Magnetic Resonance Imaging

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

Un bambino che zoppica: quando meno te lo aspetti

Cunsolo M, Gazzitano L, Alizzi C, Panzuto F, Corsello G.

2025/9 — pag. 598-600 — DOI

A 19-month-old boy arrived at the emergency room with inconsolable crying and refusal to walk. MRI revealed bone changes consistent with vitamin C deficiency (scurvy). His history showed a diet almost exclusively based on milk and gingival bleeding. ...

Una fossetta sacrale atipica

Masini B, Verucci E, Giampietri M, Danieli R, Noris A, Peraio S, Di Rita A, Pasquariello R, Montanaro D, Giordano F

2025/9 — pag. 226-230 — DOI

Spina bifida is a common congenital anomaly caused by the incomplete fusion of the caudal neural tube, classified as spina bifida aperta (open) with a visible lesion and spina bifida occulta (closed) without external lesions. Its causes are diverse, ...

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...

Il ritorno della varicella che "destabilizza"

Bloise S, Buffon S, Iacono A, Nano G, Marchetti F

2025/8 — pag. 196-199 — DOI

Chickenpox is generally considered a benign childhood disease caused by varicella-zoster virus (VZV). However, in some cases, the infection may be associated with potentially serious complications, such as neurologic manifestations. The main forms of...

C’è scoliosi e scoliosi…

Pontrandolfo M.

2025/7 — pag. 462-464 — DOI

A 6-year-old girl was diagnosed with scoliosis during a routine check-up. Imaging revealed a paravertebral mass at the D5-D8 level, diagnosed as a mature ganglioneuroma, which was successfully removed. The scoliosis, considered secondary to the mass,...

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...

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...

Drepanocitosi e osteonecrosi avascolare della testa del femore

Perfetto F, Pasquali E, Biserna L, Iacono A, Farneti C, Radice C, Marchetti F

2025/5 — pag. 123-124 — DOI

A 10.5-year-old girl with homozygous sickle cell disease on chronic treatment with hydroxyurea, blood transfusions and erythroexchange presented with sudden right thigh pain and limping, without trauma or fever. Imaging and lab results indicated avas...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

Un caso di encefalopatia posteriore reversibile a tre giorni dalla diagnosi di leucemia linfoblastica acuta B

Gerosa GM, Kullmann GA, Leoni V, Alessandra Sala A, Gotti G, Rizzari C, Biondi A

2025/1 — pag. 1-3 — DOI

Posterior reversible leukoencephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is a clinical radiographic syndrome of heterogeneous etiologies characterised by acute neurological symptoms of brain dysfunction with MRI abnormalities, primarily in posterior cerebral white a...

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...

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...

Nistagmo e diplopia: occhio alla diagnosi

Savino V, Bellini T, Siri L, De Grandis E, Tortora D, Piccotti E

2024/8 — pag. 164-165 — 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...

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...

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....

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....

Febbre e rifiuto della deambulazione: pensa alla spondilodiscite

Cherubino A

2024/6 — pag. 123-124 — 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....

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 ...

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....

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...

Timo ectopico: quando pensarci, la diagnosi per immagini, la gestione

Bisi R, Troisi A, Wrona D, Marchetti F, Parenti G

2023/10 — pag. 631-636 — DOI

Ectopic thymic tissue is a rare occurrence in clinical practice. However, it could cause diagnostic difficulties, especially in the paediatric age group, as it can mimic a cervical mass. In most cases, thymic ectopia is asymptomatic and the ectopic t...

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....

Un caso di ipopituitarismo in età infantile

Guida M, Malizia G, Ferrara D

2023/8 — pag. 146-150 — DOI

Hypopituitarism is often an evolutionary condition, which if not present at birth with the classic signs of severe hypoglycaemia, prolonged jaundice, bilateral cryptorchidism and / or micropenis and alterations of neurological development, causes a d...

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...

LE MALATTIE DEMIELINIZZANTI IN ETÀ PEDIATRICA La sclerosi multipla in età pediatrica e adolescenziale

Carrozzi M, Iacono A, Gortani G, Piscaglia MG, Marchetti F, Barbi E.

2023/4 — pag. 220-230 — DOI

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic autoimmune disease that affects the myelin of the brain and spinal cord; it is characterized by recurrent episodes of demyelination in the central nervous system. Paediatric-onset multiple sclerosis (POMS) is a ra...

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)....

Le multiple facce della sclerosi multipla

de Martino L, Basilio P.

2023/4 — pag. 261-263 — DOI

The authors describe the case of a 14-year-old girl complaining a lack of strength at left hemisome and finally diagnosed with multiple sclerosis....

Le multiple facce della sclerosi multipla

de Martino L, Basilio P

2023/4 — pag. 73-73 — DOI

The authors describe the case of a 14-year-old girl complaining a lack of strength at left hemisome and finally diagnosed with multiple sclerosis....

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

Quando la tumefazione laterocervicale è una cisti branchiale

Gamba S

2023/2 — pag. 40-40 — DOI

The author describes the case of a 10-year-old boy presenting with a lateral cervical swelling. A branchial cyst was finally diagnosed....

Se a nove anni si torna a gattonare: l’encefalomielite acuta disseminata (ADEM)

Lauriola RS, Arturi E.

2022/10 — pag. 654-656 — DOI

Se a nove anni si torna a gattonare: l’encefalomielite acuta disseminata (ADEM)

Lauriola RS, Arturi E

2022/10 — pag. 211-212 — DOI

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....

Una tumefazione della parete addominale

Bizzoco F, Francavilla R, Cristofori F, Palladino S, Genchi V.

2022/9 — pag. 601-604 — DOI

A 12-year-old girl complained of a painless, slightly pulsatile abdominal lump for two months. Radiological imaging showed a fusiform lesion within the abdominal wall, between the external and internal oblique muscle, with nonhomogeneous echo-structu...

Non toccarmi! Un caso di lesione ossea “don’t touch”

Casertano M, Caprio AM, Longobardi G

2022/9 — pag. 601-604 — DOI

Bone lesions in children are common yet difficult to manage, both for the concern that they arouse in the patient’s family and for their heterogeneous nature. Although most cases are benign, the distinction between benign and malignant bone tumours i...

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...

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....

L’ascesso cerebrale: due casi a confronto

Pogliaghi M, Franchi F, Gaffuri M, Silvagni D, La Fauci G

2022/7 — pag. 461-463 — DOI

Brain abscess is a very rare and aggressive infection of the brain tissue; if this condition is not promptly recognized and adequately treated, it has a high mortality and a high frequency of long-term neurological outcomes. The paper describes two c...

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

L’ascesso cerebrale: due casi a confronto

Pogliaghi M, Franchi F, Gaffuri M, Silvagni D, La Fauci G

2022/7 — pag. 139-143 — DOI

Brain abscess is a very rare and aggressive infection of the brain tissue; if this condition is not promptly recognized and adequately treated, it has a high mortality and a high frequency of long-term neurological outcomes. The paper describes two c...

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....

Ruolo della RM cardiaca nel follow-up a lungo termine della MIS-C

Benvenuto S, Simonini G, Della Paolera S, Abu-Rumeileh S, Mastrolia MV, Manerba A, Chicco D, Belgrano M, Caiffa T, Cattalini M, Taddio A.

2022/5 — pag. 330-332 — DOI

In this retrospective multicentre study based on cardiac MR, the cardiological outcome of MIS-C patients does appear favourable regardless of severity of the cardiac involvement during the acute phase....

Ruolo della RM cardiaca nel follow-up a lungo termine della MIS-C

Benvenuto S, Simonini G, Della Paolera S, Abu-Rumeileh S, Mastrolia MV, Manerba A, Chicco D, Belgrano M, Caiffa T, Cattalini M, Taddio A

2022/5 — pag. 110-111 — DOI

In this retrospective multicentre study based on cardiac MR, the cardiological outcome of MIS-C patients does appear favourable regardless of severity of the cardiac involvement during the acute phase....

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....

Pensa anche alla tubercolosi

Lepri I, Riva B, Melzi ML.

2022/4 — pag. 255-258 — DOI

The cases of two adolescents with neck lymphadenitis respectively coming from Morocco and Philippines are described. They were eventually diagnosed with tuberculous lymphadenitis (TBL). The clinical features, the risk factors and the diagnostic appro...

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

Quando all’osso serve ossigeno: un caso di osteomielite in cui viene favorita la “riparazione”

Mambelli L, Desideri E, Minguzzi MT, Marchetti F

2022/2 — pag. 43-48 — DOI

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is considered a non-invasive therapeutic tool with proven efficacy in the treatment of various bone diseases in adults and children, in addition to or as an alternative to conventional therapy. Its use in patients with chron...

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...

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...

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...

“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 ...

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....

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....

Fossetta nasale Pilomatrixoma

2021/6 — pag. 399 — DOI

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 ...

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...

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

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

2021/5 — pag. 130-137 — 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...

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...

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...

Se il problema sta alla radice...

Longhi B

2021/1 — pag. 28-28 — DOI

The paper describes a case of polyradiculoneuritis secondary to Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection. At the seven-month follow-up the patient still presented a motor dysfunction of the shoulder girdle....

Piomiosite del cingolo scapolare con focolai polmonari multipli e iniziale stato settico da Staphylococcus aureus meticillino-resistente

Troisi A, Mambelli L, Graziani G, Macaluso A, Minguzzi MT, Marchetti F

2021/1 — pag. 9-14 — DOI

The paper describes the case of a 14-year-old girl with intense right shoulder pain and severe signs of local and systemic inflammation. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a pyomyositis of right shoulder girdle muscles. Blood culture was found posit...

Emangiomatosi multipla Emangioma congenito

2020/9 — pag. 606 — DOI

Un bambino più lungo che largo

G. Trippella, C. Pizza, G. Palmas

2020/9 — pag. 237-237 — DOI

Ecografia con mezzo di contrasto in ambito pediatrico: uno sguardo al futuro

L. Basso, A. Di Mascio, G. Di Leo

2020/8 — pag. 201-206 — DOI

Dexmedetomidina intranasale come sedazione procedurale del prematuro per risonanza magnetica cerebrale

F. Cossovel

2020/7 — pag. 193-193 — DOI

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...

Un mal di schiena protratto

M. Maglione

2020/6 — pag. 391

Occhio normale che sporge senza trauma: pensa al Graves!

M.G. Alagna, B. Salvatore

2020/5 — pag. 111-111 — DOI

Un’aura senza emicrania

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

2020/5 — pag. 110-110 — 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...

Mal di cuore

V. Moressa

2020/4 — pag. 93-93 — DOI

MER… avigliosamente Scompare: Mild Encephalitis/encephalopathy with Reversible Splenial lesion

S. Ventresca, C. Guiducci, S. Tagliani, S. Dal Bo, P. Ricciardelli, P. Cenni, F. Marchetti

2020/4 — pag. 77-78 — DOI

Un’otorrea infinita

F. Forte, D. Cifarelli, P. Appio, M. Delvecchio, A. Derosa, C. Di Lucca, T. Faillace, C. Figliuolo, V. Targiani, R. Davanzo

2020/3 — pag. 54-56

Branchial arch anomalies (sinuses, fistulae, cysts and condral remnants) represent one of the commonest paediatric neck malformations. The paper describes a case study of a 2-year-old girl who presented with a persistent left-sided ear drainage, unre...

Amenorrea primaria e sindrome di Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser

F. Corrias

2020/3 — pag. 60-60

Un dolore alla gamba fuori dal comune

M. Staccioni, C. Guadagno, L. Biserna, M.T. Minguzzi, L. Mellini, F. Rambelli, F. Marchetti

2019/10 — pag. 645-647

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

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

2019/10 — pag. 249-249

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...

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. 203-205

Uno stridore senza parole

P. Assandro

2019/7 — pag. 147-148

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...

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...

Epidemiologia, presentazione clinica, fattori di rischio, imaging e prognosi della PRES: l’esperienza di un Centro di Oncoematologia pediatrica

E. Cattaruzza

2019/5 — pag. 114-114

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 ...

Pubertà precoce da causa organica

M. Cozzolino, A. Zucchini, F. Marchetti

2019/4 — pag. 243-246

The paper describes a case of a child with rapidly progressive central puberty (PPC) secondary to hypothalamic hamartoma. Hypothalamic hamartoma is a congenital malformation diagnosed with MRI. It may be associated with PPC, gelastic seizures and m...

Amartoma ipotalamico e crisi gelastiche

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

2019/4 — pag. 83-85

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 ...

Una osteomielite neonatale

A. Velkoski

2019/2 — pag. 32-32

La sindrome dell'arteria spinale anteriore

E. Acampora, V. Mirra

2019/1 — pag. 14-14

L’adolescente obeso: è importante valutare i genitali

B. Mainetti, M.T. Nasi, E. Valletta

2018/9 — pag. 595-596

The article describes the case of an adolescent male with obesity and pubertal delay whose hormonal and imaging investigations led to the diagnosis of prolactin secreting pituitary adenoma. After cabergoline treatment, a decrease in prolactinoma size...

15 anni, amenorrea… pensa anche al prolattinoma!

A. Troisi, M. Cozzolino, G. Graziani, V. Graziani, M. Mainetti, P. Cenni, F. Marchetti

2018/9

Prolactinoma is a rare benign neoplasia in paediatric age that mostly affects female adolescents. In most cases the adopted therapy is pharmacological with dopamine-agonists and the first choice is cabergoline that shows a good safe and efficacious p...

Encefalite da Herpes virus in una lattante

A. Fumarola, P. Ricciardelli, S. Dal Bo, I. Moneta, V. Rizzo, M. Stella, P. Cenni, F. Marchetti

2018/8

The paper presents the case of an infant with HSV-1 herpetic encephalitis. The clinical symptomatology, after contact with the virus and the development of typical vesicular lesions, is characterized by involvement of the central nervous system, with...

Lo stroke in età pediatrica: una sfida diagnostica e terapeutica

A. Suppiej

2018/7 — pag. 433-434

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...

Diplopia, strabismo a recente insorgenza e...

M. Ronconi

2018/4 — pag. 259-261

Una ragazza con un intenso dolore lombosacrale

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

2018/4 — pag. 247-249

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...

Un dubbioso esordio di sclerosi multipla

P. Largo, F. Greco, E.C. Turco

2017/10

Sembrava un’ADEM e invece era un tumore cerebrale

A. Delise

2017/10

Febbri da brivido Quale dose di aspirina per la Kawasaki? To tax or not to tax? Adrenoleucodistrofia (… quella dell’olio di Lorenzo): è tempo di terapia genica Risonanza magnetica cerebrale e incidentalomi Progressi nel trattamento dell’osteoma osteoide Parrot e Casi indimenticabili

2017/9 — pag. 555-556

Il mal di schiena nel bambino

S. Contorno, S. Amoroso, B. Sacher, V. Kiren, A. Ventura

2017/7 — pag. 447-453

Back pain is an infrequent complaint in children. A complete history and a careful physical examination should be performed on all patients presenting with back pain. A systematic approach can diagnose the most common causes: trauma, inflammatory d...

Artrite settica-osteomielite o... piomiosite

A. Bosco, P. Cianci

2017/7 — pag. 463-464

Una rara zoppia

S. Carbogno

2017/7

Tempus fugit… e la tumefazione persiste!

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

2017/7

Una scoliosi molto dolorosa

S. Contorno, M. Massaro

2017/5

Mi fa male la schiena

S. Amoroso

2017/5

Ai bimbi con l'otite servono 10 giorni di antibiotici, non "tagli" - Sistema immunitario fuori controllo anche nei piccoli - I bambini bevono troppo poco, decalogo sull'idratazione dei piccoli - È italiana la nuova cura che guarisce i bimbi dal "fegato grasso" - 36 nuovi farmaci destinati ai bambini nel 2016, ma l'95% è ancora off label - Dolore, qualcuno aiuti i bambini - Lingua a carta geografica nei bambini, ecco i rimedi - Bambini: se le mamme fumano in gravidanza, maggiori rischi per i reni - Troppi "errori" nelle pubblicità delle culle, bimbi a rischio - La risonanza magnetica in utero svela i problemi al cervello del feto - Farmaci pediatrici: il parlamento UE chiede modifiche al regolamento. "Troppi ostacoli all'innovazione"

2017/1

Lipoma intramuscolare in età pediatrica

V. Genchi, C. Cafagno

2017/1

The paper reports a case of intramuscular lipoma - studied with echography, echo-colourDoppler, X-rays radiography and magnetic resonance - as well as its clinical features and discusses a short differential diagnosis with tumours in adipose matrix....

Piomiosite 2016: ancora una sfida per il pediatra

V. Moressa, S. Naviglio, S. Pastore, A. Taddio, A. Ventura

2016/8 — pag. 495-499

Pyomyositis is a subacute, deep bacterial infection of skeletal muscles. Originally described in tropical areas, mainly in malnourished and immunocompromised subjects (“tropical pyomyositis”), it has been subsequently reported with an increasing fr...

Uno strappo tropicale

E. Caneva, G. Gallo, S. Ielo, M. Aricò

2016/8

24 visite

P. Pecile

2016/6

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...

Distacchi apofisari

S. Nider

2016/5 — pag. 323-324

Una frattura vertebrale che nasconde un quadro... multifocale

L. Mambelli, A. Magistà, P. Cenni, F. Marchetti

2016/2 — pag. 120-122

La zoppia di Amita

B. Salvatore

2016/2 — pag. 120-122

Spondilodiscite 2016: lezioni dai casi

M. Minute, A. Ventura

2016/2 — pag. 111-114

Spondylodiscitis is an infectious disease that involves two contiguous vertebrae and the interposed disc; it affects children in the first years of life when the local vascularization is characterized by the persistence of connecting vessels. It is...

Malattia di Graves e iperplasia timica: quale relazione?

V. Graziani, A. Zucchini, F. Marchetti

2016/1 — pag. 55-57

The case of a 10-year-old girl with clinical hypothyroidism in substitution treatment is described. After the onset of symptoms suggestive of mediastinal mass associated with evolution in hyperthyroidism, she was diagnosed with thymic hyperplasia ...

Una tumefazione parotidea in un lattante

P. Lippi

2015/10 — pag. 661-662

Le 5 raccomandazioni per scegliere saggiamente (“choosing wisely”) in neonatologia

2015/9 — pag. 563-564

Sindrome da encefalopatia posteriore reversibile. Neurotossicità da ciclosporina

M.V. Abate, A. Proia, A. Locasciulli, A. Ventura

2015/8

Reversible posterior encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is a clinic-radiologic syndrome characterized by headache, altered mental status, visual and motor symptoms and radiological lesions documented on brain MRI. PRES is characterized by a complete reve...

Un caso particolare di pubertà precoce

P. Scalini, M. Giacalone, S. Ricci

2015/6

Epilessia e sindrome di Moyamoya in bambino con neurofibromatosi di tipo 1

P. Bernardo, M. Cirillo, R. Militerni, B. Nobili, S. Perrotta, C. Santoro

2015/6

Seizures are present in numerous genetic diseases involving the nervous system. Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), a RASopathy characterized by peripheral and central nervous system involvement, has been associated with a higher risk of epilepsy. Recent...

Una amnesia transitoria globale

M. Pavan

2015/4

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

La nefrite focale acuta: tre riflessioni per non sbagliare

F. Pugliese, L. Casadio, I. Venturi, M. Cappella, F. Marchetti

2014/9 — pag. 595-596

Uno strano torcicollo

R. Pillon

2014/8

Dolore alle ossa, febbricola e aumento degli indici di flogosi: pensare anche alla osteomielite cronica multifocale ricorrente

M. Cappella, S. dal Bo, L. Berretti, F. Ravaioli, R. Burnelli, F. Marchetti

2014/7 — pag. 465-466

The paper reports the case of a 7-year-old child who presented with recurrent multifocal bone pain associated with low fever, elevation of flogosis indexes and negative standard radiological exams. The spectrum of differential diagnosis was wide....

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...

Tutte le CRMO escono col buco!

C. Sandrin, G. Ferrara

2014/7

Una strana allergia “ai latticini”

S. Nastasio, G. Marsalli, E. Alberti, C. Domenici, E. De Marco, G. Maggiore

2014/7

Dolore alle ossa, febbricola e aumento degli indici di flogosi: pensare anche alla osteomielite cronica multifocale ricorrente

M. Cappella, S. dal Bo, L. Berretti, F. Ravaioli, R. Burnelli, F. Marchetti

2014/7

The paper reports the case of a 7-year-old child who pre-sented with recurrent multifocal bone pain associated with low fever, elevation of flogosis indexes and negative standard radiological exams. The spectrum of differential diagnosis was wide. Th...

Bambini guariti dal tumore e patologia endocrina. TEC Traiettorie intergenerazionali Sucralfato chi? (Nel dolore post-tonsillectomia) Basta idratazione con fluidi ipotonici! Evidenze in chirurgia pediatrica: il caso della Nissen Botta e risposta 1. RMN nei bambini con neurofibromatosi: quante e quando? Botta e risposta 2. È utile il cortisone nell’ingestione di caustici? Appuntamenti e… compiti per le vacanze.

2014/6 — pag. 351-352

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

Una diagnosi a colpo d’occhio

A. Favret, A. Magnolato, M. Vergine, A. Rosolen

2014/3

L’asfissia nel neonato a termine

E. Coccolini, R. Frassoldati, M. Palmieri, A. Todeschini, L. Ori, C. Peppoloni, C. Bariola, I. Guidotti, L. Lugli, F. Ferrari

2014/1 — pag. 26-32

Notwithstanding progress in perinatal-neonatal medicine, perinatal asphyxia has not disappeared. Nowadays, it can be observed in 0.5-2‰ of term-born infants; it is associated with a high rate of mortality and a wide range of disabilities. The link ...

È proprio colpa del gattino?

S. Nider

2014/1

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

Un neonato che nasconde qualcosa

G. Romano, A. Janes, A. Rosolen

2013/10

Il caso di Elena

S. Ciccone, G. Gaiba, G. Borsari, A. Fumarola, E.M.G. Marrella, S. Tagliati, E. Fiumana, R. Faggioli

2013/7

Sindrome di Wallenberg in età pediatrica

M. Grassi, D. Amato, P. Ricciardelli, A. Magistà, I. Venturi, P. Cenni, F. Marchetti

2013/6

Buchi in testa

E. Panontin, M. Starc, E. Alberini

2013/5

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 — pag. 191-193

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 treat...

L’imaging del morbo di Crohn

F. Zennaro

2013/3 — pag. 180-181

Un pianto rivelatore

G. Masia, C. Addis, A.M. Oggianu, C. Cubaiu, M.G. Olzai, F. Cossu

2013/3

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...

Occhio...al mal di testa!

V. Moressa, C. Zuiani, K. Vecchiato, F. Poropat

2013/2

La solita cefalea?

E. Alberti, M. Del Pistoia, M. Leoni, F. Vierucci

2013/2

Un caso di cerebellite acuta di verosimile natura post-vaccinica

M. Daverio, C. Moretti

2013/1 — pag. 53-56

Una strana cellulite orbitaria

E. Benelli, M. Maschio, E. Barbi, F. Parentin, F. Zennaro, A. Taddio

2013/1 — pag. 49-50

Quando il dolore osseo viene… dal sangue

L. Mambelli, L. Marangio, L. Pini, I.A. Venturi, M. Poli, O. Donzelli, F. Marchetti

2012/10 — pag. 667-668

The paper describes the case of an 8-year-old Moroccan girl who presented with recurrent multi-focal bone pains associated with negative flogosis indexes and standard radiological exams. The magnetic resonance exam of her thighbones showed a multi-fo...

"Che lingua grande che hai!"

E. Zanelli, M. Minute

2012/10

Non tutti i mali vengono per nuocere

N. Gaias, D. Bettati

2012/7

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

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

2012/6

Un male dell'altro mondo

S. Lasagni, G. Boschi, I. Dodi, M.A. Bandello, A. Defanti, S. Amarri

2012/5

Epilessia grave nel bambino: il ruolo del trattamento chirurgico

R. Guerrini, F. Giordano, L. Genitori, C. Barba

2012/4 — pag. 240-243

Epilepsy surgery represents an effective and safe treatment option in children with drug-resistant seizures. The indications for epilepsy surgery are the following: a) pharmacoresistance; b) severe epilepsy and possible disturbances in cognitive fu...

Il destino dei nati pretermine

F. Mosca, M. Fumagalli, I. Sirgiovanni

2012/4 — pag. 221-226

The recent progresses made in perinatal medicine have determined an increase in the survival of newborns with lower and lower weight and earlier and earlier gestational age. Although neonatal mortality has decreased in the last few years, the incid...

Una scossa alla schiena

I. Leonardi

2011/10

Una mielite di origine incerta

G. Barbato, G. Monti, L. Leoni, M. Marchesi, E. Pavlidis, G. Cantalupo, F. Pisani, N. Carano

2011/6 — pag. 397-398

Transverse myelitis is a neurologic syndrome caused by acute or subacute inflammation of the spinal cord. Since its incidence is about 0.5/100,000 children/year, transverse mielitis is included in the group of rare diseases. The pathogenesis of the d...

Una mielite di origine incerta

G. Barbato, G. Monti, L. Leoni, M. Marchesi, E. Pavlis, G. Cantalupo, F. Pisani, N. Carano

2011/6

Transverse myelitis is a neurologic syndrome caused by acute or subacute inflammation of the spinal cord. Since its incidence is about 0.5/100,000 children/year, transverse mielitis is included in the group of rare diseases. The pathogenesis of the d...

Una sinusite complicata

G. Gorlato, S. Pastore, M. Chinello, D. Sanabor, F. Marchetti

2011/2

We report the case of a 13-year-old girl with a one-month-and-an-half story of fever, rhinorrhoea, headache and vomiting. Initially neurological assessment resulted normal and a diagnosis of acute sinus infection was made. Since the patient worsened,...

Febbre di origine sconosciuta, radiografia del torace e… risonanza dell’encefalo

S. Pastore, F. Marchetti

2010/10

Quando camminare diventa un problema

S. Ciccone, M. Cappella, L. Marangio, S. Brachi, D. Lacorte, R. Serino, E. Fiumana

2010/5 — pag. 322

Due lesioni ossee

C. Gussoni

2009/9

Vecchie malattie ritornano...

S. Vaccher, F.M. de Benedictis

2009/6 — pag. 393-394

We report a case of abdominal tubercolosis. The unspecific picture of abdominal tuberculosis presents challenges in the diagnosis of this increasingly common disease. A high index of suspicion is an important factor in early diagnosis. After diag...

Relazioni difficiliDue dermatiti e una stipsi“Vomito dello scolaro e... altro”

2009/3 — pag. 185-187

Neurofibromatosi tipo I (parte seconda)

G. Bartolozzi

2009/3

Una massa che compare dalla sera alla mattinaAl rientro del viaggio di nozze...

2008/8 — pag. 525-526

Lesione nodulare retroauricolare in un lattante. Descrizione di un caso clinico e revisione della letteratura

E. Giacomoni, L. Pecorari, A. Savelli, P. Gagliano, S. Bitetti

2008/5

Gestione della sindrome di Turner in età pediatricae durante la vita adulta

R. Salomone, F. Chiarelli

2008/3 — pag. 157-165

This consensus statement arose from an interdisciplinary meeting of geneticists, paediatricians, cardiologists, internists, behavioural health specialists, and gynaecologists involved in the care of and clinical research on patients with Turner Syn...

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

Nella fabbrica delle immagini: la risonanza magnetica

L. Dalla Palma

2007/7 — pag. 429-443

maging techniques such as Nuclear Magnetic Resonance or NMR, Positron Emission Tomography or PET, Single Photon Emission Tomography or SPECT and Magnetic Resonance Spectrography or MRS have contributed to understand the mechanisms of the different fo...

Vaccino antipneumococcico eptavalente: attenti alla malattia “da rimpiazzo”!Strategie a risparmio (di trasfusioni di sangue): bene anche in terapia intensiva“Apley for ever”!Criptorchidismo e rischio di cancro del testicoloTrattamento dell’asma cronico: sempre più semplice?Sorvegliate lo stile di vita dei neonati di peso molto bassoRMN post mortem: quasi una autopsiaCasi indimenticabili

2007/5 — pag. 281-282

La dermatologia pediatrica vista da dietro: quadri cutanei della regione dorsale

M. Cutrone

2007/2 — pag. 114-119

Dolore addominale ricorrente e vomito, con riscontro di formazione anecogena addominale

D. Codrich, A. Taddio, P. Salierno, C. Furlan, F. Marchetti

2006/10 — pag. 663-664

Trombosi delle vene e dei seni cerebrali (Parte seconda)

G. Bartolozzi

2006/4

Osteomielite multifocale ricorrente e biopsia ossea: la difficoltà di sentirsi sicuri nell’'inusuale

P. Salierno, G. Cont, F. Verzegnassi, E. Da Dalt, E. Faleschini, S. Bertrand, F. Zennaro

2006/2 — pag. 119-121

We report the case of an 11 years old child with recurrent joint pain associated with fever and multifocal bone involvement, which developed in the course of a couple of years. X-rays showed a significant periosteal reaction, allowing the diagnosis o...

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

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

Una spia “capelluta”

E. Spadoni, L. Matteucci, C. Mazzatenta, R. Domenici

2005/6 — pag. 393

Torcicllo ricorrente nell'infanzia e patologia malformativa neurologica. Descrizione di un caso clinico

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

2005/3

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...

Encefalomielite acuta disseminata (ADEM): descrizione di un caso

C. Locatelli , C Malaventura, R Ciambra R, V Leone, M. Pocecco

2004/6

Encefalomielite acuta disseminata (ADEM)

2004/6 — pag. 400-400

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) is a rare acute inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central nervous system. It affects children and young adults and is characterized by a wide range of multifocal neurological signs. It is usually...

Una bambina con febbre e dolore alle ossa

S. Bassanese, T. Gerarduzzi, F. Marchetti

2004/4

Un bambino e un’emiplegia

I. Giuseppin, M. Paci, E. Biasotto, B. Sacher, F. Marchetti, E. Barbi

2003/6 — pag. 397-398

Encefalomielite acuta disseminata: la diagnosi nelle mani del pediatra generalista

2003/3 — pag. 184

Rigidita' nucale e mioclonie ipniche all'arto superiore destrocome sintomi di esordio di astrocitoma midollare

F. Forte, M. Bonelli, C. Calzone, E. Lapacciana .

2003/1

La storia di Marco

S. Castelli

2002/7 — pag. 454-455

Una paralisi completa degli arti in una bambina di 10 anniUn caso clinico dalla letteratura internazionale

G. Bartolozzi

2001/9

Una spondilodiscite

S Facchini, S Milocco, V Leone, M Pocecco

2001/8

La spondilodiscite

S. Facchini S. Milocco, V. Leone, M. Pocecco

2001/8 — pag. 547-548

Report of two cases with evocative symptoms (stiffness of column, refusal to sit and walk); easy diagnosis (scintigraphy + NMR), very ready response to antibiotics....

Crisi epilettica d’importazione Neurocisticercosi

G. Crichiutti

2001/7 — pag. 461-462

Il diabete insipido centrale: più luci e meno ombre

M. Maghnie

2001/6 — pag. 361-368

Diabetes insipidus is a multifactorial disease caused by the lack of secretion of vasopressin, its physiologic suppression following excessive water intake, or kidney resistance to its action. The clinical and laboratory diagnosis is confirmed by s...

Le malformazioni cerebrali, spesso diagnosi inattese in pediatria

A. D’Apuzzo, L. Amato, R. De Nicola, F. De Rosa, C. TregrossiI, R. Di Concilio, M. Spiezie

2001/5

Le malattie demielinizzanti nell'infanzia: descrizione di un caso di ADEM

A. D’Apuzzo, R. De Nicola, F. De Rosa, M.R. D’Aniello, C. Morgera, A. Panariello, M.A. Cascone

2001/5

I probiotici nella prevenzione delle malattie atopicheVaccinazione contro l'influenza e contro lo pneumococco nel vecchio riduce ricoveri e mortiVaccinazione contro l'epatite B nell'adolescente: bastano due dosiProbabilità di trasmissione dell'HIV-1 con il coito, in eterosessualiOtite media con versamento: tubino timpanostomico e/o adenoidectomia + tonsillectomia ?Esistono davvero due sottotipi di falso croup ?Elettroencefalogramma e risonanza magnetica per la diagnosi di encefalopatia acuta del neonatoUna riduzione delle prescrizioni non basta sempre per ridurre la resistenza battericaTrattamento chirurgico versus medico nel reflusso vescico-ureterale bilaterale grave

G. Bartolozzi

2001/5

Le malformazioni cerebrali: diagnosi a sorpresa

A. D’Apuzzo, L. Amato, R. De Nicola, F. De Rosa, C. Tregrossi, R. Di Concilio, M. Spiezie

2001/5 — pag. 330-331

Report of a case of Arnold-Chiari syndrome of type II (herniation of cerebellar tonsils, associated with cholesteatoma and syringomyelia), incidentally discovered from a NMR which was performed because of cephalea and EEG alterations without any o...

Le malattie demielinizzanti nell’infanzia: descrizione di un caso di ADEM

A. D’Apuzzo, R. De Nicola, F. De Rosa, M.R. D’Aniello, C. Morgera, A. Panariello, M.A. Cascone

2001/5 — pag. 329-331

Report of a case of diffused acute demyelinising encephalitis (ADEM) in a female child aged 6, diagnosed by NMR, treated with dexamethasone 0.75 mg/kg, and rapidly recovered. IgM seropositive for CMV and EBV....

Il trattamento del neonato con desametasone altera lo sviluppo della corteccia cerebrale

G. Bartolozzi

2001/4

Siparietto sulla KawasakiStress in gravidanza e malformazioni fetaliNeutralizzare l’enterotossina per prevenire la sindrome uremico-emoliticaBocciato il cortisonico inalatorio nella crisi d’asma graveIl fumo fa maleEpilessia: fate la RMN alla diagnosiPannolini e infertilità maschileStess e asmaIl diabete insipido centrale del bambino

2000/8 — pag. 485-486

Osteocondrite dissecante del ginocchio

D. Bello

1999/5

Una occhiata a "medico e bambino" per una insolita tumefazione alla gamba

S. Castelli

1998/8 — pag. 543-544