Splenomegalia

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

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

2025/8 — pag. 530 — DOI

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

Galeotto fu il parvovirus

Vecchi M, Cavalleri L

2025/8 — pag. 215-216 — DOI

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

Splenomegalia e malattia di Gaucher

Piccioni A, Santoro L, Bruschi B, Lionetti ME, Pugliese F

2025/7 — pag. 187-187 — DOI

A 4-year-old girl, asymptomatic and in good general health, is referred to a paediatric Haemato-Oncology centre for splenomegaly associated with mild anaemia and thrombocytopenia. Initial suspicion of leukaemia is ruled out after thorough clinical, l...

Wilson Wilson Wilson

Carciofi A, Pugliese F, D'alba I, Coccia P, Lionetti ME, Gatti S

2025/5 — pag. 120-121 — DOI

A 13-year-old boy was admitted with abdominal pain, vomiting and unexplained cytopoenia. Initial investigations showed splenomegaly, ileal wall thickening, hepatic structural alterations and persistent pancytopenia. Extensive infectious, haematologic...

Colecistite acuta da EBV

Favaretto E

2025/1 — pag. 21-22 — DOI

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

La solita anemia sideropenica non responsiva

Talloa D

2023/3 — pag. 54-54 — DOI

The author describes the case of a 15-year-old girl presenting with unresponsive iron deficiency anaemia and splenomegaly finally diagnosed as Gaucher’s disease....

Quando non trascurare la splenomegalia nel lattante

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

2021/8 — pag. 501-507 — DOI

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

Ematemesi rivelatrice

R. Pillon

2019/8 — pag. 207-207

Troppo stanca troppo presto: la leucemia mielomonocitica giovanile

S. Contorno

2019/4 — pag. 95-95

Manifestazioni dell’infezione da virus di Epstein-Barr nel paziente con immunodeficit

F. Zunica, F. Saettini, A. Biondi, R. Badolato

2019/3 — pag. 163-169

Recurrent respiratory infections are frequent in healthy children. The association with peculiar signs and symptoms such as splenomegaly, lymphopenia, and hypogammaglobulinemia should induce suspicion of primary immunodeficiency (PID). The describe...

Un’emolisi ben mascherata

G. Del Borrello

2018/6

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

L’anemia che fa male

A. Bonadies, G. Rispoli

2017/7 — pag. 465-466

L’anemia che fa male

A. Bonadies, G. Rispoli

2017/7

Un fenotipo ALPS e una diagnosi inaspettata... di malattia di Gaucher

A. Beccaria, A. Mariani

2017/6

Una splenomegalia… per caso

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

2016/4

Quando la sferocitosi incontra il chirurgo

C. Bibalo

2015/6

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

Wandering spleen in età pediatrica

L. Radillo, M. Maschio, A. Taddio, S. Furlan, E. Barbi

2014/10 — pag. 659-662

È proprio colpa del gattino?

S. Nider

2014/1

Linfoadenite monolaterale con milza “impallinata”: quale diagnosi?

A. Zucchini, P. Ricciardelli, F. Marchetti

2014/1

Leishmania: un parassita, molte infezioni

S. Virano, D. Le Serre, S. Garazzino, E. Silvestro, P.A. Tovo

2012/8

A 10-year-old child presented with persistent fever, relevant hepatosplenomegaly and pancytopenia. Abdominal US imaging, serology for most relevant pathogens and Leishmania, PCR for Parvovirus B19 and bone marrow sample were performed in order to...

Milza contorsionista

G. Cozzi, M. Maschio, E. Barbi

2010/6

La splenomegalia

M. Rabusin, F. Patarino

2007/8 — pag. 493-499

The spleen in infants and children is involved in a wide variety of pathological conditions. Splenic disorders may be isolated like splenic cysts or, more frequently, due to multiorgan or systemic disease including hepatic diseases, malignancy, hemo...

Una strana epatite autoimmune

G. Maggiore

2007/5 — pag. 320

Una milza enorme...

Mario Furbetta, Stefanie Rempp

2007/4 — pag. 255-256

Una dattilite bilaterale simmetrica

M. Lazzerini

2004/2

Una dattilite bilaterale simmetrica

M. Lazzerini

2004/2

Una dattilite bilaterale simmetrica

M. Lazzerini

2004/2

Una dattilite bilaterale simmetrica

M. Lazzerini

2004/2

Una dattilite bilaterale simmetrica

M. Lazzerini

2004/2

Le β-talassemie

1999/8

Una splenomegalia febbrile con neutropenia

C. Malorgio

1998/9

Una splenomegalia febbrile con neutropenia

P. Tamaro, C. Malorgio

1998/9 — pag. 581