differential diagnosis

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 ...

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...

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...

La sindrome di Panayiotopoulos dal punto di vista del Pronto Soccorso: dove si nasconde?

M. Budel

2018/9

Torcicollo parossistico benigno dell’infanzia

C. Muratori, S. Strocchi, S. Mainetti, P. Ricciardelli, F. Marchetti

2018/3

Benign paroxysmal torticollis (BPT) is a rare paroxysmal dyskinesia presenting with recurrent stereotypic episodes of torticollis. The diagnosis is primarily one of pattern recognition and exclusion of alternative conditions; other symptoms, such...

La leucemia ridotta all’osso: fatti e misfatti

A.G. Grasso, C. Radice, F. Corrias, F. Verzegnassi, F. Marchetti

2017/7 — pag. 428-434

Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia (ALL) is the most common cancer disease in paediatric age. Even though in the last decade there has been a steady improve of the chances of survival from this disease, it is relatively uncommon in the life of a general...

Quella strana pallina sulla guancia: un caso di mucocele orale

F. Forte

2016/8

Un "incidentaloma" post-traumatico

V. Genchi, C. Cafagno, R. Francavilla

2016/6

The paper reports a case of pseudopapillary solid tumour of the pancreas, or Frantz tumour or Hamoudi tumour, accidentally discovered after a traumatic event. US + ECD, CT and MRI were used for final diagnosis, suspected by the imaging and histologic...

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...

Cheilite granulomatosa: descrizione di un caso clinico

P. Serraino, L. Cattaneo, D. De Benedetti, R. Lera, A. Secco, F. Pesce

2013/7

Granulomatous cheilitis in the paediatric population may be an initial manifestation of Crohn’s disease. The article reports the case of a 13-year-old boy who presented with epigastralgia and fever for ten days. Nine months before he had been diagnos...

Casi contributivi, casi indimenticabili: quanto, perché e come le riviste mediche devono raccontarli?

F. Marchetti

2011/6

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...

Aftosi orale ricorrente: una, nessuna, centomila

Gianluca Tornese, Ines L'Erario, Loredana Lepore, Giovanna Ventura, Federico Marchetti, Alessandro Ventura

2008/5 — pag. 291-299

Recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS) (also referred as aphthae or canker sores) is a common disorder affecting up to 60-70% of the general population at any time. Usually, RAS is a well-defined clinical condition (recurrent painful ulcers confined t...

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...

Un lattante distrofico con alcalosi metabolica

L. Calligaris, G. Cont, D. Codrich, F. Zennaro, F. Marchetti

2006/2 — pag. 111-114

We describe a case of a 4 months-old girl who come to our attention because of an history of failure to thrive and recurrent vomiting started during the second month of life; only remarkable laboratory data were the presence of hyponatriemia and hypo...

Edema emorragico acuto del lattante, descrizione di un caso clinico e revisione della letteratura

E. Miorin, A. Meneghini, B. Don, C. Romanello, A. Tenore

2002/3