Lymphadenopathy

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...

Una micobatteriosi non così tanto “atipica”

Sfeir R.

2025/6 — pag. 393-394 — DOI

In the presence of unilateral lymph node swelling that has persisted for more than 3 weeks, in the absence of suspicious signs of malignancy, unresponsive to first-line antibiotic therapy, it is appropriate to consider a non-tuberculous mycobacterial...

Linfadenite batterica acuta localizzata

2025/5 — pag. 315-316

La linfoadenopatia laterocervicale che non ti aspetti... Un caso di malattia di Rosai-Dorfman

Gibellato E, Melzi ML, Buonsante A, Dell'Acqua F, Lazzerotti A.

2025/3 — pag. 186-190 — DOI

A healthy four-year-old Italian boy was hospitalized due to a skin superinfection of an isolated right laterocervical lymphadenopathy (7x4cm), which had appeared four months earlier. In the previous months, he had normal haematochemical examinations ...

La linfoadenopatia laterocervicale che non ti aspetti... Un caso di malattia di Rosai-Dorfman

Gibellato E, Melzi ML, Buonsante A, Dell'Acqua F, Lazzerotti A

2025/3 — pag. 59-63 — DOI

A healthy four-year-old Italian boy was hospitalized due to a skin superinfection of an isolated right laterocervical lymphadenopathy (7x4cm), which had appeared four months earlier. In the previous months, he had normal haematochemical examinations ...

Malattia di Castleman e linfoma: quale relazione?

Parini L, Mambelli L, Radice C, Mainetti M, Marchetti F

2025/3 — pag. 70-71 — DOI

Castleman disease (CD) is a rare lymphoproliferative disorder. The authors present the case of Laura, a 17-year-old girl diagnosed at the age of 13 with unicentric CD, which was treated with tocilizumab and achieved complete remission. Three years la...

Non tutte le tumefazioni cervicali sono linfoadenopatie

Spacco G, Santaniello M, Bondi E, Castagnola E.

2025/1 — pag. 52-55 — DOI

Cervical masses are predominantly due to lymphadenopathy secondary to infectious or inflammatory processes, with congenital anomalies being less common. The paper describes the case of a 15-year-old girl presenting with a progressively enlarging, ten...

Non tutte le tumefazioni cervicali sono linfoadenopatie

Spacco G, Santaniello M, Bondi E, Castagnola E

2025/1 — pag. 23-23 — DOI

Cervical masses are predominantly due to lymphadenopathy secondary to infectious or inflammatory processes, with congenital anomalies being less common. The paper describes the case of a 15-year-old girl presenting with a progressively enlarging, ten...

Faringite e rivalutazione dello score di McIsaac

Salvatore B, Marchetti F.

2024/3 — pag. 148 — DOI

Più onco che ematologia: botta, risposta e sottolineature attraverso i casi

Peccatori N, Limido F, Faraguna MC, Dagri A, Coslovich S, Marchettini E, Rocco EM, Tessitore A, Biondi A.

2024/2 — pag. 95-100 — DOI

This study aims to explore unique aspects of onco-haematological diseases by offering paediatricians insights into their characteristics to better inform clinical practice. It emphasizes the importance of considering atypical presentations, like extr...

Ipertrofia tonsillare asimmetrica Diabete: time in range

2023/5 — pag. 335 — DOI

Eritema nodoso: gatta ci cova

Bacci C, Picariello S, Vierucci F, Bassi A, Mazzatenta C, Vaccaro A.

2021/10 — pag. 660-663 — DOI

Erythema nodosum is a panniculitis that can be triggered by many different stimuli. The paper describes the case of a child who presented with erythema nodosum as the unique clinical manifesta-tion of cat scratch disease. Bartonella henselae infectio...

Eritema nodoso: gatta ci cova

Bacci C, Picariello S, Vierucci F, Bassi A, Mazzatenta C, Vaccaro A

2021/10 — pag. 304-308 — DOI

Erythema nodosum is a panniculitis that can be triggered by many different stimuli. The paper describes the case of a child who presented with erythema nodosum as the unique clinical manifestation of cat scratch disease. Bartonella henselae infection...

Rapida evoluzione di una istiocitosi a cellule di Langerhans cutanea isolata

Brusadelli C, Dell’Acqua F, Vendemini F, Ferrari GM, Corti P

2021/7 — pag. 197-200 — DOI

The paper reports the case of a three-month-old girl presenting with maculopapular lesions all over her scalp, trunk, axilla region and groin. One month earlier she had been diagnosed with LCH through skin biopsy for persisting maculopapular rash. No...

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 ...

Quale linfonodo sei? La malattia di Rosai-Dorfman in un adolescente

C. Radice, G. Marescotti, M. Serafini, G. Turlà, M.T. Minguzzi, F. Soprani, F. Marchetti

2019/5 — pag. 325-327

The paper reports the case of a 13-year-old adolescent presenting with a right-sided submandibular lymph node swelling in absence of any other systemic symptoms. The histological exam documented Rosai-Dorfman disease (RD). The MRI of the head reporte...

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

Il bambino con i linfonodi ingrossati: una messa a punto attraverso i casi

E. Benelli, C. Zanatta, G. Muffato, V. Biscaro, M. Cacciatore, P. Grotto

2019/5 — pag. 289-296

Lymphadenitis is a common finding in Paediatrics. However, it could be a sign of many different diseases, varying from banal viral infections to severe neoplastic disease or immunodeficiency. Some clinical aspects can be useful to differentiate the...

Quale linfonodo sei? La malattia di Rosai-Dorfman in un adolescente

C. Radice, G. Marescotti, M. Serafini, G. Turlà, M.T. Minguzzi, F. Soprani, F. Marchetti

2019/5 — pag. 97-101

The paper reports the case of a 13-year-old adolescent presenting with a right-sided submandibular lymph node swelling in absence of any other systemic symptoms. The histological exam documented Rosai-Dorfman disease (RD). The MRI of the head reporte...

Febbre da 8 settimane e linfoadenopatia… poi un’escissione miracolosa

M. Messalli

2018/9

The article presents the case of a 12-year-old boy admitted to the Paediatric Infectious Diseases Unit for prolonged fever and cervical lymphadenopathy. The several laboratory and instrumental investigations performed to rule out infectious, oncologi...

Una febbre persistente e… una linfoadenopatia da smascherare!

G. Belli

2017/8

Un linfonodo “sospetto”

I. Rochira, P. Dal Canton

2017/6

Dolore toracico

M.R. Eshraghy, F. Garofalo

2017/2 — pag. 119-122

Sarcoidosi pediatrica: esiste davvero?

M. Giovannini, M. Luzzati, G. Ferrara, T. Giani, G. Simonini, R. Cimaz

2017/2 — pag. 119-122

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2016/6

La linfadenite di Kikuchi-Fujimoto

V. Graziani, V. Armaroli, L. Cardinale, F. Ravaioli, F. Marchetti

2015/6 — pag. 382-385

Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KF), also known as histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis, is a rare benign condition characterized by cervical lymphadenopathy, prolonged fever and other systemic manifestations without specific laboratory findings. The et...

La sindrome di Kawasaki nel 2013: casi clinici e novità

T. Giani, G. Simonini, G. Vannucci, D. Moretti, I. Pagnini, E. Marrani, G.B. Calabri, R. Cimaz

2013/6 — pag. 359-366

Kawasaki disease is one of the most common vasculitis in childhood. The typical expression of Kawasaki disease is characterized by persistent fever for at least five days, polymorphous rash, bilateral non-exudative conjunctivitis, changes in the li...

Erano solo vitamine!

L. Matarazzo, C. Bibalo, G. Ferrara, S. Orlandini

2013/4

Un linfonodo duro come l'osso

E. Carretto, S.F. Chiarenza

2013/3 — pag. 187-189

Tante visite, una diagnosi “by proxy”: ALPS, la sindrome linfoproliferativa autoimmune

L. Sirianni, M. Mancuso

2013/1

Autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome or ALPS is a genetic disease associated with anomalous apoptosis in lymphocytes, lymphoproliferation and autoimmune manifestations. Generally, it is possible to observe severe lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegal...

La sindrome mononucleosica: revisione di 107 casi

C. Geraci, M. Pocecco

2012/8 — pag. 521-523

Childhood infectious mononucleosis is a benign and self-limited disease. Complications are rare but not unremarkable: 3 out of 107 patients experienced haematological complications (1 autoimmune haemolytic anaemia and 2 autoimmune thrombocytopenia)...

Caverne

E. Ugolini, P. Fioretti

2012/4 — pag. 259-260

Primo pomeriggio in PS

C. Zanchi, G. Cont, L. Rubert

2010/2

L’importanza dell’ecografia addominale nella diagnosi di invaginazione intestinale

M. Bonelli

2009/8 — pag. 531-532

The present work describes the case of a 4-year-old girl who presented with a final ecographic diagnosis of intussusception. The insidious clinical onset of this pathology and the sonographic signs of reducibility are underlined....

Un caso di bartonellosi viscerale in paziente immunocompetente

R. Grazioli, R. Milani Capialbi, F. Marchetti, A. Bettinelli

2008/6 — pag. 395-397

We report a case of a 5-year-old immunocompetent boy with persistent fever and a diffuse enlargement of laterocervical lymph nodes. We performed first an abdominal ultrasonography and then a CT showed multiple hepatosplenic abscesses. Later the f...

Un caso di bartonellosi viscerale in paziente immunocompetente

R. Grazioli, R. Milani Capialbi, F. Marchetti, A. Bettinelli

2008/6

Sarà un tumore!

B. Sacher

2007/4

Una bambina infuocata: ovvero quando l’allergia a farmaci fa febbre, insufficienza epatica e sindrome mononucleosica

L. Calligaris

2006/8 — pag. 529-530

Dal bambino linfatico al bambino con infezioni respiratorie ricorrenti

F. Panizon

2006/3 — pag. 183-189

Una bambina con artrite reumatoide sistemica e febbre: è una ricaduta?

C. Oretti, M. Maschio, M. Lazzerini

2004/9

L’esantema acrolocalizzato di Gianotti-Crosti

F. Massei, L. Gori

2004/5 — pag. 310-313

Due bambini con linfoadenite persistente al collo

F. Massei, L. Gori

2003/8 — pag. 526-528

Una malattia con decorso “sotto-sopra”

F. Massei

2001/8 — pag. 543-544

Una strana linfoadenopatia laterocervicale

F. Quarantiello, F. Sellitto, M.E. Falato, E. Varricchio, A. Inserra, R. Boldrini

2001/6

Una linfoadenopatia laterocervicale: malattia di Rosai-Dorfman

F. Quarantiello, F. Sellitto, M.E. Falato, E. Varricchio, A. Inserra, R. Boldrini

2001/6 — pag. 401-402

Case report of cervical lymphaadenopathy appeared 15 days after auricular piercing followed by local inflammation; hystological finding of sinus histiocytosis with lymphocyte-emophagocytosis....

Un caso di febbre periodica... un anno dopo; ovvero: PFAPA + Adenovirus + MICI

F. Sellitto, R. Rabuano, A.M. Basilicata

2001/4 — pag. 260-260

Description of a case of periodic Adenovirus-induced pharyngotonsillitis with a clinical picture similar to that of PFAPA (Periodic Fever with Aphtous Pharyngitis and Adenopathy), recovered after tonsillectomy, but apparently superposed to IBD, pr...

Trattare la mononucleosi?

M. Fontana

2000/6 — pag. 365-366

Symptoms are usually mild in young children, but in older children and adolescents systemic and pharingeal complains can be more severe, sometimes with significant airway obstruction. Only supportive care is usually recommended. This paper reports ...

Eritema nodoso e linfadenite laterocervicale

M. Porrello

2000/5 — pag. 311-311

Le linfoadenopatie

M. Rabusin

2000/4

La febbre periodica (PFAPA)

E. Rabuano, A.M. Basilicata, F. Sellitto

2000/2 — pag. 123-124

Description of a case of recurrent temperature (every month), with follicular tonsillitis, satellite adenopathy, aphthas, absence of response to antibiotics, increase in inflammation indicators in the presence of temperature, negative results from...

Una massa mediastinica… di troppo

L. De Seta, G. Aurelio, M. Grimaldi

2000/2 — pag. 113-115

L’infezione da Bartonella henselae nel bambino: una malattia frequente e proteiforme

F. Massei e coll.

1999/7 — pag. 410-416

The spectrum of clinical manifestations of Bartonella henselae infection in children is changed in recent years. The clinical features of 20 children with serologically proved B. henselae infection observed in the last 12 months in the Paediatric D...

APEC: esantema periflessurale asimmetrico

M. Cutrone

1997/7 — pag. 441-443

The paper describes a new entity, the Asymmetric Periflexural Exanthem of Childhood (APEC), first described in 1962 and recently recognized as a separate clinical entity by many Authors. It is characterized by scarlatiniform or papular rash whic...