Signs and Symptoms

La sindrome di Koolen-De Vries

Bergo E, Selicorni A.

2026/3 — pag. 179-181 — DOI

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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

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...

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...

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,...

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

Barabino A.

2025/9 — pag. 590-592 — DOI

Ondansetron: dosaggio e controindicazioni

2025/9 — pag. 605 — DOI

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

2025/9 — pag. 569-572 — 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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Rivista sfogliabile on line

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...

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...

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...

Rivista sfogliabile on line

2025/4

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

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

2025/4 — pag. 253-256 — DOI

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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. ...

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

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...

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...

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

Vomito acuto e Helicobacter pylori

2025/1 — pag. 57 — DOI

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

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...

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...

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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2024/9

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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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...

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

2024/8 — pag. 525-527 — DOI

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...

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...

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2024/7

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

Cattaneo F, Mariani E, Lazzerotti A

2024/7 — pag. 468-470 — DOI

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

La calcolosi renale come causa di dolore addominale

Burlo F.

2024/7 — pag. 465-466 — DOI

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

La sindrome di Treacher Collins

Apuril E, Mariani M, Selicorni A.

2024/7 — pag. 458-459 — DOI

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

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...

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 ...

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....

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

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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

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...

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. ...

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. ...

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

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....

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

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 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....

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....

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...

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...

"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....

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 ...

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...

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...

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 ...

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. ...

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...

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

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....

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...

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

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....

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

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....

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

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....

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....

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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...

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....

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....

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

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 ...

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....

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

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...

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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...

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)....

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....

I pediatri sono pochi, ma è proprio vero?

Guala A.

2023/3 — pag. 150 — 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

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

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

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

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....

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 ...

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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....

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 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...

Tosse secca persistente Asma e spirometria

2022/10 — pag. 659 — 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

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%...

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...

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 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....

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....

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....

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...

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...

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....

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....

Pandemia, neurosviluppo e salute mentale di bambini e ragazzi

Tamburlini G, Marchetti F.

2022/6 — pag. 361-364 — DOI

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....

Attenti a quelle due

Bronzetti G.

2022/5 — pag. 312 — DOI

Amoxicillina; broncopolmonite

2022/5 — pag. 333 — DOI

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...

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....

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...

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...

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....

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)....

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. ...

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 ...

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. ...

Bronchite batterica protratta, trattamento antibiotico

2022/2 — pag. 131

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...

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. ...

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...

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...

Ipoglicemie neonatali: dal sapere al saper fare

Schiulaz I, Paviotti G.

2022/1 — pag. 47-50 — 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....

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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

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 ...

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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2021/8

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Abate MV (a cura di)

2021/8

Quando lo squat fa la differenza

Piqué M, Brasili L, Putoto G, Iughetti L

2021/8 — pag. 527-528 — DOI

The paper presents the case of a 1-year-old girl with severe respiratory distress, perioral cyanosis and severe desaturation (SpO2 35% with oxygen in nasal prongs). An echocardiogram was readily performed showing the distinctive features of Fallot’s ...

Ipotono e iporeattività post-vaccino esavalente… piccoli problemi di HHE?

Pennisi E, Fontijn S

2021/8 — pag. 526-527 — DOI

The authors described the case of a two-month-old infant who presented with an episode of hypotonia and hyporesponsiveness (HHE) five hours after the hexavalent vaccination. The epidemiology, the pathophysiology and the prognosis of the HHEs are disc...

Sindrome di Rett

Cianci P, Picchi R, Armano C, Selicorni A

2021/8 — pag. 519-521 — DOI

Disturbi del comportamento alimentare e pandemia

Bastone A, Ravaglia A

2021/8 — pag. 495-500 — DOI

The article analyses the phenomenon of eating disorders in relation to the Covid-19 pandemic with reference to its diffusion, symptoms and critical elements associated with the condition of health emergency and highlights the relevant aspects that co...

Un lattante con flushing recidivante

Ursi D, Valentino MS

2021/8 — pag. 258-258 — DOI

The authors describe an infant with an isolated mast cell tumour presenting with a recurrent diffuse flushing....

Poco reattiva: miele amaro

Marsella M

2021/8 — pag. 256-256 — DOI

The authors describe a case of a four-month infant with hypotonia and difficulty swallowing who was eventually diagnosed with an infant botulism....

Una “crisi” celiaca

Lenhardt A, Salierno P, Calipa MT, Milocco C, Saletta S, Giglia D, Petaros P, Pascolo P, Dragovic D

2021/8 — pag. 254-255 — DOI

The authors present the case of a 3-year-old child with severe diarrhoea, hypoalbuminaemia, hypogammaglobulinaemia and anaemia eventually diagnosed as coeliac. The clinical features of the so-called coeliac crisis are discussed....

La sindrome di Zellweger: un lavoro di squadra

Acquaviva I, Cesaroni E, Siliquini S, Sessa F, Marini C

2021/8 — pag. 233-240 — DOI

A 1-month female infant with hypotonia, feeding difficulties, facial dysmorphic signs, hepatomegaly and seizures was admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit. Brain magnetic resonance revealed regions of cortical dysplasia, diffuse polymicrogyria...

Covid-19: pistole e orfani Per una volta parliamo dei (vasi) linfatici Sarcopenia e MICI Cose del genere Quando San Cortisone perde le staffe

2021/7 — pag. 417-418 — DOI

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2021/7

Quando non è un banale rigurgito

Lavagetto A, Mallamaci M

2021/7 — pag. 470-470 — DOI

The case of a one-month infant presenting with vomiting accompanied by cyanosis and fainting due to a congenital meningioangiomatosis is described. The clinical aspects and the pathogenesis of this rare condition are briefly discussed....

Il craniofaringioma

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

2021/7 — pag. 467-469 — DOI

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

Tra reflussi e torcicolli

Brocchi S, Mambelli L, Mainetti M, Cenni P, Romeo C, Zucchelli M, Marchetti F

2021/7 — pag. 464-465 — DOI

The paper descibes the cases of a 10-year-old girl and a 3-year-old boy with CNS neoplasia. The girl presented with acute vomiting and cervicalgia while in the boy vomiting persisted for three months as the only symptom and was iniatially misinterpre...

“Mi sembra tanto depresso”… aveva tutte le ragioni per esserlo!

Iacono A

2021/7 — pag. 463-466 — DOI

The paper reports - in the form of a dialogue between paediatricians - the case of an 8-year-old boy who presented with about 10 days of sporadic episodes of vomiting, profuse asthenia and change in behaviour. Brain MRI showed the presence of a crani...

Quello strano dolore toracico...

Palella JM, Lamberti R, Salvatici E, Banderali G

2021/7 — pag. 433-436 — DOI

Myocarditis is a rare pathologic condition in paediatric age. It occurs above all in childhood and adolescence. Generally, it is brought about by a typical association with viral infections that cause a massive activation of the inflammatory cascade ...

Pericarditi acute e ricorrenti in Pediatria

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

2021/7 — pag. 425-431 — DOI

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

Vomito esplosivo con sangue

Borellini M, Zin A

2021/7 — pag. 220-220 — DOI

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

Quando non è un banale rigurgito

Lavagetto A, Mallamaci M

2021/7 — pag. 217-217 — DOI

The case of a one-month infant presenting with vomiting accompanied by cyanosis and fainting due to a congenital meningioangiomatosis is described. The clinical aspects and the pathogenesis of this rare condition are briefly discussed....

Il craniofaringioma

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

2021/7 — pag. 210-216 — DOI

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

Dermatologia

Berti I, Cutrone M

2021/26 — pag. 3 — DOI

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2021/26

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2021/6

Stipsi e zoppia… il neuroblastoma

Del Rizzo I, Kiren V, Rabusin M

2021/6 — pag. 393-393 — DOI

A case of a sixteen-month-old girl with limp and constipation do to abdominal neuroblastoma is presented. The clinical presentation of neuroblastoma is highly variable, ranging from a mass that causes no symptoms to a primary tumour that causes criti...

Le lancette dei poveri

2021/6 — pag. 353 — DOI

Timpanostomia: c’è poco da aspettarsi Fibrosi cistica: “… a spasso con il Covid…” Dolore addominale disfunzionale: ancora più parole che farmaci? Come “è fatto” un celiaco oggi? Fluorochinolonici in Pediatria: si può stare tranquilli? Al cuor… si comanda

2021/6 — pag. 351-352 — DOI

Uno stato infiammatorio dell’ugula

Saponara M

2021/6 — pag. 185-185 — DOI

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

Covid-19: come la pandemia ha aumentato la food insecurity e alterato il regime alimentare nelle famiglie italiane

Dondi A, Candela E, Morigi F, Lenzi J, Lanari M

2021/5 — pag. 315-320 — DOI

Background - The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic and subsequent containment measures are causing a worldwide increase in food insecurity (FI). Food insecurity has been related to a number of negative health impli...

Un caso di vertigine a esordio acuto/subacuto in un adolescente

Saia RE, Frattaruolo NG, Malaventura C, Faggioli R, Suppiej A

2021/5 — pag. 331-333 — DOI

The most common forms of paediatric vertigo are usually represented by benign causes. The occurrence of vertigo may nonetheless represent the onset of an underlying neurological disease, even without other neurological signs. The paper presents the c...

Due polsi scomparsi in un soffio

Occhipinti AA

2021/5 — pag. 158-158 — DOI

Coarctation of the aorta (CoA) is a narrowing of the proximal thoracic aorta typically located at the junction of the aorta with the ductus arteriosus. Clinical presentation varies from heart failure in neonatal period to asymptomatic cases diagnosed...

Un bambino che non mangia… e non sta seduto

Trippella G, Iacopelli J

2021/5 — pag. 157-157 — DOI

The Authors describe the case of an 11-month-old infant with severe vitamin B12 deficiency consequent to a strict vegan diet followed by the mother during pregnancy and to a strictly vegan weaning. The child presented with food refusal, somatic growt...

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

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

2021/5 — pag. 138-140 — DOI

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

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Abate MV (a cura di)

2021/4

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

Sorasio L, Franceschi L, Pavinato L, Peduto A

2021/4 — pag. 114-117 — DOI

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

Un suono che inganna: quando sospettare il doppio arco aortico

Giannone V, Goia M, Bignamini E

2021/4 — pag. 109-113 — DOI

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

Interessamento genitale della porpora di Schönlein-Henoch

Tovaglieri N, Amariti R, Loiacono F, De Giacomo C

2021/3 — pag. 196-199 — DOI

Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP) is a paediatric vasculitis, affecting several organs. Purpura is typically found on posterior surface of lower limbs and is more often associated with joint, abdominal and kidney involvement. The paper reports a case of...

La malrotazione intestinale: cosa deve sapere il pediatra

Tumminelli C, Galimberti AMC, Di Leo G, Codrich D, Murru FM, Gortani G

2021/3 — pag. 196-199 — DOI

Intestinal malrotation includes anomalies of intestinal rotation and fixation occurred during em-bryogenesis. It may present with acute or chronic-intermittent symptoms or remain asymptomatic. There are several methods to identify a defect of intesti...

Quando la febbre non ha una chiara localizzazione: pensa anche alla nefrite focale acuta

Falcioni A, Troisi A, Casadio L, Chiaravalloti A, Minguzzi MT, Marchetti F

2021/3 — pag. 186-188 — DOI

Acute lobar nephronia (ALN) is a non-suppurative focal form of acute bacterial infection, generally affecting one or more renal lobules. In the spectrum of upper urinary tract infection ALN is consid-ered a midpoint between uncomplicated pyelonephrit...

La dimissione protetta del bambino clinicamente complesso

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

2021/3 — pag. 173-179 — DOI

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

Torcicollo e malattia di Kawasaki

Rubino C, Trapani S

2021/3 — pag. 86-86 — DOI

Interessamento genitale della porpora di Schönlein-Henoch

Tovaglieri N, Amariti R, Loiacono F, De Giacomo C

2021/3 — pag. 73-74 — DOI

Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP) is a paediatric vasculitis, affecting several organs. Purpura is typically found on posterior surface of lower limbs and is more often associated with joint, abdominal and kidney involvement. The paper reports a case o...

Disfunzioni dell’elaborazione sensoriale nella sindrome di Asperger

Ranghetti F, Milani L, Di Blasio P

2021/3 — pag. 68-72 — DOI

This study was carried out in an attempt to investigate the correlation between potential sensory processing disorders in individuals with Asperger syndrome (AS) and the perceptions of said disorders by their parents. The pilot study was implemented ...

Cefalea e rettocolite ulcerosa: trombosi cerebrale alle porte?

Di Stasio F, Amoroso A, Sansotta N, Casotti V, D’Antiga L

2021/2 — pag. 127-129

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a serious extraintestinal complication of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Patients with IBD have a VTE risk 3 times greater than those without IBD. IBD children are exposed to that risk as well but with lower inciden...

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

2021/2 — pag. 132-132 — DOI

LAT gel? Occhio!

Canali G, Di Cesare Merlone A, Cianci P, Selicorni S

2021/2 — pag. 125-126 — DOI

The paper describes a case of a 17-month-old child with acute unilateral mydriasis after minor head trauma that was attributable to the local application of lidocaine-tetracaine-adrenaline (LAT) gel. The possible differential diagnoses of acute aniso...

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2021/2 — pag. 77-78 — DOI

Un asma sine asma: la SIRT

Contorno S

2021/2 — pag. 57-57 — DOI

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

Cefalea e rettocolite ulcerosa: trombosi cerebrale alle porte?

Di Stasio F, Amoroso A, Sansotta N, Casotti V, D’Antiga L

2021/2 — pag. 39-41 — DOI

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a serious extraintestinal complication of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Patients with IBD have a VTE risk 3 times greater than those without IBD. IBD children are exposed to that risk as well but with lower inciden...

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2021/1 — pag. 9-10 — DOI

Una FPIES in una neonata

Risso FM, Romano S

2021/1 — pag. 56-57 — DOI

OctoberFAST. Ovvero: segni e sintomi dei bambini sottoposti a tampone per SARS-CoV-2 nell’esperienza dei pediatri bergamaschi

Carrozzo R, Bonicelli I, Caldiani C, Altobelli M, Bacchini M, Vitali A, Contardi C, Mariani D

2021/1 — pag. 55-57 — DOI

Background - From the beginning of the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak, one major issue has been the early identification of infectious cases. It is particularly challenging to perform a symptom-based screening in the paediatric population because of the seeming...

L’invaginazione ileocolica

Servidio AG, Mazzolai M, Calligaris L, Murru FM, Codrich D, Barbi E, Cozzi G

2021/1 — pag. 44-50 — DOI

Ileo-colic intussusception is a major cause of intestinal obstruction in early childhood. Diagnosis of this condition might be hampered by variability in clinical presentation. Indeed, the so-called “classic” symptoms, namely abdominal pain, red curr...

Una febbre che… soffia

Borraccetti N, Iacono A, Falcioni A, Nuzzo AC, Currò F, Troisi A, Mambelli L, Prandstraller D, Marchetti F

2021/1 — pag. 31-36 — DOI

The paper describes the case of a 7-year-old child with a ventricular septal defect and a story of 10 weeks of non-periodic recurrent fever repeatedly treated with short course of antimicrobial therapy. All the echocardiographies were negative for va...

Violenza domestica assistita: effetti sullo sviluppo del bambino e implicazioni cliniche per i pediatri

Albizzati A, Riva Crugnola C, Ierardi E

2021/1 — pag. 25-30 — DOI

Witnessing domestic violence may have serious negative consequences for the health, development and well-being of children. Only recently, witnessing domestic violence has been evaluated as a form of child maltreatment, considering the effects it may...

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2021/1 — pag. 12-16 — DOI

Coscienza fluttuante, intestino sofferente

Agrusti A, Pederiva F, Cerrina A, Murru FM, Conte M

2021/1 — pag. 19-21 — DOI

Altered state of consciousness in infants can be the sole sign of a compromised intestinal blood flow. The article reports the case of an infant with inconsolable crying and lethargy with an omphalomesenteric duct remnant causing small bowel volvulus...

OctoberFAST. Ovvero: segni e sintomi dei bambini sottoposti a tampone per SARS-CoV-2 nell’esperienza dei pediatri bergamaschi

Carrozzo R, Bonicelli I, Caldiani C, Altobelli M, Bacchini M, Vitali A, Contardi C, Mariani D

2021/1 — pag. 1-8 — DOI

Background - From the beginning of the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak one major issue has been the early identification of infectious cases. It is particularly challenging to perform a symptom-based screening in the paediatric population because of the seeming ...

Non è il problema che lascia il bambino, ma il bambino che lascia il pediatra: più matti che malati crescono

A.A. Occhipinti

2020/10 — pag. 659-660 — DOI

The paper reports the cases of three adolescents affected by somatic symptom disorder (SSD) and serious social dysfunction. In one case a depressive disorder was also present that improved with a targeted pharmacologic treatment. The Author underl...

Corea, artrite, eritema marginato: malattia reumatica e diagnosi differenziali

A.M.Q. Alberio, F. Pieroni, G. Bini, A. Bonuccelli, A. Orsini, D. Peroni, R. Consolini

2020/10 — pag. 643-650 — DOI

The revision of the Jones criteria by the American Heart Association allowed the identification and diagnosis of a greater number of cases of Rheumatic Disease (RD); however, the higher incidence of RD is associated with "pathomorphic" phenotypic pic...

Ondansetron e vomito nel trauma cranico Cortisone da subito nella Kawasaki: passo dopo passo, sempre più convinti Si muore giovani in Gran Bretagna? Cum grano salis… Morbo di Hirschsprung: avete visto mai? Bambini bolliti

2020/10 — pag. 621-622 — DOI

Malato! Non pazzo

E. Dei Rossi

2020/10 — pag. 256-256 — DOI

An adolescent with persistent abdominal pain and stipsis, previously diagnosed as Gastrointestinal Functional Disorders (FGD), was finally diagnosed as affected by ulcerative colitis. The author underlines that the diagnosis of FGD should always be q...

Sindrome di Tourette: alla faccia della PANDAS!

D. Ferrara

2020/9 — pag. 601-604 — DOI

The paper describes the clinical case of a ten-year-old boy with Tourette’s syndrome, initially classified as PANDAS. The persistence, the complexity of the symptoms and the comorbidity with obsessive-compulsive disorders (OCD) have framed the case a...

Picacismo e anemia

R. Conti, E. Da Dalt, M. Miani

2020/9 — pag. 599 — DOI

Una grave anemizzazione

M. Cognigni

2020/9 — pag. 599 — DOI

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

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

2020/9 — pag. 585-589 — DOI

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

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M.V. Abate (a cura di)

2020/9

Una corea al 30%

E. Conversano, G. Gortani

2020/9 — pag. 238-238 — DOI

Un bambino più lungo che largo

G. Trippella, C. Pizza, G. Palmas

2020/9 — pag. 237-237 — DOI

Sindrome di Tourette: alla faccia della PANDAS!

D. Ferrara

2020/9 — pag. 225-227 — DOI

The paper describes the clinical case of a ten-year-old boy with Tourette’s syndrome, initially classified as PANDAS. The persistence, the complexity of the symptoms and the comorbidity with obsessive-compulsive disorders (OCD) have framed the case a...

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2020/8 — pag. 488-493 — DOI

La malattia infiammatoria pelvica

S. Tagliani, S. Ventresca, L. Mambelli, A. Cuppari, S. Missiroli, F. Marchetti

2020/8 — pag. 533-535 — DOI

The paper describes a case of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) in a fourteen-year-old girl who presented with salpingitis, low abdominal pain, fever, high inflammation indexes and infection by Chlamydia trachomatis and Gardnerella. As guidelines sug...

Poco reattiva… in tempi di pneumococchi cattivi

M.E. Liverani, C. Ziparo

2020/8 — pag. 531-532 — DOI

ABA: l’analisi comportamentale applicata

S. Carucci

2020/8 — pag. 527-528 — DOI

The paper reports the most characterising aspects and clinical applications of the applied behaviour analysis (ABA) through the description of and the comment on two cases. The aim is to share this important therapeutic approach with infantile neurop...

Febbre di origine sconosciuta (FUO): approccio diagnostico attraverso un caso clinico

D. Ursi, S. Puzone, C. Strisciuglio

2020/8 — pag. 519-525 — DOI

The paper reports the case of a 12-year-old female affected by ulcerative colitis and treated with double immunosuppressant therapy (methotrexate and infliximab). The patient presented with 7 day-lasting fever associated with pharyngotonsillar hypera...

Cosa deve sapere ogni pediatra sulla comunicazione aumentativa alternativa (CAA)

C. La Manna, I. Prina, M. Cavalleri, P. Conti, A. Selicorni

2020/8 — pag. 513-517 — DOI

Augmentative Alternative Communication (AAC) is an area of clinical practice that tries to compensate for the temporary or permanent disability of individuals with complex communication needs. It uses gestures or signs and images and utilises a doubl...

L’inquadramento delle ipoacusie in epoca neonatale e pediatrica

A. Feresin, M. Bevacqua, G. Del Piero, P. Staffa, E. Barbi, E. Orzan

2020/8 — pag. 505-511 — DOI

Conductive, mild-moderate hearing impairment in children is a very frequent condition after newborn hearing screening that easily leads to misdiagnosis. Conductive hearing impairment needs an accurate differential diagnosis to avoid inadequate treatm...

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M.V. Abate (a cura di)

2020/8

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

G. Fusaro

2020/8 — pag. 217-217 — DOI

Addome acuto: un caso di Schönlein-Henoch

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

2020/8 — pag. 215-215 — DOI

Streptococcus anginosus

A. Cicogna

2020/8 — pag. 214-214 — DOI

La malattia infiammatoria pelvica

S. Tagliani, S. Ventresca, L. Mambelli, A. Cuppari, S. Missiroli, F. Marchetti

2020/8 — pag. 207-211 — DOI

The paper describes a case of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) in a fourteen-year-old girl who presented with salpingitis, low abdominal pain, fever, high inflammation indexes and infection by Chlamydia trachomatis and Gardnerella. As guidelines sug...

A tutta bier spots

F. Panin

2020/7 — pag. 461-463 — DOI

La diagnosi e la gestione del prolasso rettale

S. Ventresca, M. Bacchini, G. Graziani, F. Marchetti

2020/7 — pag. 453-457 — DOI

Rectal prolapse is an overall rare occurrence in children in the first 4 years of age. It typically tends to relapse. In the majority of cases it is not possible to highlight a single cause that determines prolapse, even if it is more frequent in chi...

Consensus sulla lotta allo stigma nell’obesità

R. Tanas, R. Lera, F. Baggiani, G. Caggese, G. Tornese, L. Busetto

2020/7 — pag. 437-443 — DOI

People with obesity daily face a pervasive and ubiquitous form of stigma on weight that damages health and reduces the likelihood of receiving adequate care. The stigma is reinforced by outdated ideas on body weight regulation and lack of up-to-dat...

Obesità nell’età evolutiva: oltre lo stigma

R. Tanas, V. Calcaterra, C.V. Carletti, G. Tornese, S. Bernasconi

2020/7 — pag. 414-416 — DOI

Sindrome dello spettro autistico: il vomito rivelatore

A. Velkoski

2020/7 — pag. 195-195 — DOI

Una cefalea insidiosa

M. Ficara, V. Cenciarelli, P. Bergonzini, L. Iughetti

2020/7 — pag. 194-194 — DOI

Torcicollo ricorrente

D. Pittarello


2020/7 — pag. 192-192 — DOI

Torcicollo resistente

A. Filpo

2020/7 — pag. 191-191 — DOI

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

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

2020/7 — pag. 180-185 — DOI

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

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

M.R. Arienzo, F. Angrisani

2020/26 — pag. 167-167 — DOI

Addome acuto come presentazione di imene imperforato con idrometrocolpo nel neonato

G. Gaudino, M.A. Galeone, C. Delehaye, E. Inserra, S. Confetto, A. Papparella, A. Marte, E. Miraglia del Giudice, C. Capristo, P. Montaldo

2020/26 — pag. 146-148 — DOI

Imperforate hymen is a congenital anomaly in which the hymenal membrane has no opening with subsequent vaginal outlet obstruction. After maternal hormone stimulation there is an increased cervical mucous glands secretion, which gradually accumulates ...

Stroke arterioso neonatale: quello che ogni pediatra deve sapere

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

2020/6 — pag. 371-376

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

Tinea faciei Edema scrotale acuto idiopatico

2020/6 — pag. 396

Un mal di schiena protratto

M. Maglione

2020/6 — pag. 391

Tumefazione ricorrente del braccio… non dimenticare la sindrome dello stretto toracico

B. Bigucci, E. Fabbri, E. Copponi, A. Falcioni, N. Gobbi, V. Dell’Omo, F. Libertucci, G. Vergine

2020/6 — pag. 384-388

Thoracic outlet syndrome is caused by the compression of the neurovascular bundle as it passes from the upper thorax to the axilla. The neurovascular bundle can be compressed by bony structures such as the first rib, cervical ribs or bone tubercles, ...

Il bambino troppo intelligente: gioie o dolori?

G. Abbracciavento

2020/6 — pag. 377-383

The giftedness is a non-pathological condition for which there is no clear definition. Although the giftedness cannot be indicated by a single value obtained from the tests, consistently with the statistic values obtained from the WISC-IV test, it is...

Un mal di pancia capriccioso

C. Corrado

2020/6 — pag. 141-141 — DOI

Dientamebiasi. Descrizione di un caso clinico in età pediatrica

R. Oliveto

2020/6 — pag. 120-122 — DOI

Dientamoeba fragilis is a protozoan with an intestinal location and a cosmopolitan spread. Recent reports show its role in the appearance of intestinal syndromes (dientamebiasis). A clinical case of dientamebiasis is reported in a 7-year-old child su...

Uno stridore inspiratorio: tracheomalacia o corpo estraneo?

M. Ficara, G. Russo, G. Cinelli, F. Felici, E. Marastoni, A. Ghidini, E. Iannella, S. Amarri

2020/6 — pag. 139-139 — DOI

Bronchite asmatiforme, cortisonici inalatori Profilassi del reumatismo articolare acuto e allergia all’amoxicillina

2020/5 — pag. 331

Dove c'è PANDAS... c'è il barone

P. Guidotti

2020/5 — pag. 326-327

Una diarrea da… Campylobacter jejuni

F. Corrias

2020/5 — pag. 114-114 — DOI

Il peso del catastrofismo nell’esito disfunzionale nel bambino con sindrome dolorosa

E. Parisotto

2020/5 — pag. 113-113 — DOI

Un’aura senza emicrania

G. Marinelli, L. Nobili, M. Sansone, E. Piccotti, M. Severino

2020/5 — pag. 110-110 — DOI

Un eritema tossico neonatale… pruriginoso

L. Cortellazzo Wiel, I. Bruno, I. Berti, E. Barbi

2020/5 — pag. 103-105 — DOI

A 3-month-old male infant was evaluated for the persistence of erythema toxicum neonatorum. Physical examination was remarkable for a papulopustular rash on his hands and feet, with similar lesions on his trunk. The baby was irritable and continuousl...

Idronefrosi intermittente, dolore addominale e vomito: non è vomito ciclico!

M. Palazzo, F. Pugliese, L. Caponi

2020/4 — pag. 90-90 — DOI

Poco reattivo... con la coccarda

A. Imperatore, G. Buzzo

2020/4 — pag. 88-89 — DOI

Iperemesi da cannabinoidi: se la conosci la riconosci

P. Elefante

2020/4 — pag. 87-87 — DOI

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

2020/4 — pag. 262-262

Mal di cuore

V. Moressa

2020/4 — pag. 93-93 — DOI

Mauro e la sua febbre che non se ne va mai

V. Del Volgo

2020/4 — pag. 92-92 — DOI

Intossicazione acuta da cannabinoidi in età pediatrica

E. Ponticiello, L. Ruggiero, A. Bonadies, P. Marzuillo, M. Rosa, V. Tipo

2020/4 — pag. 65-73 — DOI

Background - Data available in the literature indicate that cannabis consumption has greatly increased in the USA and in some European countries over the last years, parallel to an increased accidental exposure of children. Similar data from Italy ar...

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

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

2020/3 — pag. 179-182

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

Gli ascessi retrofaringei

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

2020/3 — pag. 161-166

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

Tic e sindrome di Tourette

A. Trombetta

2020/3 — pag. 185-187

Sindrome di Guillain-Barré: dolore e pregiudizio

P. Pecile

2020/3 — pag. 185-187

Una atassia acuta in una bambina di 15 mesi

G. Zanella, A.M.C. Galimberti

2020/3 — pag. 57-57

Intestino corto, alterazione dello stato di coscienza e acidosi

M.V. Mastrolia

2020/3 — pag. 62-62

Un’otite da far girare la testa

E. Conversano

2020/3 — pag. 61-61

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M.V. Abate (a cura di)

2020/3

Una torsione ovarica intermittente

A.G. Grasso

2020/2 — pag. 126

Sindromi emorragiche e lupus anticoagulante positivo

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

2020/2 — pag. 97-100

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

Con il “cortisone” si balla di meno Vaccino antinfluenzale: meglio di più che di meno “È nato prima l’uovo o la gallina?” “Le sue ricerche hanno contribuito a sconfiggere la povertà” Vaccino coniugato anti-meningococco B: buone e cattive notizie Dolore toracico in Pronto Soccorso: bisogno di aiuto Le Giornate di Medico e Bambino: fate attenzione un attimo

2020/2 — pag. 79-80

Una ipotonia un po’ lassa

E. Battistuz, G. Zanella

2020/2 — pag. 37-37

Sapevo di non essere incinta! Il cistoadenoma ovarico

F. Baldo, D. Nisticò, V. Guastalla, M.M. Casarotto, W. Toscano, R. Dall’Amico

2020/2 — pag. 24-25

The paper describes the case of a 15-year-old teenager with a 3-week history of abdominal distension and pain. She reported regular menstrual cycles and a recent weight gain. On physical examination, her abdomen appeared voluminous, without palpable ...

La narcolessia è una malattia pediatrica: le red flags per riconoscerla

E. Antelmi, L. Vignatelli, I. Ceretelli, et al.

2020/1 — pag. 29-34

Rationale - Narcolepsy is a chronic rare disease that frequently develops in children. It is characterised by excessive daily sleepiness, cataplexy, sleep paralysis, hypnagogic and hypnopompic hallucinations as well as disturbed nocturnal sleep. More...

La regola delle 3P: Pancreas + Pancialgia = Porpora

F. Cossovel, M. Londero, A. Taddio, G. Cozzi, A. Saccari, E. Guida, E. Barbi

2020/1 — pag. 55-56

L’assistenza al neonato fisiologico in ospedale: coniugare sicurezza e promozione della salute

R. Davanzo, F.M. Risso

2020/1 — pag. 35-44

Caring for the normal term and late preterm newborn infants calls for perinatal hospital practices that combine promotion of maternal infant bonding, breastfeeding and newborn health. Actually, the safety of some hospital practices, particularly skin...

Svezzamento e malattie: non solo celiachia

M. Bramuzzo, G. Gortani

2020/1 — pag. 23-27

Weaning, namely the transition from an exclusively milk-based nutrition to a diet that includes other liquids and solids, is a period of transition that is often crucial for the manifestation or the development of food-related diseases. The article...

Stipsi e intolleranza alle proteine del latte vaccino? Riflessioni sulla celiachia potenziale

2020/1 — pag. 12

Ematuria e sindrome nutcracker (o dello schiaccianoci)

R. Pillon

2020/1 — pag. 21-21

Eritema nodoso: quando la cute diventa una spia…

M. Conte

2020/1 — pag. 18-18

L’anello vascolare di Veronica

F. Corrias

2020/1 — pag. 12-13

Io ballo da solo: la corea reumatica

I. Giuseppin, M. Torresin

2020/1 — pag. 10-11

La regola delle 3P: Pancreas + Pancialgia = Porpora

F. Cossovel, M. Londero, A. Taddio, G. Cozzi, A. Saccari, E. Guida, E. Barbi

2020/1 — pag. 4-6

A six-year-old boy was diagnosed as having Henoch-Schönlein purpura for a typical rash appearing after an episode of recurrent intussusception with signs of pancreatic involvement. While a delayed appearance of the cutaneous rash after intestinal int...

La malattia drepanocitica in Pronto Soccorso

M. Casale, S. Perrotta, G. Russo, L. Sainati, R. Colombatti, G.L. Forni

2019/10 — pag. 639-644

Sickle cell disease is the most common genetic disorder observed at emergency units worldwide with more and more children being diagnosed with severe acute events. Emergency caregivers need to be aware of potentially life-threatening complications ...

Dermatite artefatta Granuloma piogenico

2019/10 — pag. 666

Un neonato con una “impronta” sul braccio e paralisi del nervo radiale

A. Troisi, V. Carrato, I. Berti, L. Travan, M. Starc, F.M. Risso

2019/10 — pag. 663

The paper describes the case of a term newborn with isolated radial nerve palsy, wrist drop and a localized area of erythema on the same arm. This condition has an excellent prognosis and its spontaneous recovery is the norm. Moreover, it must be dis...

Soluzioni ipertoniche in aerosol? Anche no, grazie

L. Anfossi, R. Calzedda

2019/10 — pag. 634-638

Nebulised hypertonic saline (HS) - usually 3% - has become part of paediatric practice for the management of respiratory diseases such as bronchiolitis and preschool wheezing. Acute bronchiolitis is a common disorder in infancy and often results in...

Emorragia e trombosi, le due facce del lupus eritematoso sistemico

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

2019/10 — pag. 628-630

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

Una cura efficace per il 90% dei pazienti con fibrosi cistica? “Come una frana”… PPI, infezioni e… Farmacogenetica Quando ai bambini viene un colpo Malintesi tra intestino e fegato Convulsioni febbrili ricorrenti: rischio di epilessia e altro

2019/10 — pag. 621-622

Zoppia, citopenia e VES: pensa anche al neuroblastoma

S. Andrade

2019/10 — pag. 250-250

Il rash della sindrome di Giannotti-Crosti

M. Mazzolai

2019/10 — pag. 244-244

Sindrome di Gardner-Diamond (ovvero la porpora psicogena)

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

2019/10 — pag. 242-243

Nasir, bambino bengalese...

G. Ventura

2019/10 — pag. 241-241

La vertigine in età pediatrica

M.V. Abate, A.M. Pusateri, G. Danesi, L. D’Antiga

2019/9 — pag. 567-571

Dizziness is a recurrent symptom in children that is often underestimated and incorrectly evaluated. The inability of affected children to explain the characteristics of the experienced symptoms may preclude the diagnosis making, especially in very y...

Denutrizione, fame nascosta e obesità

2019/9 — pag. 563-565

La sindrome nefrosica in età pediatrica

Consensus della Società Italiana di Nefrologia Pediatrica (SINePe)

2019/9 — pag. 577-588

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

Compagni di merendine

2019/9 — pag. 557

Chi è il paraechovirus e perché bisogna tenerlo a mente

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

2019/9 — pag. 596-598

Doppio distretto renale con sbocco ureterale vaginale

I. Buffoni, G. Vagelli

2019/9 — pag. 596-598

Urinary dribbling in children can be due to urinary tract infection, mellitus and insipidus diabetes and vaginal voiding. In duplex renal system ureteral ectopia should be ruled out. Imaging of urinary tract in children is largely based on ultrasound...

Dolori osteoarticolari persistenti: forse manca qualcosa?

A. Arduini, V. Di Ruscio

2019/9 — pag. 231-232

Le “basi” (genetiche) dell’obesità

F. Angrisani, M.R. Arienzo

2019/9 — pag. 230-230

Strie atrofiche fisiologiche dell’adolescente

S. Mazzoleni

2019/9 — pag. 228-228

Chi è il paraechovirus e perché bisogna tenerlo a mente

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

2019/9 — pag. 224-225

Doppio distretto renale con sbocco ureterale vaginale

I. Buffoni, G. Vagelli

2019/9 — pag. 219-221

Urinary dribbling in children can be due to urinary tract infection, mellitus and insipidus diabetes and vaginal voiding. In duplex renal system ureteral ectopia should be ruled out. Imaging of urinary tract in children is largely based on ultrasound...

Le complicanze neurologiche dell’influenza: la neuroinfluenza

A. Fumarola, P. Ricciardelli, C. Guiducci, P. Cenni, G. Turlà, F. Marchetti

2019/8 — pag. 533-536

Dal sapore al rossore… al sudore: la sindrome di Frey

L. Cortellazzo Wiel, L. Badina, I. Berti, E. Barbi

2019/8 — pag. 533-536

Frey syndrome consists of a synkinesis characterised by the onset of flushing and/or sweating in response to a gustatory stimulus and is due to the presence of aberrant parasympathetic fibers from the auricolotemporal nerve. Although they are rare am...

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

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

2019/8 — pag. 533-536

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

Occhi roteanti

M. Majorana

2019/8 — pag. 531-532

La stipsi nel bambino

M. Bramuzzo

2019/8 — pag. 497-502

Constipation is a common problem during childhood. Sometimes it is hidden behind isolated abdominal pain or paradoxical diarrhoea. Few children have a disease that affects the normal colonic motility or the emptying of the rectum; in such cases the...

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

M.V. Abate (a cura di)

2019/8

Una fame da matti

A. Quagliarella

2019/8 — pag. 208-208

Ematemesi rivelatrice

R. Pillon

2019/8 — pag. 207-207

Uno stridore a recente insorgenza

G. Lanzoni, F. Maschio, P. Berlese, C. Zanatta, P. Midrio

2019/8 — pag. 206-206

Dal sapore al rossore… al sudore: la sindrome di Frey

L. Cortellazzo Wiel, L. Badina, I. Berti, E. Barbi

2019/8 — pag. 200-202

Frey syndrome consists of a synkinesis characterised by the onset of flushing and/or sweating in response to a gustatory stimulus and is due to the presence of aberrant parasympathetic fibers from the auricolotemporal nerve. Although they are rare am...

Un mal di pancia “in crisi”

E. Conversano, G. Ventura

2019/7 — pag. 460

Un mal di pancia… l’iperventilazione psicogena

F. Colonna

2019/7 — pag. 460

Un minestrone preparato con il cuore

A. Iacono

2019/7 — pag. 449-451

Un bimbo su 5 soffre di dolore cronico, pochi dati sui farmaci - Infezioni nei bambini, le lesioni della pelle possono causare patologie: che cosa fare - Un test è la chiave per la lotta al diabete infantile - Allarme ortopedici, +700% casi di cifosi da smartphone tra bimbi - Ci sono 8 geni associabili all’anoressia: il disturbo alimentare più diffuso è congenito? Solo in parte - Il cancro ruba ai bimbi 11 milioni di anni di vita ma i progressi sono enormi - Alcol e droghe, attenzione ai giovani fra i 10 e i 14 anni - Bambini, “mal di vacanza” per centomila under-6 - Pronto Soccorso. Le nuove linee guida in vista del traguardo - Eurostat. In Spagna e Italia le mamme “più anziane”: quasi il 9% ha il primo figlio a 40 o più anni - Bambini autistici a rischio bullismo da fratelli e compagni

M.V. Abate (a cura di)

2019/7

Agenesia rotulea, ipoplasia ungueale e nail-patella syndrome

F. Baldo

2019/7 — pag. 150-150

Senza parole: la sindrome di Landau-Kleffner

G. Corda

2019/7 — pag. 149-149

Uno stridore senza parole

P. Assandro

2019/7 — pag. 147-148

Nevicata di giugno

E. Cacciatore

2019/6 — pag. 389-390

Paralisi cerebrale e PEG: vedere per credere

C. Udina, S. Lega, G. Gortani, E. Cattaruzzi, E. Barbi

2019/6 — pag. 389-390

Sindrome di Costello

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

2019/6 — pag. 383-386

Indimenticabili Diagnosi di autismo prima dei 18 mesi: si può (si deve?) Curare al meglio la TBC: “DOT o VOT? Questo è il dilemma” Troppo grassi per fare la dieta Pediatria alla grande: il caso della acondroplasia Cercare gli eosinofili prima di dare il cortisone nell’asma

2019/6 — pag. 349-350

Ma che fine fanno gli SGA?

G. Tornese

2019/6 — pag. 355-364

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

Diarrea e sideropenia: in tutto il mondo escludi la... celiachia

I. Del Rizzo, F. Barbieri, M. Robazza, R. Dall’Amico

2019/6 — pag. 129-129

Disturbi del sonno in una lattante Infezioni respiratorie ricorrenti; difetto di IgA Ossiuriasi ricorrente

2019/5 — pag. 328

Un caso di improvvisa rinolalia e rigurgito nasale deglutitorio. Di cosa si tratta?

G. De Bernardo, M. Cutrone

2019/5 — pag. 325-327

Firstly described in 1976, acute isolated reversible velopalatopharyngeal emiparalysis is a rare clinical entity characterised by sudden onset of nasal voice, nasal escape of fluids while swallowing and, occasionally, dysphagia. It is usually observe...

Una salmonella di gran cuore

L. Mambelli, A. Fumarola, M.R. Genovese, M. Mainetti, C. Renzelli, F. Marchetti

2019/5 — pag. 322-324

Le diverse facce dell'infezione da Bartonella henselae

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

2019/5 — pag. 322-324

Un altro lattante distrofico in Pronto Soccorso

F. Baldo, E. Da Dalt, M.P. Miani

2019/5 — pag. 315-318

The paper discusses the case of a 25-day-old baby presenting with dystrophic appearance and lethargic behaviour. This clinical presentation immediately suggested the suspect of an initial systemic infection. The overall negative laboratory findings...

Convulsioni da PRESsione alta

R. Masetti, L. Ronchini, S. Riolo, F. Guida, I. Corsini, F. Carfagnini, F. Toni, D.M. Cordelli, A. Pession

2019/5 — pag. 297-302

Background - PRES (posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome) is a clinical-radiological entity characterised by a combination of neurological signs and symptoms and neuroradiological alterations like subcortical and cortical vasogenic oedema th...

Bambino stitico: nessuna nuova, buona nuova? Convulsioni febbrili post-vaccinali: niente di speciale L’Europa… in canne Siparietto su allergia alimentare, desensibilizzazione orale e induzione della tolleranza Non tutto è trasferibile

2019/5 — pag. 281-282

QT lungo congenito ed epilessia: quale relazione?

L. Cortellazzo Wiel

2019/5 — pag. 118-118

Idrotorace e sindrome di Noonan

M. Napolitano, L. Balestriere, B. Orsini, V. Roseto, G. Montesano, F.M. Toro, A. Manna, A. Faiella, C. Barone, F. Corvino, A. Allegorico

2019/5 — pag. 115-116

Le mille facce del Meckel: dal dolore alla perforazione

D. Codrich

2019/5 — pag. 111-112

Un caso di improvvisa rinolalia e rigurgito nasale deglutitorio. Di cosa si tratta?

G. De Bernardo, M. Cutrone

2019/5 — pag. 102-103

Firstly described in 1976, acute isolated reversible velopalatopharyngeal emiparalysis is a rare clinical entity characterised by sudden onset of nasal voice, nasal escape of fluids while swallowing and, occasionally, dysphagia. It is usually observe...

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

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

2019/5 — pag. 108-110

Chirurgia indimenticabile: massa addominale con il volvolo

E. Guida

2019/4 — pag. 255-257

Infezioni con il nervoso: Borrelia

A. Gozzi, C. Po’, L. Grazian, S. Martelossi

2019/4 — pag. 255-257

Una stipsi funzionale in un adolescente

P. Pascolo

2019/4 — pag. 255-257

Amartoma ipotalamico e crisi gelastiche

M. Carrozzi, A. Skabar, C.E. Marras

2019/4 — pag. 258-260

Gelastic seizures (GS) are a rare form of epilepsy characterised by inappropriate, uncontrolled laughter. They usually originate from hypothalamic hamartomas. The paper presents a case of GS for which EEG and MR initially excluded the diagnosis made ...

Psychiatric boarding Vaccinazione anti-HPV: un trionfo (e qualche questione aperta) La salute degli adolescenti Osteomielite da BCG: avete mai visto? Io, robot Atassia

2019/4 — pag. 213-214

Sovrappeso ma non solo: come riconoscere le obesità sindromiche

M. Ferrario, P. Cianci, A. Bosco, A. Selicorni

2019/4 — pag. 223-230

Obesity is a complex and multifactorial disease resulting from the interaction between genes and environment. The increasing prevalence of obesity in paediatric age needs a reasoned approach to obese children and the identification of also less fre...

Tick-borne encephalitis con associato quadro autoimmune? Due in una

R. Pillon

2019/4 — pag. 92-92

Medici certificatoriEmollienti nella dermatite atopicaBronchiolite e aderenza alle linee guidaScommettere sul futuro: il crollo demografico

2019/3 — pag. 148-150

Anafilassi sì o anafilassi no? Questo è il problema

P. Paganin

2019/3 — pag. 193-195

Coprimaterassi e allergia agli acari Faringite streptococcica, allergia, amoxicillina Schönlein-Henoch, proteinuria Mesalazina e allattamento

2019/3 — pag. 197

Non si attacca bene al seno: pensa anche al frenulo linguale corto

L. Morra, M. Pizzul, L. Godina

2019/3 — pag. 191-192

Vomito sospetto biliare: pensa al chirurgo

M. Frigeri

2019/3 — pag. 191-192

Sindrome di Waardenburg

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

2019/3 — pag. 185-187

L'oro in bocca

2019/3 — pag. 147

Le molte facce della istiocitosi a cellule di Langerhans

L. Picciano, R. Mancusi, M.C. Fedele, F. Palladino

2019/3 — pag. 52-52

Aritmia ipercinetica nonostante pregresso elettrocardiogramma da sforzo normale

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

2019/3 — pag. 45-45

Ruolo del pediatra nei disturbi dell’apprendimento

2019/2 — pag. 80-81

Ematuria, proteinuria e sindrome dello schiaccianoci

M. Pennesi

2019/2 — pag. 125-126

Spero possa farcela: storia di una adolescente

A. Ravaglia

2019/2 — pag. 125-126

Sindrome di Mowat-Wilson

P. Cianci, S. Tajè, A. Selicorni

2019/2 — pag. 119-121

Intossicazione da monossido di carbonio

F. Quarantiello, F. Gallicola, L. Timpone

2019/2 — pag. 83-90

Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning is one of the main causes of poisoning and death due to intoxication in nowadays society because of the characteristics of this gas, which make it unidentifiable in the environment, and of the many possible sources of...

Quando un attacco di panico… può portare all’intubazione

M. Venchiarutti, R. Ponti, E. Passone, F. Volpones, C. Bertossi, F. Fabbro, P. Cogo

2019/2 — pag. 35-35

Ipertransaminasemia ed epatomegalia: cerca una diagnosi!

C. Di Chiara, G. D’Onofrio, P.M. Pavanello, S. Martelossi

2019/2 — pag. 34-34

La sindrome da ruminazione

F. Corrias

2019/2 — pag. 33-33

Myasthenia gravis giovanile generalizzata

L. Di Genova, A. Paglino

2019/2 — pag. 27-29

Un neonato a termine ipotonico: pensa anche alla sindrome di Prader-Willi

M.C. Bariola, E. Vaccina, L. Lugli, A. Berardi, L. Lucaccioni, L. Iughetti, F. Ferrari

2019/1 — pag. 52-54

The paper describes the case of a term newborn infant, born by elective caesarean section with no prenatal and perinatal risk factors. He presented with an unexpected cardiorespiratory depression at birth, severe hypotonia, feeding problems and pecul...

Sindrome di Prader-Willi

P. Cianci, A. Bosco, M. Ferrario, A. Selicorni

2019/1 — pag. 49-51

Up-date sulla gestione del dolore del bambino in Pronto Soccorso

F. Benini, S. Congedi, C. Scalfaro, E. Barbi, A.F. Podestà, per Il Gruppo di Studio PIPER

2019/1 — pag. 19-27

Pain is a frequent symptom in paediatric population, especially in the emergency setting; nevertheless pain is poorly managed in clinical practice. The present paper aims to give an up-to-date analysis concerning paediatric pain in emergency units,...

Hikikomori interruptus

A. Skabar

2019/1 — pag. 10-11

Dolore neonatale, empatia materna e depressione postpartum: attivazione funzionali della corteccia cerebrale nella relazione madre-neonato

G. Caoduro

2019/1 — pag. 17-17

La sindrome dell'arteria spinale anteriore

E. Acampora, V. Mirra

2019/1 — pag. 14-14

Un neonato a termine ipotonico: pensa anche alla sindrome di Prader-Willi

M.C. Bariola, E. Vaccina, L. Lugli, A. Berardi, L. Lucaccioni, L. Iughetti, F. Ferrari

2019/1 — pag. 5-9

The paper describes the case of a term newborn infant, born by elective caesarean section with no prenatal and perinatal risk factors. He presented with an unexpected cardiorespiratory depression at birth, severe hypotonia, feeding problems and pecul...

Atlante dermatologico pediatrico alfabetico di Medico e Bambino R

2018/11

Pile

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

2018/10 — pag. 662-663

Sindrome di Angelman

L. Bettini, P. Cianci, A. Selicorni

2018/10 — pag. 655-657

Desensibilizzazione in pillole Il sonno dei giusti 50 miliardi di dollari all’anno Febbre, virus, batteri… e esami (inutili?) Paracetamolo dopo la convulsione febbrile Genere non conforme Implicazioni cliniche della ricerca di base

2018/10 — pag. 623-624