, initially attributed to an emotional disturbance. A pilocytic astrocytoma of the posterior cranial fossa was eventuall...

Una bambina che non vuole camminare

Penco A.

2024/6 — pag. 396-396 — DOI

The paper describes the case of an eight-year-old girl presenting with limping, worsening bilateral foot sole pain: the unmistakable symptoms (refusal to stand and walk) contributed to the diagnosis of conversion/factitious disorder....

Pomfi e flushing: non sempre è allergia

Foglio F.

2024/6 — pag. 397-399 — DOI

The diagnosis of isolated mastocytoma was eventually made in a 5-month-old infant who presented with hives and flushing on the face and trunk right after meals. The erroneous diagnosis of cow's milk protein allergy had been previously made....

Febbre e rifiuto della deambulazione: pensa alla spondilodiscite

Cherubino A.

2024/6 — pag. 397-399 — DOI

The Authors describe the case of a 17-month-old child who began refusing to stand up and was eventually diagnosed with spondylodiscitis thanks to an MRI....

Ho paura di strozzarmi

Schiulaz I.

2024/6 — pag. 397-399 — DOI

The Authors report the case of an 8-year-old child who refused food for fear of choking, which started after an acute incident. Treatment with EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) was found to be effective....

Routine del sonno e risvegli notturni nei bambini durante i primi due anni di vita

Segre G, Clavenna A, Roberti E, Campi R, Rapisardi G, Bonati M.

2024/6 — pag. 365-370 — DOI

Background - Previous studies analyzed the characteristics and prevalence of sleep problems in Italian children. However, less attention is shed on the factors involved in sleep disturbances in the first two years of life. Aims - To provide a devel...

Cisti epidermica da inclusione Eritema ab igne

2024/6 — pag. 400 — DOI

La sindrome di Kleefstra

Mariani M, Selicorni A.

2024/6 — pag. 387-389 — DOI

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

Pomfi e flushing: non sempre è allergia

Foglio F

2024/6 — pag. 127-128 — DOI

The diagnosis of isolated mastocytoma was eventually made in a 5-month-old infant who presented with hives and flushing on the face and trunk right after meals. The erroneous diagnosis of cow's milk protein allergy had been previously made....

Una guancia che soffia

Picciau ME, Corrias F, Cherchi G

2024/6 — pag. 125-126 — DOI

The diagnosis of pneumomediastinum was eventually made in a seven-year-old girl who presented with worsening dyspnoea and swelling of the neck and right cheek in the absence of fever....

Quando la PRESsione si associa a disfunzione del neurone

Tavarella R, Scalas M, Baudi F, Mallamaci MF, Brisca G, Carrato V

2024/6 — pag. 121-122 — DOI

The authors describe the case of a 12-year-old boy who presented with a generalized tonic-clonic seizure. His blood pressure was moderately elevated (148/109). He was eventually diagnosed with PRES (posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome) relat...

Ho paura di strozzarmi

Schiulaz I

2024/6 — pag. 119-120 — DOI

The authors report the case of an 8-year-old child who refused food for fear of choking, which started after an acute incident. Treatment with EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) was found to be effective....

Un caso di botulismo infantile. Non è sempre colpa del miele

Gasperoni U, Acone F, Morandi F, Lazzerotti A

2024/6 — pag. 101-103 — DOI

A 6-month-old infant had been presenting with weak sucking and reduced spontaneous limb movements for a week. He had constipation problems for 4 days followed by hard stool. Upon admission, blood tests including metabolic screening and instrumental i...

Tosse secca persistente Lattanti e cetirizina Pertosse: profilassi antibiotica nel lattante

2024/5 — pag. 335 — DOI

Vaccinazioni: prove, controprove, presente e futuro in un mondo pieno di infezioni Attenzione alla “profezia che si avvera” Steroidi nel croup: c’erano ancora dei dubbi? Switchitis Obesità e “ossa fragili” Indimenticabili, sempre

2024/5 — pag. 281-282 — DOI

Un dolore in sede parasternale: la sindrome di Tietze

Pecile P.

2024/5 — pag. 332-334 — DOI

The author describes two cases of costochondritis (Tietze syndrome) detected within a short period of time in two 13-year-old girls. ...

La torsione dell'ovaio può essere subdola

Tonetto S.

2024/5 — pag. 332-334 — DOI

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

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....

L’occhio (non) fa sempre la differenza: quando il sospetto clinico guida per mano la diagnosi

Biuso A, Baresi S, Agostinelli M, Chillemi C, Di Frenna M, Zuccotti GV.

2024/5 — pag. 329-331 — DOI

The case of a 13-year-old child presenting with persistent headache and occasional vomiting is described. Diplopia and papilledema were observed. Eventually, based on an MRI, the diagnosis of idiopathic pseudotumour cerebri was made, and treatment wi...

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...

Quando la pertosse riemerge: si discute del noto e non noto

Parisi M, Marchetti F.

2024/5 — pag. 284-285 — DOI

Nascere non basta

Tamburlini G.

2024/5 — pag. 279 — DOI

La sindrome del compasso aorto-mesenterico in un adolescente

Carzaniga V, Zicoia M

2024/5 — pag. 94-95 — DOI

The diagnosis of aorto-mesenteric compass syndrome was eventually made in a 13-year-old boy who repeatedly accessed the emergency department for abdominal pain and vomiting...

Un "classico" caso di corea reumatica

Orsi SM, Burrone M, Carrato V, Consolaro A

2024/5 — pag. 91-91 — DOI

The diagnosis of rheumatic chorea was ultimately made in a 10-year-old boy who had begun to experience difficulty in grasping objects and tying shoelaces. Subsequently, the performed echocardiography documented mild mitral insufficiency....

Storia di una porpora timida e infida

Ranzetti I

2024/5 — pag. 89-90 — DOI

The author describes a case of Henoch-Schönlein purpura in a 4-year-old child who, before showing cutaneous signs (the classic palpable purpura on the lower limbs), developed abdominal signs (pain, vomiting and loss of appetite). ...

La torsione dell'ovaio può essere subdola

Tonetto S

2024/5 — pag. 87-87 — DOI

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

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...

Infezione da West Nile Virus

Orsi F, Bini G, Baroncelli GI, Bonuccelli A, Peroni D.

2024/4 — pag. 233-237 — DOI

West Nile Virus infection in children may usually occur as a self-limiting febrile illness or rarely as a neuroinvasive disease with possible late neurological sequelae. Therefore, the paediatrician should take into consideration this condition in fe...

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...

Quando l’atassia cerebellare acuta è post-infettiva

Bedeschi A.

2024/4 — pag. 259 — DOI

The Authors describe the case of a 2-year-old child presenting to the emergency room with vomiting and diarrhoea. The diagnosis of post-infectious cerebellar ataxia was subsequently made due to the onset of postural instability, inability to walk, an...

La sindrome di Stickler

Cazzaniga L, Abramo M, Selicorni A.

2024/4 — pag. 251-253 — DOI

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....

Quelli che si chiamano bambini (e famiglie) ad alta complessità assistenziale

Ravaglia A

2024/4 — pag. 75-76 — DOI

The author recounts the complexity of care and the emotional involvement the case of a child with spastic tetraparesis entailed. Additionally, a Decalogue of behaviour for the care of every child with complex assistance needs is offered to the reader...

Paralisi periferica monolaterale del VII nervo cranico da riattivazione di virus varicella zoster: la sindrome di Ramsay Hunt

Pasquali E, Addeo AM, Masi A, Romeo C, Marchetti F

2024/4 — pag. 64-67 — DOI

Ramsay Hunt syndrome is the second leading cause of peripheral facial palsy in children, and it is due to reactivation of Varicella Zoster Virus. A characteristic feature of this syndrome is the triad of ipsilateral facial palsy, otalgia and vesicula...

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....

Emergenze neurologiche: caccia all'imitatrice

Corona L, Mazza S, Cualbu A

2024/3 — pag. 189-192 — DOI

The case of a 13-year-old girl presenting with a panic attack following a sudden onset of headache and weakness in the lower right limb is described. Hemiplegic migraine was eventually diagnosed....

Un inspirio insolito: la vocal cord dysfunction

Fracas D.

2024/3 — pag. 189-192 — DOI

The diagnosis of vocal cord dysfunction was eventually made in a 10-year-old boy with repeated self-limited episodes of inspiratory dyspnoea....

Sindrome nefrosica e rischio tromboembolico

Cerverizzo M, Spagnoli C, Caponi L, Pugliese F.

2024/3 — pag. 189-192 — DOI

The case of a 13-year-old girl complaining of severe abdominal pain is presented. A pulmonary thromboembolism underlying a nephrotic syndrome was eventually diagnosed. ...

La sindrome di Klinefelter

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

2024/3 — pag. 181-183 — DOI

Un ostinato torcicollo…

Rodaro C, Corona F, Ceconi V, Taddio A, Barbi E.

2024/3 — pag. 179-180 — DOI

The paper reports the case of a 13-month-old girl evaluated in the Emergency Room for a history of acute torticollis. There was no history of trauma, fever, or any other additional symptom. The X-ray of the cervical spine was standard and the neck ...

Controllo del dolore da venipuntura e accesso venoso periferico: tecniche farmacologiche e non

Cozzi G, Barbi E.

2024/3 — pag. 163-170 — DOI

Venipuncture and peripheral intravenous access are the painful procedures more commonly performed in children. This article aims to present the techniques that are available and usually employed to decrease pain and distress during these procedures. ...

I sei consigli dell’UNICEF su come educare tuo figlio a una sana alimentazione

2024/3 — pag. 149 — DOI

Insaziabili di povertà

2024/3 — pag. 147 — DOI

Screening... intelligenti Il Covid e la scuola La cura dell'obesità (?) Terapia genica in pomata Bambini avvelenati in casa: fentanyl

2024/3 — pag. 145-146 — DOI

Un inspirio insolito: la vocal cord dysfunction

Fracas D

2024/3 — pag. 57-57 — DOI

The diagnosis of vocal cord dysfunction was eventually made in a 10-year-old boy with repeated self-limited episodes of inspiratory dyspnoea....

Emergenze neurologiche: caccia all'imitatrice

Corona L, Mazza S, Cualbu A

2024/3 — pag. 56-56 — DOI

The case of a 13-year-old girl presenting with a panic attack following a sudden onset of headache and weakness in the lower right limb is described. Hemiplegic migraine was eventually diagnosed....

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 nefrosica e rischio tromboembolico

Cerverizzo M, Spagnoli C, Caponi L, Pugliese F

2024/3 — pag. 51-51 — DOI

The case of a 13-year-old girl complaining of severe abdominal pain is presented. A pulmonary thromboembolism underlying a nephrotic syndrome was eventually diagnosed. ...

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...

Covid e anosmia Distrofia muscolare e malattie neuromuscolari

2024/2 — pag. 127 — DOI

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....

Lattante con inappetenza in Pronto Soccorso: una sfida per il pediatra

Leotta M, Cavallaro P, De Santis A, Cioffi S, Della Vecchia N, Papini L, Cristaldi S, Musolino AM, Pisani M, Raucci U, Villani A.

2024/2 — pag. 123-126 — DOI

The Authors describe the case of a 2-month-old inappetent infant finally diagnosed with a left diaphragmatic hernia....

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...

Quando PPD e TBC non vanno d'accordo: un caso di febbre persistente in lattante di 5 mesi

Repetto A, Merlo S, Ricci E, Saffioti C, Ferrando G, Santaniello M, Losurdo G, Castagnola E

2024/2 — pag. 121-122 — DOI

The case of a 5-month-old infant presenting with fever and finally diagnosed with PPD negative pulmonary and splenic TBC is presented and discussed....

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. ...

La sindrome di Sotos

Scupilliti S, Selicorni A.

2024/2 — pag. 113-115 — DOI

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...

Tutta la tosse in una figura

Longo G.

2024/2 — pag. 87-93 — DOI

Cough is the most common cause of unscheduled paediatric visits. The figure in the article shows the main causes of paediatric coughs differentiated by duration, quality (dry or wet) and night-time coughing. With these few simple key anamnestic eleme...

Spaventoso declino

2024/2 — pag. 81 — DOI

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. 32-32 — DOI

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

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....

Un vomito insidioso

Tranchese S, Fiorenza G, Donnarumma B, De Luca L, Coppola D, Occhiati L, Ponte G, Ciccarelli GP, Acampora E, Tarallo L

2024/2 — pag. 35-35 — DOI

The authors describe the case of a 7-year-old boy presenting with morning vomiting eventually diagnosed as idiopathic epilepsy of childhood....

Lattante con inappetenza in Pronto Soccorso: una sfida per il pediatra

Leotta M, Cavallaro P, De Santis A, Cioffi S, Della Vecchia N, Papini L, Cristaldi S, Musolino AM, Pisani M, Raucci U, Villani A

2024/2 — pag. 33-34 — DOI

The authors describe the case of a 2-month-old inappetent infant finally diagnosed with a left diaphragmatic hernia....

Una bambina molto in gamba…: alla ricerca del suo dolore

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

2024/1 — pag. 45-47 — DOI

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

Crampi muscolari, iperCPKemia e fenomeno “second wind”: la malattia di McArdle

Faraguna MC, Barzaghi S, Crescitelli V, Pretese R, Fornari A, Gasperini S.

2024/1 — pag. 50-53 — DOI

The case of a 12-year-old girl presenting with poor exercise tolerance, muscular cramps and CPK high levels is described. The diagnosis of McArdle disease was eventually made due to the classic “second wind” sign....

Un vomito di troppo, un'evacuazione di meno

Cerreti M.

2024/1 — pag. 50-53 — DOI

A typical case of a hypertrophic pyloric stenosis is presented and discussed....

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

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. 54-57 — 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...

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...

L’insonnia nei disturbi del neurosviluppo: ADHD e ASD

Banditelli F, Pisanu L, Gagliano A

2024/1 — pag. 37-42 — DOI

The present work aims to summarize the recent advances in the field of clinical paediatric sleep medicine and to give tools for clinical assessment and treatment of paediatric insomnia in children with neurodevelopmental disorders, especially ASD and...

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...

Quando pensare alla splenectomia in presenza di Beta-talassemia con drepanocitosi?

Stera G, Legnani E, Grasso A

2024/1 — pag. 21-21 — DOI

The authors describe the positive effect of splenectomy in two brothers affected by micro-drepanocytosis....

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....

"Occhi che danzano, gambe che cedono": un caso di sindrome opsoclono-mioclono

Zucconi A, Matarese S

2024/1 — pag. 18-18 — DOI

The case of a 22-month-old girl presenting with opsoclonus, irritability and tremors of her upper limbs is presented. The diagnosis of thoracic neuroblastoma was finally made....

Le sindromi periodiche dell'infanzia: manifestazioni età-dipendenti di una stessa malattia?

Latorrava I, Lo Barco T, Fiorini E, Fontana E

2024/1 — pag. 17-17 — DOI

Three cases for three different diagnoses in the context of periodic syndromes are described and discussed....

Volvolo prenatale: gestione clinica dall’isola neonatale alla sala operatoria

Franzone D, Data E, Lionetti B, Pellegrino M, Avanzini S, Allodi A

2024/1 — pag. 15-16 — DOI

Intestinal obstructions are one of the most common reasons for surgery in newborns. The most common causes are anorectal malformations, small intestine atresia and Hirschsprung’s disease. Such conditions may present unexpectedly and may require urge...

Effetti neonatali del fumo di sigaretta in gravidanza: descrizione di un caso clinico

Marchesini A, Tartagni L, Santoni M, Bardeggia L, Brusa G, Tarsi E

2024/1 — pag. 9-12

The paper describes the case of a second child born by iterative caesarean section at 38 weeks + 5 days after pregnancy complicated by maternal smoking (20 ciga-rettes/day) and gestational diabetes on dietary therapy. At birth, regular adaptation to ...

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...

Paralisi periferica bilaterale del VII nervo cranico da infezione da virus di Epstein-Barr

Evasi V, Mariani E, Roncareggi S, Paredi M, Valsecchi N.

2023/10 — pag. 664-666 — DOI

Following a primary Epstein-Barr virus infection, a 4-year-old boy develops bilateral peripheral 7th cranial nerve palsy. Ruled out the other causes of bilateral facial palsy (first of all borreliosis), the cause of the paralysis is recognized in the...

Ipotonia e stipsi... Due segni per una diagnosi

Basilio P, De Martino L.

2023/10 — pag. 664-666 — DOI

The case of a 3-month-old infant presenting with hypotonia and stipsis and finally diagnosed with infant botulism is described....

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...

Lesioni perianali

Burlo F, Ballaben A, Bramuzzo M, Lega S.

2023/10 — pag. 647-652 — DOI

Anorectal diseases are quite common in children, but their management often raises uncertainty. The most frequent lesions are anal fissures, which are mainly linked to constipation. Intense strain may also lead to rectal prolapse or haemorrhoids. Per...

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...

Timo ectopico: quando pensarci, la diagnosi per immagini, la gestione

Bisi R, Troisi A, Wrona D, Marchetti F, Parenti G

2023/10 — pag. 631-636 — DOI

Ectopic thymic tissue is a rare occurrence in clinical practice. However, it could cause diagnostic difficulties, especially in the paediatric age group, as it can mimic a cervical mass. In most cases, thymic ectopia is asymptomatic and the ectopic t...

Sarà veramente PFAPA?

Insalaco A, De Nardi L.

2023/10 — pag. 627-630 — DOI

PFAPA syndrome (Periodic Fever, Aphthous stomatitis, Pharyngitis and cervical Adenitis) is the most common periodic fever in childhood. It is a benign self-limiting condition that may resolve spontaneously during the first years of life or within ado...

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

Ipotonia e stipsi... Due segni per una diagnosi

Basilio P, De Martino L

2023/10 — pag. 223-223 — DOI

The case of a 3-month-old infant presenting with hypotonia and stipsis and finally diagnosed with infant botulism is described....

Convulsioni e stato di male epilettico: schema sinottico per l’intervento in emergenza / urgenza - Aggiornamento 2023

Quarantiello F, Furcolo G

2023/10 — pag. 213-216 — DOI

The updated revision of the epilepticus status (ES) therapy poster is addressed to all paediatric emergency workers, but not to parents and/or lay people. It does not address the management of neonatal and nonconvulsive seizures. The objective of thi...

Paralisi periferica bilaterale del VII nervo cranico da infezione da virus di Epstein-Barr

Evasi V, Mariani E, Roncareggi S, Paredi M, Valsecchi N

2023/10 — pag. 209-212 — DOI

Following a primary Epstein-Barr virus infection, a 4-year-old boy develops bilateral peripheral 7th cranial nerve palsy. Ruled out the other causes of bilateral facial palsy (first of all borreliosis), the cause of the paralysis is recognized in the...

La diagnosi differenziale del dolore osseo in età pediatrica: quando preoccuparsi

Barolo R, Asaftei SD.

2023/9 — pag. 581-587 — DOI

Bone pain is a common cause of admission to the Paediatric Emergency Department. Although in most cases it is associated with benign processes, this symptom should be investigated thoroughly when anamnestic and clinical features suggest the possible ...

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

Il DADA(2) è tratto!

Aldera E, Dufour F, Mercuri C, Rosina S, Volpi S, Gattorno M, Caorsi R

2023/9 — pag. 600 — DOI

A diagnosis of adenosine deaminase 2 deficiency (a rare autoinflammatory, panarteritis-like disease) was eventually made in a 10-year-old girl who had been presenting with nodular skin lesion, unexplained fever and anaemia for three years. ...

La sindrome di Turner

Nicolosi ML, Cattoni A, Selicorni A.

2023/9 — pag. 595-597 — DOI

Anafilassi e lattanti al bivio... nel mondo PPI e infezioni RSV: raccomandazioni da oltreoceano Vaccinazione antipertossica in gravidanza: sì e ancora sì! Diarrea acuta nell’era della vaccinazione anti-rotavirus Casi indimenticabili! Siete ancora in tempo

2023/9 — pag. 553-554 — 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....

Il dolore addominale ricorrente: tante novità, nessuna novità

Romano C.

2023/8 — pag. 495-500 — DOI

ecurrent abdominal pain of functional origin remains one of the most important challenges for the paediatrician. In most cases, the symptom reveals a functional cause. About 25 years ago, an international group of researchers and clinicians met in Ro...

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. ...

Spettro oculo-auricolo-vertebrale

Carrer A, Mariani M, Selicorni A

2023/8 — pag. 521-522 — DOI

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...

La cefalea: il ruolo dell’oculista

Degrassi M, Campone C.

2023/8 — pag. 488-489 — DOI

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-...

Rivista sfogliabile on line

2023/7

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...

Porpora di Schönlein-Henoch

2023/7 — pag. 470 — DOI

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...

Ci stavano dentro fino al collo, i linfonodi...

Di Toro Mammarella M.

2023/7 — pag. 465-468 — DOI

The author describes the case of an 8-year-old child presenting with neck pain and vomiting without fever. A diagnosis of retropharyngeal abscess was eventually made....

L’epilessia mioclonica giovanile

Colussi L.

2023/7 — pag. 462-463 — DOI

The diagnosis of myoclonic epilepsy was eventually made in an adolescent girl who presented with generalized convulsions after a night at the disco....

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...

La vicenda amoxicillina trova “vie” alternative

Cosenza L, Marchetti F, Longo G.

2023/7 — pag. 420-421 — DOI

Indimenticabile! In letteratura e nell’esperienza di ognuno di noi Canne in adolescenza: tante o poche, comunque devastanti Screening delle immunodeficienze combinate gravi (SCID): un grande successo A tutto GAS Febbre da più di 5 giorni: all’erta sto! The meat connection: oltre l’orticaria? Non è detto che lo sport faccia sempre bene…

2023/7 — pag. 417-418 — DOI

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...

Ci stavano dentro fino al collo, i linfonodi...

Di Toro Mammarella M

2023/7 — pag. 134-134 — DOI

The author describes the case of an 8-year-old child presenting with neck pain and vomiting without fever. A diagnosis of retropharyngeal abscess was eventually made....

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....

La linea dei sintomi in un disturbo da sintomi somatici

Menghi A, Bellotto A, Addeo AM, Marchetti F

2023/7 — pag. 132-133 — DOI

The case of a 10-year-old boy affected by somatic disorder syndrome is presented. The graphic representation of symptoms and adverse events together with a timeline helped the mother to interpret her child’s disorder and to manage fears and anxieties...

Farmaci intranasali nel bambino: cosa devono sapere i pediatri

Nisticò D, Marchetti F, Badina L, Barbi E, Cozzi G.

2023/6 — pag. 381-389 — DOI

The use of the intranasal route of administration to deliver drugs in children has become more and more popular in the last decades. Seizure, severe acute pain and severe hypoglycaemia in diabetic patients may be managed with intranasal drugs. The in...

La meningite da Streptococcus pyogenes: avete visto mai?

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

2023/6 — pag. 399-402 — DOI

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...

Un corpo estraneo nel naso

Serruto M.

2023/6 — pag. 399-402 — DOI

Nasal foreign bodies are common in children. Through the experience of a clinical case, it is possible to describe the clinical signs of suspect nasal foreign bodies to intervene promptly and avoid short and long-term complications....

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....

Una neonata con la mano cadente

Parisi M.

2023/6 — pag. 396 — DOI

The diagnosis of transitory radial nerve palsy was made at a glance in a 7-day-old newborn presenting with a drooping right hand and a red mark on the skin of the ipsilateral arm....

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)....

Traumi cervicali, non solo rachide: attenzione ai vasi!

Amadio G

2023/6 — pag. 109-110 — DOI

Four days after a cervical trauma during a traffic accident, a 9-year-old boy presented at the Emergency Unit with aphasia and right hemiparesis. A carotid dissection was eventually diagnosed....

Sinusite con sorpresa

Malni I

2023/6 — pag. 107-108 — DOI

The diagnosis of cerebral abscess was eventually made in a 9-year-old boy presenting with headache and fever, who was initially diagnosed with sinusitis. Some typical signs of intracranial hypertension were present....

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....

Ipertrofia tonsillare asimmetrica Diabete: time in range

2023/5 — pag. 335 — DOI

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....

Una cisti troppo repentina

Buschini MP.

2023/5 — pag. 326-328 — DOI

The incredible story of a candy mistaken for a cyst is described....

Dolore a denti stretti

Grazian F.

2023/5 — pag. 326-328 — DOI

The case of a 3-year-and-8-month-old boy affected by autism spectrum disorder with an unrecognized dental abscess is described....

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...

PeLiferia

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

2023/5 — pag. 89-89 — DOI

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

Astenia e alcalosi ipocloremica: un binomio che impone un sospetto

Bianchi E, Sale R, Carcangiu F, Bernassola M, Contini G, Crosa D, Fadda R, Quarta V, Tuvoni S, Attene A

2023/5 — pag. 88-88 — DOI

A 13-year-old, previously healthy boy arrived in the emergency room complaining deep asthenia. The diagnosis of cystic fibrosis was suspected and eventually confirmed due to the presence of metabolic alkalosis....

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...

Febbre e gengivostomatite: non è sempre solo herpes simplex

Arnaboldi S

2023/5 — pag. 76-77 — 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...

Rivista sfogliabile on line

2023/4

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...

Diritti e doveri, amaro e dolce

Guala A.

2023/4 — pag. 218 — DOI

Di quale Pediatria di famiglia abbiamo bisogno nel XXI secolo?

Panza C.

2023/4 — pag. 216-217 — DOI

Calcolosi delle vie urinarie

2023/4 — pag. 265 — DOI

HHV6, non solo sesta malattia

Dello Schiavo C.

2023/4 — pag. 261-263 — DOI

The authors describe the case of a 2-year-old girl who developed a leukoencephalitis during a HHV6 infection (sixth disease)....

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...

Infezione da virus di Epstein-Barr: citopenia e colecisti ispessita

Benvenuto S.

2023/4 — pag. 260 — DOI

The author describes the case of a 13-year-old girl presenting with abdominal pain, thrombocytopoenia and neutropoenia. A thickened gallbladder was evident at abdominal sonography. The diagnosis of EBV infection, based on serological investigation, w...

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 ...

Celiachia: 8582 le nuove diagnosi nel 2021. Il totale supera i 241mila, il 70% sono donne - Curato nei bambini un grave tumore del sistema nervoso - Infanzia non serena, preoccupato un bambino su tre - Autismo, passi avanti nella diagnosi ma indietro sui bisogni - Adolescenti: dal consumo di alcol allo sviluppo puberale, cosa riserverà il futuro nel campo della salute? - Rischio sovrappeso se i bimbini vanno a letto tardi nel weekend - Malattie accumulo lisosomiale, l’obiettivo è lo screening nei neonati - Emicrania in bambini e ragazzi legata ad ansia e depressione - In 40mila con sindrome di Down, passi avanti contro la forma grave - Salute: Gherloni (CSS), 6 italiani su 10 non curano i denti - Mepolizumab: terapia di precisione per le malattie eosinofile

Abate MV (a cura di)

2023/4

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....

HHV6, non solo sesta malattia

Dello Schiavo C

2023/4 — pag. 74-74 — DOI

The authors describe the case of a 2-year-old girl who developed a leukoencephalitis during a HHV6 infection (sixth disease)....

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....

Fibromatosis colli: due casi clinici

Colombo M, Pacenza M, Argentieri A.

2023/3 — pag. 189-191 — DOI

Fibromatosis colli is a rare cause that should not be forgotten, especially for the morbidity that can arise in the case of diagnostic delay (torticollis and facial asymmetries). An adequate medical history and a good physical examination can lead to...

Insoliti sospetti: una diarrea intrattabile da citomegalovirus

Colombo SFG, Loiodice M, Biuso A, Carlucci P, Fabiano V, Verduci E, Zuccotti G.

2023/3 — pag. 189-191 — DOI

Intractable diarrhoea in infancy is defined as diarrhoea persisting for more than 2 weeks in infants up to 3 months of age and requiring parenteral nutrition. It is often a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge for paediatricians. The following case r...

Paralisi del facciale, eruzione cutanea auricolare e otalgia: la sindrome di Ramsay Hunt

De Buglio A, Lauriola RS.

2023/3 — pag. 187 — DOI

The Authors describe the case of an adolescent presenting with intense ear pain and facial palsy finally diagnosed with Ramsay Hunt syndrome....

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

I pediatri sono pochi, ma è proprio vero?

Guala A.

2023/3 — pag. 150 — 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

VRS dopo il lockdown L’onda lunga delle polmoniti da piccoli Rx addome per la diagnosi di stipsi? No grazie Quando l’esercizio fisico dovrebbe far parte della cura Obesità: comorbidità frequente e prevenibile per i bambini più sfortunati Siamo tutti Medico e Bambino

2023/3 — pag. 147-148 — DOI

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

Marchetti F.

2023/3 — pag. 143-145 — DOI

Dal pediatra fino a 18 anni. Ma bisogna anche rimodulare le cure”. Le richieste della SIP - Nuovi farmaci per l’obesità a partire dai 12 anni, cambiano le linee guida - Epidemie di bronchiolite, no a cortisone e antibiotici - Un bambino su cinque non sa scrivere in corsivo. Tutta colpa degli smartphone? - Ipoacusia o sordità congenita. Colpisce 1-2 neonati su mille. SIN: “Fondamentali i programmi di screening neonatale” - Emicrania infantile - Scoliosi: come riconoscerla (agli esordi non dà sintomi), come si cura, quando serve il corsetto - Boom di neonati affetti da sifilide, è allerta sanitaria in USA: “Cure prenatali insufficienti” - Vaccino contro il papillomavirus, è raccomandato anche ai maschi. «La trasmissione è sessuale» - Eczema, colpisce il 6% di bambini e adolescenti nel mondo

Abate MV (a cura di)

2023/3

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....

Fibromatosis colli: due casi clinici

Colombo M, Pacenza M, Argentieri A

2023/3 — pag. 46-48 — DOI

Fibromatosis colli is a rare cause that should not be forgotten, especially for the morbidity that can arise in the case of diagnostic delay (torticollis and facial asymmetries). An adequate medical history and a good physical examination can lead to...

Insoliti sospetti: una diarrea intrattabile da citomegalovirus

Colombo SFG, Loiodice M, Biuso A, Carlucci P, Fabiano V, Verduci E, Zuccotti G

2023/3 — pag. 43-45 — DOI

Intractable diarrhoea in infancy is defined as diarrhoea persisting for more than 2 weeks in infants up to 3 months of age and requiring parenteral nutrition. It is often a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge for paediatricians. The following case r...

Rivista sfogliabile on line

2023/2

Verruche piane Eczema dell’areola e del capezzolo

2023/2 — pag. 132 — DOI

Due “D” (disfagia e dispnea) che fanno la diagnosi

Badina L.

2023/2 — pag. 123-125 — DOI

The case of a 12-year-old boy presenting with dysponea and dysphagia (long-lasting meals) is described. Finally, a diagnosis of oesophageal achalasia and compressive tracheomalacia was made...

Sindrome dell’X fragile

Carrer A, Mariani M, Selicorni A.

2023/2 — pag. 119-120 — DOI

Il dolore alla schiena in un adolescente

Bontempo C, Lama C, Mambelli L, Feletti F, Lotta C, Marchetti F.

2023/2 — pag. 116-118 — DOI

Il risperidone

Bazzoni M, Adragna C, Carucci S.

2023/2 — pag. 111-115 — DOI

Risperidone is one of the most common pharmacological treatments for psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents. Although over the last decades its efficacy and its relatively safe and easy use have been confirmed for several psychiatric disor...

L'ossigenoterapia

Traunero A, Lorenzon B, Amaddeo A, Barbi E.

2023/2 — pag. 85-95 — DOI

Oxygen supplementation represents a fundamental therapy in several clinical conditions, both acute and chronic. Starting from some concepts of respiratory physiopathology, this paper discusses the approach to a child with respiratory distress and res...

Test complementari e intolleranze alimentari Rooming-in 2023: critiche e tutela

2023/2 — pag. 80-81 — 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

Un rene… due uteri! La sindrome di Herlyn-Werner-Wunderlich

Borelli E, Casciana ML, Giacomozzi C, Fasoli S

2023/2 — pag. 42-42 — DOI

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

Quando la tumefazione laterocervicale è una cisti branchiale

Gamba S

2023/2 — pag. 40-40 — DOI

The author describes the case of a 10-year-old boy presenting with a lateral cervical swelling. A branchial cyst was finally diagnosed....

Vulvodinia

Morra L

2023/2 — pag. 37-38 — DOI

The Author presents the case of a young girl complaining pain in her vulva (vulvodynia). After assessing the anamnestic data and the mother and girl's behaviours, a somatic pain disorder was diagnosed in the contest of Münchhausen-like syndrome. The ...

Le bolle che non ti aspetti: un raro caso di pemfigo volgare in età pediatrica

Benelli E, Demarin GC, Corneli P, Gatti A, Martelossi S

2023/2 — pag. 21-24 — DOI

A healthy 15-year-old boy in full well-being presents with multiple ulcerative lesions with an erosive appearance at the level of the oral cavity and the nasal mucosa. Two months after the onset, vesicular lesions also appear on the skin. As pemphigu...

Rivista sfogliabile on line

2023/1

Kawasaki? Adenovirus? Kawasaki da adenovirus o con adenovirus?

Accomando F, Aricò MO, Valletta E.

2023/1 — pag. 55-58 — DOI

Kawasaki disease (KD) still represents a challenge for differential diagnosis because it shares clinical features with other infectious diseases. Adenovirus infection has many symptoms that can be found among the diagnostic criteria of KD. However, t...

L’integrazione di differenti prospettive sullo sviluppo del bambino: l’osservazione del genitore e quella del pediatra

Clavenna A, Segre G, Roberti E, Costantino I, Scarpellini F, Tessarollo V, Bonati M

2023/1 — pag. 55-58 — DOI

Objective - To assess the feasibility of a shared approach that combines the clinical expertise of family paediatricians and the perspectives of parents in the early identification of potential disorders in children using standard clinical practice t...

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....

Acondroplasia

Calderara ML, Selicorni A.

2023/1 — pag. 49-51 — DOI

La Neonatologia… caso per caso

D’Agostin M, Catania MA, Giambrone C, Corsello G.

2023/1 — pag. 38-44 — DOI

Neonatal hypotonia, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, necrotizing enterocolitis and persistent hypoglycemia are some of the main topics in neonatology. This work aims to summarize these four neonatal conditions through illustrative clinical cases. The firs...

Screening del funzionamento psicologico: l’ottavo segno

Ghirigato E, Corona F, Cozzi G, Carucci S, Barbi E.

2023/1 — pag. 31-37 — DOI

Mental health problems are a significant cause of disability in children and adolescents. The most common are anxiety, depression, eating disorders and somatic symptom disorder. All these disorders have a negative impact on the child/adolescent funct...

Rene singolo congenito

Gruppo di lavoro sulle malformazioni congenite dei reni e delle vie urinarie della SINePe

2023/1 — pag. 21-30 — DOI

In recent years, several studies have been published on the prognosis of children with congenital solitary kidney (CSK), but a worldwide consensus on management and follow-up is still lacking. Recently, the Italian Society of Pediatric Nephrology has...

Veloci… ma grassi Dupilumab per l’esofagite eosinofila: è sul N Engl J Med Terapia dell’emicrania: nel troppo prevale ancora il nulla Bene i FANS nel dolore traumatico (ibuprofene o ketorolac che sia) Stesso dolore ma meno attenzioni Non inferiore ma nemmeno… superiore

2023/1 — pag. 9-10 — DOI

L’ottavo giorno Dio fece Georges e vide che era buono

Basile L.

2023/1 — pag. 7 — DOI

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...

L’integrazione di differenti prospettive sullo sviluppo del bambino: l’osservazione del genitore e quella del pediatra

Clavenna A, Segre G, Roberti E, Costantino I, Scarpellini F, Tessarollo V, Bonati M

2023/1 — pag. 1-3 — DOI

Objective - To assess the feasibility of a shared approach that combines the clinical expertise of family paediatricians and the perspectives of parents in the early identification of potential disorders in children using standard clinical practice t...

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

2022/10 — pag. 624 — DOI

Tosse secca persistente Asma e spirometria

2022/10 — pag. 659 — DOI

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

Lauriola RS, Arturi E.

2022/10 — pag. 654-656 — DOI

Una cefalea con fremito

Trombetta A.

2022/10 — pag. 654-656 — DOI

A diagnosis of arteriovenous fistula was finally made in a 17-year-old girl presenting with “quivering” headache. A history of neonatal scalp catheterization was present....

Leccare i muri, mangiare i sassi: il picacismo. Realtà o leggenda?

Faraguna MC.

2022/10 — pag. 654-656 — DOI

A series of 14 cases affected by pica related to iron deficient anaemia is described. The epidemiologic, clinical and therapeutic implications of pica are discussed....

Mangia come un uccellino...

Giuseppin I

2022/10 — pag. 652-653 — DOI

The diagnosis of Bochdalek hernia (left diaphragmatic hernia) was eventually made in a 17-month-old malnourished child presenting with fever, persistent vomiting and shortness of breath. The clinical and diagnostic implications of the diaphragmatic h...

Se cammina male e fa infezioni, guardale gli occhi!

De Nardi L.

2022/10 — pag. 652-652 — DOI

A 7-year-old girl with a longstanding history of recurrent pneumonia, arthritis and unsteady gait was finally diagnosed with ataxia-telangiectasia. The classical bulbar conjunctival telangiectasia was present and helped to make the diagnosis....

Metilfenidato fin da piccolissimi: un gesto d’amore per i bambini con ADHD - Pediatria “in fuga” Pediatria... ferma lì Voglia di morire tra i bambini e gli adolescenti: uno screening potrebbe aiutarli? Peso e costi del ricovero ospedaliero: il caso del morbo di Hirschsprung (MH) Febbre con PCR elevata e leucociti normali: cosa pensare? Casi indimenticabili a Vicenza

2022/10 — pag. 621-622 — DOI

Sintomi gastroenterologici come esordio nei disturbi del comportamento alimentare. Un caso di purging disorder

Gaeta F, Valitutti F, Melis D

2022/10 — pag. 214-214 — DOI

Chiudete quella porta! Una rara causa di difficoltà di alimentazione del neonato

Gerosa GM, Orlandi S, Migliazza L, Mangili G, Cheli M

2022/10 — pag. 213-213 — 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...

Una cefalea con fremito

Trombetta A

2022/10 — pag. 209-209 — DOI

A diagnosis of arteriovenous fistula was finally made in a 17-year-old girl presenting with “quivering” headache. A history of neonatal scalp catheterization was present....

Infezione congenita da citomegalovirus e ipoacusia

Gambacorta V, Orzan E, Lapenna R, Ricci G

2022/10 — pag. 195-199 — DOI

Background - Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is the most common of congenital infections, with a prevalence of 0.3-1.2% in industrialized countries and is the most frequent non-genetic cause of permanent hearing loss in children, with an incidence ra...

Appena un terzo dei medicinali è stato testato su pazienti in età pediatrica - Virus sinciziale, senza immunità la fascia di bimbi tra 1 e 2 anni - HIV in ambito pediatrico: la presa in carico del paziente in Italia - Minore aspettativa di vita per i bimbi nati al Sud - Tosse, come gestire questo sintomo negli adulti e nei bambini - UNICEF: un suicidio di adolescenti ogni 11 minuti nel mondo - Bullismo e cyberbullismo: un affare non soltanto della cronaca - Antibiotico-resistenza: a rischio anche i neonati - Tumori al cervello nei bambini: una cura mirata aumenta l’aspettativa di vita - Bambini: pisolino pomeridiano sì o no? Consigli per i genitori

Abate MV (a cura di)

2022/10

Rivista sfogliabile on line

2022/9

Nevi ipermelanici, eritema cronico migrante

2022/9 — pag. 608 — DOI

Crisi convulsive in corso di gastroenterite: una condizione benigna

Del Monte F, Viale S.

2022/9 — pag. 598-600 — DOI

The paper describes the case of a 17-month-old child presenting with gastro- enteritis with recurrent convulsions finally diagnosed as benign convulsions with mild gastroenteritis (CWG).The clinical, diagnostic and prognostic implications of this con...

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....

Ipotonia e ipertransaminasemia: pensa alla fruttosemia

Zanetto L, Benelli E.

2022/9 — pag. 598-600 — DOI

The case of a 3-month-old acutely hypotonic and hyporeactive girl is described. The diagnosis of fructosemia was eventually posed. The clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic implications of fructosemia are also discussed....

La sindrome di Myhre

Carrer A, Negrello G, Selicorni A.

2022/9 — pag. 593-595 — DOI

Convulsioni e gastroenterite: un caso che insegna

Del Bono C, Ciambrelli F, Rocca A, Pierantoni L, Gennari M, Lanari M.

2022/9 — pag. 589-592 — DOI

The article reports a case of convulsions with gastroenteritis (CWG) and briefly reviews the related literature. A 2-year-old girl presented with four short episodes of focal afebrile seizures within 12 hours. She had fever with vomiting in the previ...

Twindemic Il clistere delle vacanze Pneumotorace spontaneo (e dintorni) Meglio soli che… accompagnati? Chetoacidosi diabetica: sempre di più Tutto in breve. O no?

2022/9 — pag. 553-554 — DOI

Pediatri, un tentato suicidio al giorno tra gli adolescenti - Salute mentale: UNICEF, nel mondo ne soffre un adolescente su sette - Vernici e batterie, un milione di morti anno da avvelenamento piombo - HPV. Le coperture vaccinali nel 2021 salgono, ma l’obiettivo del 95% rimane una chimera - Residui di farmaci e farmaci scaduti conservati da un genitore su due - Gli incidenti in casa sono la seconda causa morte nei bambini - Disturbi del linguaggio per 7 bambini italiani su 100 - Autismo, deficit di attenzione e iperattività: quali sono i segni rivelatori e perché è fondamentale riconoscerli molto presto - Virus respiratorio sinciziale. Neonatologi e pediatri: “Anticipare la profilassi per neonati fragili a rischio bronchiolite” - I bimbi che dormono meno mangiano più cibi inutili e snack

Abate MV (a cura di)

2022/9

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....

Una crisi convulsiva… emolitica

Posocco F

2022/9 — pag. 193-193 — DOI

The Author describes the case of an 18-month-old child presenting with convulsions and poor general conditions and eventually diagnosed with uraemic-haemolytic syndrome....

Un calciatore con il mal di schiena

Lattuada M, Pagano M

2022/8 — pag. 527-530 — DOI

The authors describe the case of a teenager with low back pain, abdominal pain and low-grade fever finally diagnosed with Crohn’s disease. The intestinal and extraintestinal manifestations of the disease are 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....

Un mal di schiena fastidioso

Trombetta A, Corona F, Cozzi C, Barbi E.

2022/8 — pag. 519-520 — DOI

A 7-year-old boy was admitted to the Emergency Unit for a one-month history of low back pain, which got worse and resulted in a refusal to walk. On physical examination, the patient refused to stand, and palpation of the spinous processes of the lumb...

Mal di schiena: tre casi per tre malattie (infettive)

Troisi A, Mambelli L, Del Vecchio L, Altimari L, Mazzieri T, Dal Bo S, Minguzzi M, Marchetti F.

2022/8 — pag. 511-517 — DOI

Back pain is an uncommon paediatric symptom and often manifests non-specifically, especially in younger children. Behind this insidious symptom lie multiple causes, such as trauma, infectious and inflammatory forms and malignant causes. Especially in...

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...

Ferro e folati: mai dimenticare Adolescenti senza sonno, società senza futuro Atresia esofagea: bisogna fare meglio Autismo: tra crescita epidemica e razzismo Trauma cranico lieve con alterazione isolata dello stato mentale

2022/8 — pag. 485-486 — DOI

Un calciatore con il mal di schiena

Lattuada M, Pagano M

2022/8 — pag. 176-176 — DOI

The authors describe the case of a teenager with low back pain, abdominal pain and low-grade fever finally diagnosed with Crohn’s disease. The intestinal and extraintestinal manifestations of the disease are discussed....

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. ...

Un’anemia cronica che nasconde una vasculite

Cernich M, Baggio L, Guarnieri M

2022/8 — pag. 171-171 — DOI

The case of a 14-year-old anaemic girl with paraesthesia finally diagnosed with Takayasu arteritis is presented and discussed....

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....

Farmaci antiemetici e bilancio tra benefici e rischi: il caso della metoclopramide

Caiazzo R, Liguori F, Addeo AM, Apicella A, Coppola C, Macchini G, Tipo V

2022/8 — pag. 159-162 — DOI

An 8-year-old girl arrived in the Emergency Department presenting with sudden unilateral right trismus, deviation of the jaw, burning pain in the neck with dystonic deviation of the same backwards and dyskinesia. The mother reported that the child st...

PFAPA che ritorna Crescita staturo-ponderale

2022/7 — pag. 467 — DOI

Conosco i miei polli: due casi di diarrea da Campylobacter

Tommesani C.

2022/7 — pag. 461-463 — DOI

Occhio non vede, cuore che duole: la diagnosi del disturbo da conversione e da sintomi somatici

Menghi A, Radice C, Serafini M, Facchini L, Dal Bo S, Marchetti F.

2022/7 — pag. 458-460 — DOI

Two cases representative of two different aspects of the somatic disorder are described. The Authors stress how the diagnosis of a somatic disorder may be positively posed....

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...

La calcolosi delle vie urinarie in età pediatrica a tutto tondo

Faraguna MC, Terranova CM, Peccatori N, Gnech M, Berrettini A, Melzi ML.

2022/7 — pag. 435-440 — DOI

Overall, the incidence of paediatric urolithiasis is increasing; 50-90% of cases are due to metabolic alterations, 3-30% are associated with urinary tract infections and the remaining cases are idiopathic. About 20-30% of children, especially boys wh...

Progetto “Scuola di Specializzazione in Pediatria e tutoraggio con pediatra di famiglia” I metodi fisici per il controllo della febbre: quali evidenze? Mio nonno e la guerra La cartolina di Sofia Alessandro Zuddas: Maestro illuminato, amico generoso; parole e sentimenti di allievi e colleghi

2022/7 — pag. 422-426 — DOI

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

Annegamento. OMS: “Ogni anno causa 236mila decessi. Soprattutto giovani e bambini” - Aumenta nei giovani l’uso di psicofarmaci senza ricetta - Malattie infiammatorie croniche intestinali, occhio ai sintomi psicologici - Il vaccino per il morbillo protegge i bambini dalle malattie croniche intestinali - Non solo Covid. Dalla tubercolosi alla gotta tornano le malattie “storiche”: ecco le 6 che preoccupano - OMS, campanello di allarme per la polio. È importante vaccinarsi - Dermatite atopica, costi da 4 ai 20mila euro annui a paziente - Disturbi alimentari, come intercettare i primi segnali nei bambini - OMS, solo il 44% dei neonati sono allattati esclusivamente al seno - I bimbi nati pretermine sono più a rischio di disturbi dell’attenzione - Ipertensione tra bambini e adolescenti legata a uno stile di vita non sano - Alimentazione. Il consumo di cibi ultra-processati aumenta in modo rilevante il rischio di mortalità - Impotenza e criptorchidismo, dramma intimo per gli uomini italiani

Abate MV (a cura di)

2022/7

Pioglitazone e C3-glomerulopathy... che emozione!

Balestra E, Canepari E, Pennesi M

2022/7 — pag. 148-149 — DOI

The Authors describe the case of a 17-year-old girl with drug resistant C3-glomerulopathy who responded well to the therapy with pioglitazone. The efficacy and safety of the drug in the refractory nephrotic syndromes is discussed....

Indovina chi? Uno dei due “mente”

Sette C, Ricci M.

2022/6 — pag. 396-398 — DOI

Two intriguing cases in which a somatic disease has been suspected are presented. The diagnosis of a functional disorder was confirmed for only one of them....

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...

Travolti da un insolito destino nell’immenso mare degli eosinofili

Iannicelli A.

2022/6 — pag. 393-395 — DOI

The case of an adolescent with persistent cough and blood eosinophilia eventually diagnosed as idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome is presented. The diagnostic approach to hypereosinophilia is discussed....

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....

Ernia diaframmatica a presentazione tardiva

Botusan RA, Zarrilli S, Gallo MG, Santillo V.

2022/6 — pag. 378-380 — DOI

Pandemia, neurosviluppo e salute mentale di bambini e ragazzi

Tamburlini G, Marchetti F.

2022/6 — pag. 361-364 — DOI

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

Indovina chi? Uno dei due “mente”

Sette C, Ricci M

2022/6 — pag. 136-136 — DOI

Two intriguing cases in which a somatic disease has been suspected are presented. The diagnosis of a functional disorder was confirmed for only one of them....

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

Amoxicillina; broncopolmonite

2022/5 — pag. 333 — 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

Una tosse… a clacson

Colussi L

2022/5 — pag. 113-113 — DOI

The case of a ten-year-old boy with persistent cough is presented. The diagnosis of bizarre disruptive honking cough was eventually made. The possible clinical features of the somatic cough are discussed....

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....

Pianificazione condivisa di cure: quando il meglio riesce a essere amico del bene

Fachin A, De Zen L

2022/5 — pag. 108-109 — DOI

The authors describe a favourable experience of home management by parents of a syndromic child with highly recurrent, difficult to treat seizures....

Cluster familiare di infezione da Listeria monocytogenes

Cinquatti R, Acucella G, Emmig U, Rossi C, Canale C, Folgori G, Guala A

2022/5 — pag. 102-105 — DOI

Listeria monocytogenes is a Gram-positive facultative intracellular bacterium; it is transmitted to humans through the ingestion of contaminated food. Patients are typically immunosuppressed individuals, pregnant women, newborns and elderly people. I...

“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...

Rivista sfogliabile on line

2022/4

Un buon promemoria Celiachia, celiachia Breve è (più) bello Azitromicina: più parole che evidenze IVIg nella Kawasaki: non va perso tempo Neonatologia personalizzata …Mal comune mezzo gaudio

2022/4 — pag. 215-216 — DOI

Pubblicata la Linea Guida sulla gestione dei disturbi specifici dell’apprendimento Screening della celiachia e la diagnosi al Bar Sport La Pediatria di famiglia I bambini della felicità Accogliere: un’azione attiva

2022/4 — pag. 218-221 — DOI

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...

Una zoppia persistente

Costantino A.

2022/4 — pag. 255-258 — DOI

The authors describe the case of an eleven-year-old girl with a complex vascular malformation of the right thigh presenting with moderate oedema and lameness that were previously misinterpreted as a post-traumatic condition....

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....

Vomito biliare… mai fidarsi!

Levantino L.

2022/4 — pag. 255-258 — DOI

The case of newborn with persisting bilious vomiting is described. A diagnosis of imperforate membrane in the fourth duodenal portion was eventually made....

La storia dell’atrofia muscolare spinale: questione di tempo

Sutera M, Bruno I

2022/4 — pag. 255-258 — DOI

The authors present the case of a girl diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) and discuss how the new therapeutic approaches may change the prospect of life of the affected patients....

Un’adolescente con uno strano e persistente gonfiore alle caviglie

Corona F, Trombetta A, Genovese MR, Gortani G, Barbi E.

2022/4 — pag. 249-250 — DOI

A fourteen-year-old girl presented with a history of intermittent bilateral swelling in her ankles associated with moderate but progressively worsening pain that lasted for two years. The patient had been previously investigated and ankle X-rays, US ...

Il sintomo febbre: l’interpretazione e la corretta gestione

Altimari L, Troisi A, Marchetti F.

2022/4 — pag. 235-243 — DOI

In paediatric age, fever represents one of the main reasons for parental concern and the main cause of access to the emergency room. Against "fever phobia", it is essential that the paediatrician spends some time explaining to parents that fever is a...

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

Antibiotici, meno super-batteri con trattamenti più brevi - Sport. Mezzogiorno “sedentario”, a pagare sono soprattutto i minori - Incongruenza di genere, adolescenti in crisi fra ormoni e sentimenti. Serve una psicoterapia mirata - Influenza, vaccino spray sicuro anche per i bambini con asma - Tumori: sviluppato modello predittivo che evita la biopsia nei bambini - Quadruplicata la sopravvivenza dei bambini nati alla 22/ma settimana - SOS adozioni: tra pandemia, guerre e burocrazia per le coppie che sognano una famiglia è sempre più difficile - Balbuzie, ne soffre il 17% dei bambini - Giornata Mondiale Autismo. “Per non lasciare nessuno dietro” - Permessi dal lavoro e alloggi per i genitori dei bambini ricoverati in ospedale - Figli e lavoro. Governo approva nuove norme per congedi di madre e padre e per le indennità di maternità per lavoratrici autonome - Giornata Mondiale della Salute 2022. OMS: “Salvare il pianeta per salvare la nostra salute”

Abate MV (a cura di)

2022/4

Quando il fegato parla, ascolta (anche) l’intestino

Calia M, Lattuada M, Lebiu M

2022/4 — pag. 95-95 — DOI

The case of a 16-year-old adolescent with abdominal pain finally diagnosed with sclerosing cholangitis and inflammatory bowel disease is described. The possible involvement of the liver in IBD is discussed....

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...

Vaccino anti-Covid, efficacia Tosse, tosse equivalente asmatica, bronchite eosinofila

2022/3 — pag. 197 — DOI

Gli esiti dello stroke ischemico del bambino: afasia e talamo

Giardinelli S, Bianchedi I, Uva A, Marchetti F.

2022/3 — pag. 193-196 — DOI

Left thalamic stroke in adults commonly results in thalamic aphasia, which is characterized by defects in lexical and semantic abilities associated with fluency and comprehension disabilities and intact word repetition. Although few cases have been r...

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

Caprio AM, Casertano M, Longobardi G.

2022/3 — pag. 193-196 — DOI

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

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....

Un’anisocoria acuta “da contatto”

Peri F.

2022/3 — pag. 189-192 — DOI

A case of anisocoria due to contact with cocaine in a ten-month-old child is described. ...

Un esordio dispnoico

Bevacqua M.

2022/3 — pag. 189-192 — DOI

The case of a polydyspnoeic child with diabetic ketoacidosis initially misdiagnosed as respiratory failure is presented. The errors in the clinical approach are discussed....

Accomunati dalla solitudine

2022/3 — pag. 147 — DOI

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

L’imene imperforato come possibile causa di dolore addominale

Corona F

2022/3 — pag. 74-74 — DOI

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

A volte ritornano: l’esordio subdolo della malattia di Crohn

Balestra E, Bramuzzo M

2022/3 — pag. 73-73 — DOI

The case of a 12-year-old boy with diffuse arthralgia initially misdiagnosed as systemic onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis is described. The diagnosis of Crohn disease was eventually posed based on high faecal calprotectin level and suggestive ultr...

Un pianto stridulo che confonde: non è sempre laringomalacia

Posocco F, Trafojer UMT, Baraldi E

2022/3 — pag. 72-72 — DOI

The case of a young infant with congenital stridor eventually diagnosed as unilateral idiopathic paralysis of vocal cords is described. The differential diagnosis of congenital stridor is discussed....

Il tifo

Palladino F, Coppola C, Prisco A, Puzone S, Imperatore A, Brienza C, Nunziata F

2022/3 — pag. 68-70 — DOI

The paper describes the case of a 13-year-old boy presenting with fever with chills, abdominal pain and diarrhoea. Further investigation showed an “enteric fever”. Finally, clinical onset, diagnosis and disease management are discussed. ...

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....

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

Caprio AM, Casertano M, Longobardi G

2022/3 — pag. 61-64 — DOI

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

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

Il modello di gestione del bambino sovrappeso e obeso in Regione Emilia-Romagna: primi risultati

Fridel M, Broccoli S, d’Anchera E, Iaia M.

2022/2 — pag. 127-129 — DOI

Child and adolescent obesity is a complex, multifactorial but also largely preventable disease; as a consequence its management needs a multilevel and integrated approach to be successful. This article describes the Preventive Diagnostic Therapeuti...

C’era una volta un bernoccolo…

Da Lozzo P.

2022/2 — pag. 130 — DOI

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

Noduli di Bohn Nevo sebaceo

2022/2 — pag. 132

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....

La psicosi e i disturbi psicotici nei bambini e negli adolescenti

Gamberini G, Secci I, Vitiello B.

2022/2 — pag. 103-113 — DOI

Psychosis can present a variety of symptoms such as hallucinations, delusions, catatonia, thought and speech disorganization, alogia, avolition and general functional decline. Transient psychotic symptoms are not uncommon during development and are n...

Quando la linfoistiocitosi emofagocitica è secondaria

Ventresca S, Fabbri E, Bracaglia C, Gasperini P, Filippini B, Libertucci F, Bigucci B, Pericoli R, Vergine G.

2022/2 — pag. 97-102 — DOI

The paper describes the case of a 1-year-old Caucasian boy with a 1-month history of fever and splenomegaly. Laboratory findings showed pancytopenia, hypertriglyceridemia and hyperferritinemia. Secondary haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis was suspec...

Talassemia, terapia genica libera da trasfusioni 90% malati - Influenza, la vaccinazione protegge i bambini anche da altri ceppi - Sicurezza dei vaccini anti-Covid: il Rapporto AIFA - Covid: il cuore dei bambini si riprende in fretta dalla MIS-C - Covid e bambini: mal di testa e stato mentale alterato i sintomi neurologici più diffusi - Pubertà precoce, in Italia raddoppiati i casi nelle bambine durante la pandemia - Covid. Pediatri: “Il nostro lavoro è sommerso per il 90% dalla pandemia” - La Giornata contro le mutilazioni genitali femminili

Abate MV (a cura di)

2022/2

C’era una volta un bernoccolo…

Da Lozzo P

2022/2 — pag. 56-56 — DOI

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

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, ...

Il modello di gestione del bambino sovrappeso e obeso in Regione Emilia-Romagna: primi risultati

Fridel M, Broccoli S, d’Anchera E, Iaia M

2022/2 — pag. 26-34 — DOI

Child and adolescent obesity is a complex, multifactorial but also largely preventable disease; as a consequence its management needs a multilevel and integrated approach to be successful. This article describes the Preventive Diagnostic Therapeuti...

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...

Sovrappeso e obesità in età pediatrica nell'era del Covid-19

Colombo R, Barbaglia M, Finale E, Borraccino A, Guala A

2022/1 — pag. 59-62 — DOI

The Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 had negative consequences on the global health of children through direct and indirect effects. Among the negative effects, a significant one is represented by the increase in overweight and obesity in the paediatric pop...

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...

Ipoglicemie neonatali: dal sapere al saper fare

Schiulaz I, Paviotti G.

2022/1 — pag. 47-50 — DOI

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

2022/1 — pag. 14-15 — DOI

Celiachia: è l’ora dello screening di massa? Dupilumab: una parolaccia che scaccia l’asma? C come vitamina C Hurler: terapia da… urlo Stipsi cronica: poco utili le... “alternative”

2022/1 — pag. 11-12 — 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

È o non è blu? La metaemoglobinemia

Allegorico A, Umano G, Apicella A, Rosa M

2022/1 — pag. 25-25 — DOI

A case of methemoglobinemia in a 7-month infant due to the ingestion of improperly stored spinach is presented. The diagnostic and therapeutic implications are discussed....

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...

Sovrappeso e obesità in età pediatrica nell'era del Covid-19

Colombo R, Barbaglia M, Finale E, Borraccino A, Guala A

2022/1 — pag. 1-5 — DOI

The Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 had negative consequences on the global health of children through direct and indirect effects. Among the negative effects, a significant one is represented by the increase in overweight and obesity in the paediatric pop...

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...

Cocleo-labirintopatie nel bambino

Bona I, Sciarrotta C, Ferrara D, Corsello G.

2021/10 — pag. 650-654 — DOI

Cochleo-labyrinthopathy (CL) is an affection that involves cochlea and vestibular system. It occurs with the association of auditory symptoms (sensorineural hearing loss and tinnitus), vestibular symptoms (objective vertigo, unidirectional horizontal...

Herpes zoster Ematoma eruttivo del sesto dente

2021/10 — pag. 666 — DOI

Salmonelle da compagnia

Brienza C, Greco R, Della Rocca MT, Imperatore A, Nunziata F.

2021/10 — pag. 658-659 — DOI

The paper describes the case of 21-month-old child with prolonged fever, vomiting and diarrhoea. After detecting non-typhoidal Salmonella in his stools, medical history has revealed an unexpected source of the infection....

Due giraffe in corsia: una encefalite da Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Amendolea A, Fierabracci M, Gucci A, Malandra L, Suriano G

2021/10 — pag. 657 — DOI

The article describes the case of an encephalitic involvement during Mycoplasma infection with pneumonia. As it often happens in paediatrics, the peculiarity lies in a nuanced symptomatology that may be underestimated. A repeated anamnesis was import...

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

Quando i virus respiratori hanno il… nervoso La scoperta dell’acqua calda Homo est quod est. O no? Vaccinazioni: conferme di sicurezza Vaccinazioni: conferme di efficacia (HPV) Vaccinazioni: si discute su…

2021/10 — pag. 621-622 — DOI

Niente di speciale, è solo neuroinfluenza!

Marino P, Pellino G, Ragnoni V, Maggiore G

2021/10 — pag. 317-317 — DOI

Seasonal Influenza may occasionally cause severe neurological complications. The paper describes the case of a 5-year-old child with febrile status epilepticus and Influenza B....

Trattamento corticosteroideo versus terapia convenzionale nella corea reumatica

Favaretto E, Gortani G, Simonini G

2021/10 — pag. 316-316 — DOI

The present retrospective observational study on thirty children with Sydenham chorea shows that steroid treatment seems to be more effective than symptomatic treatment in both clinical remission and clinical improvement of symptoms....

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...

Bartonellosi e D-dimero

Licitra M, Acucella G, Barbaglia M, Mazzocchi P, Bottari G, Guala A

2021/10 — pag. 298-303 — DOI

The paper reports the case of a 17-year-old immunocompetent boy with persistent fever and elevated D-dimer. The family referred contact with kitten and ingestion of homemade deer salami. Abdominal ultrasound scan and CT showed multiple hepatic and sp...

Rivista sfogliabile on line

2021/9

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

Occhio… alla chemosi congiuntivale

Puma A, Pecoraro L, Dalle Carbonare L, Flore A, Piacentini G, Pietrobelli A.

2021/9 — pag. 596-596 — DOI

Un bambino di 4 anni si presentava alla nostra attenzione per improvvisa comparsa a domicilio di tumefazione oculare destra associata a prurito oculare e lacrimazione omolaterale, in assenza di altri sintomi. Presenza di edema della congiuntiva bulba...

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”....

Il boom di accessi per disturbi neuropsichiatrici nei Pronto Soccorso

Gruppo di lavoro della Società Italiana di Pediatria

2021/9 — pag. 561-562 — DOI

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....

Occhio… alla chemosi congiuntivale

Puma A, Pecoraro L, Dalle Carbonare L, Flore A, Piacentini G, Pietrobelli A

2021/9 — pag. 285-286 — DOI

A 4-year-old boy presented with a sudden swelling in his right eye associated with itch, unilateral tearing and presence of jelly-like oedema in the bulbar conjunctiva. The diagnosis was conjunctival chemosis. Conjunctival chemosis is the oedematous ...

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...

Le onicoeterotopie in età pediatrica

Ferrari M, Mazzarello V, Barbi E

2021/9 — pag. 283-284 — DOI

The ectopic nail is an additional nail located in an abnormal site. It falls within onychoheterotopia that is a rare condition whose pathogenesis is indeterminate. Ectopic nails are distinguished from the double little toenail by aetiology, location ...

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...

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