Skeleton

Raro, atipico e simulatore: l’osteoma osteoide che non ti aspetti

Caridi C, Rosina S.

2026/3 — pag. 184-187 — DOI

An 11-year-old girl presented with limping and right hip pain, initially mistaken for a rheumatological disease (i.e. arthritis) due to the presence of joint fluid. Further investigations showed the real cause: an osteoid osteoma....

L'avulsione della spina iliaca anteriore

Zerjal K

2026/3 — pag. 80-81 — DOI

The paper describes the case of a 14-year-old male presenting to the Emergency Unit with continuous pain in the right iliac fossa and a slight limp. Initially suspected to be acute appendicitis, the clinical picture was reconsidered due to negative i...

“Piedi a papera”: disinformazione, anatomia e clinicaUn approccio razionale all’andatura in extrarotazione nei bambini

Volpe E

2026/2 — pag. 49-50 — DOI

Out-toeing gait in children, commonly referred to by parents as “duck feet,” is a very frequent reason for paediatric consultation. This expression often leads to the suspicion of a foot problem, while in most cases the condition is benign and relate...

Marco: troppa forza per le proprie ossa… Giona, ala destra: uno scatto sulla fascia Luca, il tennista: uno scatto sotto rete

2026/1 — pag. 21-24 — DOI

Le spondiloartropatie giovanili

Ballaben A, Vrinceanu A, Pastore S, Taddio A.

2025/9 — pag. 563-567 — DOI

Juvenile spondyloarthropathies (JSpA) are a heterogeneous group of chronic inflammatory diseases, including enthesitis-related arthritis (ERA), juvenile psoriatic arthritis (JPsA) and undifferentiated arthritis. Many clinical features overlap with ot...

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

2025/8 — pag. 535 — DOI

Una Kawasaki che mima una Guillain-Barré

Miotto D

2025/8 — pag. 220-221 — DOI

A 19-month-old boy presented with gait instability and lower limb weakness, initially suggestive of Guillain-Barré syndrome or transverse myelitis. Clinical features including fever, rash, conjunctivitis, sterile pyuria and elevated inflammation mark...

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...

Pianto e stipsi di recente insorgenza

2025/7 — pag. 427-429 — DOI

Mano gonfia e spina ventosa

2025/6 — pag. 355-358 — DOI

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...

Associazione VATER/VACTERL

Scupilliti S, Vancini A, Selicorni A

2025/5 — pag. 317-319 — DOI

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 ...

Quando la sinusite si complica: il caso del tumore di Pott

Ranieri A, Bellini E, Pierantoni L, Andreozzi L, Dondi A, Campoli C, Zucchelli M, Lanari M

2025/4 — pag. 99-100 — DOI

A 12-year-old girl presented to the paediatric emergency room with a painful frontal swelling and fever. Clinical and radiological findings revealed complicated frontal sinusitis with pneumocephalus. Despite initial improvement following endoscopic d...

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...

Cisti mediana del collo: cisti del dotto tireoglosso o cisti dermoide? Tumefazione delle dita e verruche

2024/10 — pag. 665 — DOI

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

Lanzetta MA.

2024/8 — pag. 532-534 — DOI

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

Articolazioni e loro eccessive reazioni

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

2024/8 — pag. 532-534 — DOI

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

Una lesione “toc-toc” dello sterno

Di Nora A, Razza S, Levantino L

2024/8 — pag. 531 — DOI

A 30-month-old child presents with a swelling on the sternum, which appeared after a febrile episode. Following a MR he is diagnosed with SELSTOC (Self Limiting Sternal Tumour), a rare inflammation of the sternocostal joint that resolves spontaneousl...

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

Lanzetta MA

2024/8 — pag. 162-162 — DOI

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

Articolazioni e loro eccessive reazioni

Scarlato L, Krzysztofiak A, Romani L, Lancetta L

2024/8 — pag. 160-161 — DOI

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

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....

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...

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 ...

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...

Un male tremendo proprio lì... sulla tibia

Sambugaro D.

2024/1 — pag. 50-53 — DOI

The author describes the case of a boy diagnosed with tibial osteoid osteoma by video chat during the lockdown...

E se fosse Lyme?

Terenzi F

2023/10 — pag. 222-222 — DOI

The case of a 16-year-old adolescent with knee monoarthritis that has lasted for 6 months is presented. The diagnosis of Lyme disease was finally made based on serological test....

Rientramenti sottosternali, distress respiratorio, discinesia ciliare Tibia vara, varismo arti inferiori

2023/9 — pag. 605 — DOI

Lesioni ossee simmetriche e drepanocitosi

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

2023/6 — pag. 399-402 — DOI

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

Lesioni ossee simmetriche e drepanocitosi

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

2023/6 — pag. 100-101 — DOI

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

Un’osteomielite cronica attraverso il Mediterraneo

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

2023/4 — pag. 55-59 — DOI

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

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....

Acondroplasia

Calderara ML, Selicorni A.

2023/1 — pag. 49-51 — DOI

Un’insolita ipertensione polmonare

Todero S, Hasan T, Ragni L, Donti A

2023/1 — pag. 13-13 — DOI

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

Una tumefazione sternale: un semplice ematoma, o c’è dell’altro?

Greco M, Varriale G, Tamborino A

2022/7 — pag. 150-151 — DOI

The case of a 6-year-old boy with sternal swelling finally diagnosed as sternal osteomyelitis is described....

La diagnosi di craniostenosi: alcune riflessioni per il pediatra

Genitori L, Massimetti M, Scagnet M.

2022/6 — pag. 365-370 — DOI

Microcephaly is a medical condition involving a smaller-than-normal head. Microcephaly may present at birth or it may develop in the first few years of life. Patients with this disorder often have an intellectual disability, poor motor function, poor...

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....

Scrocchiarsi le dita: osteocondrosi della testa metacarpale

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

2022/3 — pag. 71-71 — DOI

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

Una tumefazione dell’osso in sede parietale

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

2022/2 — pag. 115-116 — DOI

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. ...

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. ...

Scoliosi da ortopedico perché sindromiche

Baldo F

2021/7 — pag. 222-222 — DOI

The paper describes two cases of DiGeorge syndrome and syndromic scoliosis. In the first one, the delay of the surgical intervention significantly compromised the quality of life and the final result. The author stresses the importance of a prompt su...

Una sacroileite poco infiammatoria

Carbogno S

2021/7 — pag. 221-221 — DOI

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

Una storia che zoppica

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

2021/6 — pag. 379-382 — DOI

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

Ginocchio valgo punto per punto: quello che deve sapere il pediatra

Genovese MRL, Vittoria F, Grasso R, Barbi E, Carbone M

2021/5 — pag. 303-307 — DOI

Knee valgus is one of the most frequent paediatric orthopaedic problems based on the evaluation by the paediatricians. Most cases are physiological variants that resolve spontaneously with growth, however pathological cases require surgical treatment...

Uno strano torcicollo

Bizzarri I, Di Genova L, Paglino A

2021/3 — pag. 85-85 — DOI

Foramina parietalia permagna: descrizione di un caso clinico e revisione della letteratura

Mazzoni S, Guidi B, Tavani F

2021/2 — pag. 51-54 — DOI

The purpose of the present work is to expose the defects of parietal bone ossification and to identify the criteria for differential diagnosis and brain changes related to the condition, with particular attention to the venous developmental anomalies...

Torcicollo resistente

A. Filpo

2020/7 — pag. 191-191 — DOI

Una scoliosi rapidamente progressiva

B. Bossini

2020/26 — pag. 166-166 — DOI

Ematoma spinale epidurale spontaneo in Pediatria

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

2020/5 — pag. 106-109 — DOI

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

Tubercolosi al ginocchio

A. Caserta

2020/3 — pag. 59-59

Un'artrite settica un po' alla volta

L. Mambelli, C. Radice, F. Marchetti

2020/2 — pag. 129-130

Un'artrite settica un po' alla volta

L. Mambelli, C. Radice, F. Marchetti

2020/2 — pag. 35-35

Un caso di zoppia: l’istiocitosi a cellule di Langerhans

C. Pizza, G. Trippella, I. Maccora, E. Sieni

2019/10 — pag. 249-249

Una sporgenza laterale del piede

R. Oliveto, D. Scucchiari

2019/9 — pag. 589-590

Craniostenosi ed ecografia Allattamento al seno e micro... clima La Pedagogia linguistica: la parola “cucunah” Scienza, fantascienza, vaccinazioni e metodologia della ricerca

2019/8 — pag. 490-492

Una bambina piccola con le dita coniche

V. Carrato, A.G. Grasso

2019/7 — pag. 154-154

Agenesia rotulea, ipoplasia ungueale e nail-patella syndrome

F. Baldo

2019/7 — pag. 150-150

Sotto la berretta: trigonocefalia

I. Giuseppin

2019/4 — pag. 255-257

Troppo dolore per un’artrite

G. Ferrara, M. Massaro, T. Giani, G. Simonini, S. Lazzeri, R. Cimaz

2019/3 — pag. 51-51

Puntura lombare: una questione di posizione

S. Della Paolera, A. Galimberti

2019/2 — pag. 117-118

Pillole di clavic... ultura

M. Bevacqua, A. Trombetta, F. Verzegnassi, F. Poropat, E. Barbi, A. Ventura

2018/6 — pag. 391-394

The paper presents the cases of tree children with clavicular swelling and a different final diagnosis that offered the opportunity to discuss the key points for the differential diagnosis of clavicular swelling and to draw a rational diagnostic wo...

Quando una artrite di un ginocchio nasconde una malattia di Crohn

M. Mazzolai

2018/5 — pag. 328-330

Le due facce di una osteomielite

A. Fumarola, A. Galimberti, S. Pusceddu, L. Mambelli, F. Marchetti

2018/5 — pag. 328-330

Il bambino con coxalgia

S. Carbogno

2018/5 — pag. 325-327

Artrite settica del ginocchio o artrite idiopatica giovanile monoarticolare?

M. Mazzolai

2018/4 — pag. 259-261

Sindrome di Rokitansky e dintorni: cosa deve sapere il pediatra

M.C. Pellegrin, F. Corrias, M. Bramuzzo, F. Scrimin, E. Cattaruzzi, G. Tornese, E. Faleschini, A. Ventura

2018/3 — pag. 165-171

Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome (MRKHS) is a rare congenital disorder characterised by variable aplasia of the uterus and the upper part of the vagina in women with a normal 46,XX karyotype and normal ovarian function. It may be isolated (t...

La pachidermodattilia

M. Mazzolai, S. Naviglio, A. Ventura

2018/2 — pag. 105-107

Pachydermodactyly is a rare form of benign digital fibromatosis characterised by asymptomatic, progressive swelling of periarticular soft tissues, usually of proximal interphalangeal joints, without signs or symptoms of arthritis. The diagnosis is ...

Quando manca la pelle e… anche l’osso

S. Ghirardo, M. Mauro

2017/10

Pronto Soccorso

G. Facchina

2017/7 — pag. 460

Un dolore acuto alla gamba dopo il calcio a un pallone

C. Udina, S. Minguzzi, L. Mambelli, M. Cavini, F. Marchetti

2017/7 — pag. 465-466

The paper presents a case of a 10-year-old boy with acute groin pain after kicking a ball. Pain was exacerbated by exerting pressure on the anteromedial region of the thigh and by abduction/extra rotation of the leg. Ultrasonography revealed asymmetr...

Coxalgia benigna o artrite settica?

F. Marchetti, G. Papucci, C. Udina, L. Mambelli

2017/7 — pag. 435-439

Children with a painful hip present a diagnostic challenge since clinical differentiation between septic arthritis and transient synovitis may be difficult. Septic arthritis, a potentially life-threatening and debilitating medical emergency, requir...

Una rara zoppia

S. Carbogno

2017/7

Tempus fugit… e la tumefazione persiste!

C.M. Pini, F. Lorenzoni, R. Consolini

2017/7

Un dolore acuto alla gamba dopo il calcio a un pallone

C. Udina, S. Minguzzi, L. Mambelli, M. Cavini, F. Marchetti

2017/7

The paper presents a case of a 10-year-old boy with acute groin pain after kicking a ball. Pain was exacerbated by exerting pressure on the anteromedial region of the thigh and by abduction/extra rotation of the leg. Ultrasonography revealed asymmetr...

Una presentazione atipica di mastoidite acuta con tumefazione dei tessuti molli in sede temporo-mandibolare

C. Udina, S. Dal Bo, G. Papucci, P. Cenni, F. Marchetti

2017/6 — pag. 395-396

The paper presents a case of acute mastoiditis with atypical presentation, characterized by high fever, painful oedema in the temporo-mandibular region and disability in opening the mouth. Pain was exacerbated by exerting pressure on the temporal bon...

Una presentazione atipica di mastoidite acuta con tumefazione dei tessuti molli in sede temporo-mandibolare

C. Udina, S. Dal Bo, G. Papucci, P. Cenni, F. Marchetti

2017/6

The paper presents a case of acute mastoiditis with atypical presentation, characterized by high fever, painful oedema in the temporo-mandibular region and disability in opening the mouth. Pain was exacerbated by exerting pressure on the temporal bon...

Una rara causa di sindrome di Claude-Bernard-Horner

L. Garassino, I. Raffaldi, I. Tardivo, A.F. Urbino

2017/2

Claude-Bernard-Horner syndrome is a disorder of the oculosympathetic pathway. At the onset, the classic triad of signs and symptoms consists in eyelid ptosis, ipsilateral miosis and facial anhidrosis. In children, the etiologies of this syndrome coul...

È tutta colpa di Currarino

V. Silecchia, M. Magnani, M. Cananzi, B. Giorgi, M. Marchiori, C. Vallongo

2016/9 — pag. 596-598

L’altra faccia della medaglia

B. Sacher

2016/9

Piede piatto flessibile: una revisione critica

S. Lazzeri

2016/8 — pag. 501-505

Flexible flatfoot in children is very common and children are frequently referred to the paediatric orthopaedic surgeon. Most of these patients are asymptomatic, yet they receive treatment although recent systematic reviews conclude that the eviden...

Il radiologo e la scoliosi Dalla EBM alla medicina nomica: verso una nuova epistemologia? Latte materno e celiachia Riflessioni su ruoli e funzioni della pediatria di famiglia (e non solo)

2016/6 — pag. 352-353

What a PHACE!

S. Casagranda, M. Mariani, S. Maitz, A. Selicorni

2016/6

Distacchi apofisari

S. Nider

2016/5 — pag. 323-324

Torcicollo a tuttalè!

E. Coccolini, P. Bruzzi, P. Bergonzini, L. Iughetti

2016/2 — pag. 120-122

Tutti giù per terra!

A. Guala

2015/9

Troppe artriti per Erlis

I. Mula

2015/7

Spalle strette

M.C. Pellegrin

2015/3 — pag. 189-192

Inspiegabili bernoccoli

M.C. Pellegrin, A. Delise, D. Sanabor, E. Faleschini, I. Bruno

2015/3

Fibrous dysplasia (FD) is a nonhereditary benign condition in which medullary bone is replaced by immature bone and fibrous tissue. It accounts for 7% of all benign bone tumours and usually presents in the first three decades of life. FD arises f...

Trisomia e torcicollo

S. Lega, M. Carbone, G. Chiaffoni

2015/2 — pag. 111-114

Up to 15% of children with Down syndrome have atlanto-axial instability (AAI) due to constitutional ligament hyperlaxity. Symptomatic disease occurs in 3% of patients: most frequently neurological symptoms of spinal cord compression slowly progress...

Sulle spine...

S. Lega, I. Rabach, E. Panontin, E. Barbi

2015/1 — pag. 53-54

Gabrio, il bimbo in punta di piede

C. Bibalo, V. Guastalla, C. Sandrin

2015/1

Uno strano torcicollo

R. Pillon

2014/8

L’osteomielite cronica multifocale ricorrente: se la conosci la riconosci

G. Ferrara, C. Sandrin, S. Pastore, G. Gortani, A. Taddio, A. Ventura

2014/7 — pag. 433-437

Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis (CRMO) is a rare inflammatory disorder that primarily affects children. Pathogenesis is still unknown. It is characterized by insidious onset of pain, local bone expansion and radiological findings suggest...

Un caso di sindrome di Goldenhar con interessamento bilaterale

E. Fiorentini, A. Baroni, M. Giampietri, F. Lorenzoni, L. Bartalena, P. Ghirri, A. Boldrini

2014/7

Una capriola “di troppo” come causa di emorragia del clivus

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

2014/6 — pag. 397-399

“Ubi pus ibi... expecta et observa”

A. Tonetto, I. Giuseppin

2014/6

Un gran male al ginocchio

C. Sandrin, G. Ferrara

2014/6

Ipoacusia monolaterale permanente nel bambino: approccio diagnostico e impatto sulla vita del paziente

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

2014/6

Una tumefazione sternale da osteomielite

M. Giovannini, F. Pugliese, L. Casadio, F. Marchetti

2014/4 — pag. 257-259

Primary sternal osteomyelitis cases are rare. The etiological agents are those of osteomyelitis. In the case presented the hypothetical diagnosis was osteomyelitis caused by Kingella kingae, a pathogenic bacterium that is a frequent cause of osteomye...

Una tumefazione sternale da osteomielite

M. Giovannini, F. Pugliese, L. Casadio, F. Marchetti

2014/4

Primary sternal osteomyelitis cases are rare. The etiological agents are those of osteomyelitis. In the case presented the hypothetical diagnosis was osteomyelitis caused by Kingella kingae, a pathogenic bacterium that is a frequent cause of osteomye...

La sindrome di Sever “Viral wheezing” nel lattante Distanziatori e asma

2014/3 — pag. 191

Le osteocondrosi degli arti inferiori

M. Carbone

2014/3 — pag. 165-169

Osteochondrosis is a term used to describe a group of disorders that affect the growing skeleton. The exact etiology of these disorders is unknown, but genetic causes, repetitive trauma, vascular abnormalities, and mechanical factors may all play a...

Una storia che si ripete ovvero... una zoppia “alla Benigni”

A. Delise

2014/3

Avevo una cosa per la testa…

S. Ciccone, E. Maria G. Marrella, A. Fumarola, S. Tagliati, E. Fiumana

2014/1

Un bambino nato con la coda in testa

I. Berti

2013/10

Pseudoaneurisma post-traumatico del dorso del piede in età pediatrica

S. Nieri, M. D’Amato, S. Parmigiani

2013/8

The Authors report the case of an 11-year-old child observed in the outpatient clinic of Paediatric Ultrasound for the examination of a soft swelling on the dorsal surface of the forefoot in the space between 1st and 2nd metatarsal bone, which was ne...

Un vero grattacapo

A. Pirrone

2013/6

Una strana artrite settica dell’anca

C. Mandato, D. De Brasi, F. Esposito, S. Vetrella, P. Siani

2013/3 — pag. 191-193

The paper reports the case of a 3-year-old girl presenting with septic arthritis of left hip with poor clinical response to treatments. The child had been treated for at least 3 weeks by hip joint drainage and antibiotic therapy based on synovial ...

Una strana artrite settica dell’anca

C. Mandato, D. De Brasi, F. Esposito, S. Vetrella, P. Siani

2013/3

The paper reports the case of a 3-year-old girl presenting with septic arthritis of left hip with poor clinical response to treatments. The child had been treated for at least 3 weeks by hip joint drainage and antibiotic therapy based on synovial flu...

Cisti dermoide nasale con estensione intracranica in un bambino di due anni. Cosa è? Come si tratta?

D. Salsi, E. Pasquini, V. Armaroli, D. Minghetti, P. Cenni, F. Marchetti

2013/3

Nasal dermoid sinus cysts (NDSC) are rare congenital midline nasal lesions, accounting for over 60% of all midline nasal lesions in children. The frequency of intracranial extensions varies from 5% to 45% of cases. The gold standard for the treatment...

Un Perthes d’altri tempi: quando a insegnare sono i “vecchi” testi

C. Geraci, M. Bensa, M. Pocecco

2012/9 — pag. 598-599

Sembrava solo un trauma cranico...

L. Matarazzo

2012/7

Piccolo Proust

A. Skabar

2012/6 — pag. 397-398

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

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

2012/6

Coxalgia a 12 anni: un solo pensiero?

F. De Maddi, M. Torino, P. Siani

2012/1 — pag. 51-52

Coxalgia benigna o artrite settica?

S. Crocco, C. Bibalo, F. Minen, M. Pizzul, F. Marchetti

2012/1 — pag. 51-52

Crying infant?... non solo coliche!

R. Cinelli, F. Lotito, G. Pipola, L. De Catals, G. Alifano, B. Coppola, G. Mazzarella

2011/2

A newborn younger than 30 days old shows a clinical picture very similar to that of colic: crying episodes, good general conditions, exclusive breastfeeding, normal weight growth, no temperature Despite normal laboratory values, a septic arthritis of...

Crying infant?... non solo coliche!

R. Cinelli, F. Lotito, G. Pipola, L. De Cataldis, G. Alifano, B. Coppola, G. Mazzarella

2011/2 — pag. 125-126

A newborn younger than 30 days old shows a clinical picture very similar to that of colic: crying episodes, good general conditions, exclusive breastfeeding, normal weight growth, no temperature. Despite normal laboratory values, a septic arthrit...

Prevenzione dei problemi ortopedici dei mascellariLinee Guida Nazionali per la promozione della salute orale e la prevenzione delle patologie orali in età evolutiva - Parte quarta

Gruppo Ministeriale Linee Guida per la Promozione della Salute Orale e la Prevenzione delle Patologie orali in età evolutiva

2010/6 — pag. 379-382

Breast-feeding has a beneficial effect on the oral and facial structure development and it should be encouraged. Bottle-feeding more easily leads to non-nutritive sucking. After the third year of life, maintaining this habit could lead to malocclus...

Depressione congenita del cranio nel neonato: presentazione di un caso clinico

D. Bove, N. De Paulis, M. Giorgino, G. Pepe, A. Seccia

2010/6

Deformità di Madelung

2010/5 — pag. 325-326

Due lesioni ossee

C. Gussoni

2009/9

Ali di farfalla

E. Rizzello, A. Taddio, F. Poropat

2009/4

Osteoma osteoide trattato con ablazione percutanea con radiofrequenze: descrizione di un caso

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

2009/3 — pag. 189-190

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

Osteoma osteoide trattato con ablazione percutanea con radiofrequenze: descrizione di un caso

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

2009/3

Parotite (o paroditite) ricorrente giovanile e malocclusione dentaria

E. Bernkopf, G.C. De Vincentiis

2008/9

Esostosi della testa fibulare e compressionedel nervo peroneale: descrizione di un casoin un adolescente

R. Fagioli, S. Brachi, G. Borsari, S. Rinieri, E. Gastaldo

2008/7 — pag. 463-464

The peroneal nerve is frequently involved in cases of lesions or entrapment in the lower limb. In literature, only few cases have been reported on peroneal nerve compression by a benign bone growth, such as exostosis. We report the case of a 13 y...

Esostosi della testa fibulare e compressione del nervo peroneale: descrizione di un caso in un adolescente

R. Fagioli, S. Brachi, G. Borsari, S. Rinieri, E. Gastaldo

2008/7

Un percorso troppo breve

Antonio Pulella, Rocco Cavaliere, Angela Tisci, Marco Rabusin

2008/5 — pag. 319-321

A 10-year-old girl was admitted with a 3-month history of pain in her knee joints. The pain had been occasional, very short, particularly prominent at night, when she woke up and then fell asleep again. The knee joints were warm, but there was no li...

Una zoppia di difficile inquadramento diagnostico

F. De Maddi, R. De Ritis, F. Di Pietto, P. Siani

2007/10 — pag. 667-668

We describe the symptoms in a girl, aged 12 years, who presented hip pain and we analyse the initial clinical picture and its worsening. It needs to be differentiated from septic arthritis, pyomyositis and transient synovitis among other disease. Sep...

Una zoppia di difficile inquadramento diagnostico

F. De Maddi, R. De Ritis, F. Di Pietto, P. Siani

2007/10

Una ragazza con una tumefazione claveare

A. Lorusso, L. Lepore, L. Ammar

2007/5

Formazione ipo-anecogena in sede sopraioidea

I. Rabach, A. Lorusso, D.L. Grasso, F. Zennaro, E. Barbi

2007/3 — pag. 185-187

Rischi del trattamento ortodontico

P. Auconi

2007/3 — pag. 161-166

The popularity of orthodontic devices masks the difficulties encountered in their use: the need for constant and continued engagement and possible side-effects, which may occasionally be serious. Besides helping the dentist in early diagnosis of malo...

Teste piccole, teste grandi, teste storte

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

2007/3 — pag. 155-159

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

Bifosfonati e osteonecrosi della mandibola

G. Tornese

2007/1

Screening per la displasia evolutiva dell'ancaImpatto sull'outcome diagnostico e terapeutico su una popolazione di 6152 bambini

E. Mazzoleni, F. Braga, R. Pelizzari

2007/1

Il bambino che cammina con i piedi in fuori: ovvero la retroversione dei colli femorali

AC. Scapinelli, R. Scapinelli

2006/4 — pag. 235-239

The Authors report the data from the literature and the results of a study conducted in 47 subjects (of whom the majority were children), showing diminished anteversion of the femoral necks. This is a frequent and usually benign skeletal abnormality,...

Pseudoartrosi congenita della clavicola: descrizione di un caso

P. Meglio

2006/2 — pag. 119-121

We report the case of the congenital pseudarthrosis of the clavicle (PAC) in a female child aged 1 year and 9 months. PAC is a rare disease which is normally present at birth even though diagnosis may sometimes be delayed due to the absence of the ch...

Pseudoartrosi congenita della clavicola: descrizione di un caso

P. Meglio

2006/2

Dalla clinica all'esame strumentale: un ragazzo con sepsi e dolore alla gamba

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

2006/2

Torcicollo ricorrente nell’infanzia e patologia malformativa neurologica

G. La Placa, M. Andreotti, C. Pradella, R. Besana

2005/3 — pag. 186-186

Torticollis is a clinical malformation which may be due to congenital, traumatic, inflammatory or neurological malformations. The Authors describe a case of a ten years old girl with recurrent torticollis, with a rate of three-four attacks/year ch...

PANDAS e dintorniLCAAncora alitosiSorrisiTest del sudoreEcografia dell’anca

2004/11 — pag. 682

Una bambina con febbre e dolore alle ossa

S. Bassanese, T. Gerarduzzi, F. Marchetti

2004/4

Una bambina con febbre e dolore alle ossa

S. Bassanese, T. Gerarduzzi, F. Marchetti

2004/4

La sindrome dello stretto toracico nel bambino e nell’adolescente

G. Vercellio et al.

2004/2 — pag. 95-99

TOS is considered a relatively rare clinical condition. In most of cases TOS affects young men and women in their third - fourth decade of life, without any sex prevalence. In children and adolescents it is currently considered an exceptional findi...

Domande e risposte

2003/5 — pag. 328-330

Ruolo della scintigrafia ossea nella diagnosi precoce delle lesioni infiammatorie del rachide in eta' pediatrica

C. Milocco, S. Facchini, V. Leone, R. Ciambra, M. Pocecco

2002/8

Scintigrafia ossea e lesioni infiammatorie del rachide in età pediatrica

2002/8 — pag. 537

Report of three cases of spondilodiscitis and one case of sacro-ileitis, one of them induced by Bartonella henselae, and the others without any demonstrated aetiology. For two of them, NMR was negative, and for all of them, scintigraphy with Tc99 ...

Meningite dopo trauma cranico

G. Bartolozzi

2002/2

Tumefazioni simmetriche non dolenti a carico delle dita delle mani

C. Malattia, S. Buratti, F. Temporini, S. Viola, A. Ravelli, A. Martini

2002/1 — pag. 53

Miofibromatosi congenita

I. Marinelli, A. Vendemiati, C. Fiorentini, F. Arcangeli

2001/10 — pag. 697-697

Congenital myofibromatosis can be cutaneous or visceral. Report of a case featuring multiple elements, both endophytic and exophytic, which appeared after birth and spontaneously regressed. One of them was accompanied by a lack in cranial bones....

Ancora sulla SIDS e sulla sindrome del QT lungoL’uso dei FANS COX-2 ha conseguenze sulla riproduzioneTrattamento con GH nell’insufficienza renale cronicaMa va là! Celiachia anche nel colon irritabile?Ossa nasali e screening prenatale della sindrome di DownLa vitamina D riduce il rischio di diabete mellito tipo 1Interferone alfa: molto bene se l’epatite è acutaL’infezione da virus dell’epatite B in USA prima della vaccinazioneHai voluto la televisione? E adesso pedala!Quando l’influenza non è l’influenzaAncora contro il “mito” della resistenza allo pneumococco

2001/10 — pag. 651-652

Un caso di zoppia

G. Maranzana

2001/9

Artrite asettica varicellosa pre-esantematica

F. Lizzoli, S. Fiocchi, A. Fiocchi

2001/9 — pag. 624-625

Report of a case of pre-exanthematic varicella arthritis and review of the relevant literature. The articular localisation of the virus can occur during the first viraemia (4-6 days after infection) or during the second viraemia (9-14 days); moreo...

Il piede piatto e l’ansia della prevenzione

G. Taglialavoro, G. Maranzana, G. Longo

2001/8 — pag. 537-540

Lo sport fa sempre bene?

A. Marchi

2000/3 — pag. 167-172

Sports-related injuries are particularly frequent and severe in pediatric age and specially in adolescents. In one year period, in Trieste, 4% of the population aged 6-15 years suffered from sports-related injuries. In 25% of cases injuries were cl...

Un'anca sofferente con ecografia negativa

G. Lemmo

1999/10

Un’anca sofferente con ecografia negativa nel piccolo lattante

G. Lemmo

1999/10 — pag. 657-658

Lussazione congenita dell'ancaIl caso

D. Bello

1999/7

Una scoliosi malformativa

D. Bello

1999/6

Osteocondrite dissecante del ginocchio

D. Bello

1999/5

Osteofiti

G. Maranzana

1999/3

Un caso istruttivo di disostosi spondilometafisaria

D. Bello

1999/2

Un bambino con scafocefalia

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

1999/2 — pag. 123-124

Un osso... di gatto

A.G. Lodi

1999/2 — pag. 118

Le craniosinostosi, viste dal pediatra

G. Bartolozzi, P.A. Donati

1999/1

Una coxalgia che nasconde un Perthes

D. Bello

1998/10

Una coxalgia che nasconde un perthes

1998/10 — pag. 645

Valgismo monolaterale del ginocchio

D. Bello

1998/8

Da piede lasso a piede piatto. l’uso del calcaneo-stop

1998/7 — pag. 446

La displasia evolutiva dell’anca

G. Atti, P. Farina, P. Varni

1998/7 — pag. 431-438

Developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) describes a wide range of hip abnormalities, from a shallow acetabulum to a dislocated hip. The abnormality can be present at birth but also occur at later stages. Without therapy, patients with completel...

Le malocclusioni di terza classe

D. Giunta, G. Alessandri Bonetti

1997/3 — pag. 184-189

The Authors describe classification and diagnostic clues for Class III malocclusion. The “dental” type of Class III malocclusion can be diagnosed on clinical grounds while the “skeletal” type requires X-rays for a more precise classification. Th...