Recurrence

Quando lo scroto si gonfia... e poi ci ripensa: uno strano caso di edema scrotale

Mosole L.

2026/2 — pag. 122 — DOI

Recurrent idiopathic scrotal oedema is a rare condition in the paediatric population, characterised by episodes of spontaneous, self-limiting scrotal swelling with no apparent cause....

Tiroidite acuta... ma non troppo

Proietti Gaffi G, Naim A, Baldioli E, Spacco G, Gastaldi R, Napoli F, Maghnie M

2025/6 — pag. 160-161 — DOI

The paper reports the case of a 7-year-old girl with recurrent suppurative thyroiditis, associated with a fourth branchial arch cyst and pyriform sinus fistula. After several episodes initially treated with corticosteroids, the diagnosis was confirme...

Marta: un’otite dietro l’altra Un "tumore" che cresce in fretta

2025/2 — pag. 107-110 — DOI

Una paralisi del nervo facciale che ricorre

Sandei M

2024/10 — pag. 219-219 — DOI

The paper describes the case of a 16-month-old girl with suspected neurofibromatosis I who was evaluated for recurrent episodes of peripheral facial nerve palsy and severe hypertension (160/110 mmHg). Tests revealed bilateral renal artery stenosis, t...

Parotite ricorrente giovanile: inquadramento clinico e approccio diagnostico-terapeutico

Giuntoli D.G, Galletti A, Pontrandolfo M, Pastore S, Tommasini A, Orzan E, Barbi E.

2024/7 — pag. 443-449 — DOI

Juvenile recurrent parotitis is an uncommon condition characterised by recurrent episodes of parotid swelling that affects school-aged and pre-school children and shows a typical tendency to self-resolution during adolescence. To date, etiopathogenet...

Il bambino che ritorna perché ha sempre la febbre: capire, sapere e saper fare

De Nardi L, Insalaco A, De Benedetti F.

2024/6 — pag. 355-363 — DOI

Fever is a very common symptom in children, mostly due to infections. It is a physiological body defence mechanism against damage. However, when it is recurring, it is difficult to understand which are the underlying causes. Recurrent fever is most c...

Sindrome da ipersensibilità dei recettori della tosse (SIRT): “la tosse che fa tosse”

Longo G.

2023/7 — pag. 427-436 — DOI

Dry cough usually accompanies the first few days of each “cold” (Upper Respiratory Tract Infection: URTI), but in some children, it always recurs with a particular intensity that “prevents sleep” and puts the whole family to the test. This cough is r...

Un caso di pericardite recidivante colchicina-resistente

Maggio MC, Alizzi C, Di Leto E, Ippolito A, Sferlazza F, Corsello G

2023/6 — pag. 111-112 — DOI

A 9-year-old boy affected by colchicine-resistant idiopathic pericarditis was successfully treated with an IL-1 receptor antagonist (anakinra)....

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...

Una colestasi che ritorna

Medici F

2022/8 — pag. 527-530 — DOI

The case of a 13-month-old girl with recurrent cholestasis finally diagnosed with BRIC (Benign Recurrent Intrahepatic Cholestasis) is described. The clinical, therapeutic and prognostic implications of BRIC are also discussed....

Una colestasi che ritorna

Medici F

2022/8 — pag. 169-170 — DOI

The case of a 13-month-old girl with recurrent cholestasis finally diagnosed with BRIC (Benign Recurrent Intrahepatic Cholestasis) is described. The clinical, therapeutic and prognostic implications of BRIC are also discussed....

PFAPA che ritorna Crescita staturo-ponderale

2022/7 — pag. 467 — DOI

Quando la malaria tarda a farsi riconoscere: un’infezione da Plasmodium ovale

Polenzani I, Lisco L, Cozzolino M, Casolari S, Valenti S, Fontijn S, Uva A, Marchetti F.

2022/6 — pag. 381-385 — DOI

Plasmodium ovale is a cause of non-falciparum malaria infection that is endemic in tropical Western Africa. The life cycle of Plasmodium ovale includes hypnozoites, which are dormant stages in the liver. These stages can be reactivated after weeks, m...

Bronchite batterica protratta, trattamento antibiotico

2022/2 — pag. 131

Pericarditi acute e ricorrenti in Pediatria

Della Paolera S, Favaretto E, Bobbo M, Barbi E, Gortani G

2021/7 — pag. 425-431 — DOI

Chest pain in children and adolescents is rarely associated with an underlying heart disease. How-ever, when it does occur, pericarditis is the most common cause. Most cases are of unknown origin (idiopathic) and mild. Up to 15-35% of paediatric pati...

Un asma sine asma: la SIRT

Contorno S

2021/2 — pag. 57-57 — DOI

The paper describes the case of a girl with recurrent cough attributable to the so-called Cough Hypersensitivity Syndrome (CHS). The cough was misdiagnosed as drug resistant asthma for long time. CHS should be considered in all cases where recurrent,...

Polmoniti ricorrenti

G. Riccio

2020/10 — pag. 659-660 — DOI

The paper describes the case of an adolescent with recurrent pneumonia with lobar bronchiectasis. The Authors suggest that a chest CT should always be performed after a second episode of typical localized pneumonia but even after a fourth, less de...

Sindrome nefrosica: raccomandazioni terapeutiche oltre le linee guida SINePe

E. Conversano, A.M.C. Galimberti, M. Bevacqua

2020/9 — pag. 591-595 — DOI

Parotidite ricorrente giovanile Malallineamento delle dita del piede

2020/6 — pag. 395

Le infezioni respiratorie ricorrenti

D. Ferrara, M.C. Vella

2020/2 — pag. 85-91

Recurrent respiratory tract infections (RRI) constitute an important public health problem, they are among the main causes of morbidity in paediatric age and one of the most frequent reasons for prescribing antibiotics. Their management has a signi...

Una torsione ovarica intermittente

A.G. Grasso

2020/2 — pag. 126

La torsione ovarica e tubarica in età pediatrica

A. Ravaglia, C. Vassia

2020/2 — pag. 111-116

Adnexal torsion is a surgical emergency defined as the total or partial rotation of ovary, fallopian tube or both around the vascular axis resulting in impaired blood flow with consequent ischemic injury. Misdiagnosis or delay in treatment may lead...

Un caso di pancreatite cronica a esordio infantile: quando una diagnosi genetica non basta

A. Casertano, C. Coppola, J. Cerullo, R. Iorio, C. Mollica, R. Auricchio

2019/10 — pag. 234-237

The present work reports a case of a 6-year-old child with a diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis. The relevance of this case is in the complex aetiology of the pancreatitis with a genetic mutation of SPINK1 gene (N34S) and a probable functional issue (...

Herpes labiale ricorrente: è efficace la profilassi farmacologica antivirale per via orale?

F. Damassa, L. Mambelli, F. Marchetti

2019/8 — pag. 521-524

The prevalence of recurrent herpes labialis ranges between 15% and 40%. In the paediatric population frequent recrudescence leads to different consequences according to the patients’ age. A recent review of clinical studies on the effectiveness of an...

Una celiachia con invaginazioni intestinali ricorrenti

M. Mainetti, V. Graziani, C. Radice, M. Serafini, G. Turlà, F. Marchetti

2019/6 — pag. 119-122

The paper presents the case of a 22-month-old child with an acute onset of coeliac disease and recurrent intussusception. A prevalence of around 1% of intestinal intussusception in children with a new diagnosis of coeliac disease is described in the ...

Il cuore di anakinra

V. Carrato

2019/5 — pag. 322-324

Una enterocolite da Campylobacter jejuni che confonde

A. Iacono, C. Guiducci, M. Mainetti, S. Brocchi, F. Marchetti

2019/1 — pag. 52-54

Campylobacter infection is one of the most frequent enteritis in developed countries and in most cases it features a self-limiting character. In some cases it shows severe clinical pictures and it requires antibiotic therapy. Cases of antibiotic resi...

Storia di una tumefazione del collo ricorrente, troppo ricorrente

E. Fabbri, L. Bardeggia, A. Pedini, F. Libertucci, L. Viola, C. Cola, F. Tucci, R. Devito, G. Vergine

2018/10 — pag. 664-666

The paper describes the case of a 3-year-old girl who was repeatedly hospitalised for a swelling on her neck, which showed a scarce response to the antibiotic therapy, was significantly recurrent and was associated with fever and a remarkable increas...

Storia di una tumefazione del collo ricorrente, troppo ricorrente

E. Fabbri, L. Bardeggia, A. Pedini, F. Libertucci, L. Viola, C. Cola, F. Tucci, R. Devito, G. Vergine

2018/10

The paper describes the case of a 3-year-old girl who was repeatedly hospitalised for a swelling on her neck, which showed a scarce response to the antibiotic therapy, was significantly recurrent and was associated with fever and a remarkable increas...

Paralisi del facciale con recidiva

F. Corrias

2018/9 — pag. 593

Lo stroke ischemico nel bambino

A. Iacono, C. Guiducci, G. Turlà, C. Renzelli, P. Ricciardelli, F. Marchetti

2018/7 — pag. 425-431

Ischemic stroke is a clinical syndrome characterised by the sudden onset of a neurological deficit that can refer to the perfusion area of a cerebral artery and by the neuroradiologic evidence of an ischemic lesion. The incidence of ischemic stroke...

Reumatologia attraverso i casi

A. Taddio

2018/4 — pag. 243-245

The paper presents some practical messages for paediatricians that may be taken from the five rheumatological cases herein. Kawasaki disease may recur in the same patient, so in this case re-treatment with intravenous gammaglobulin is mandatory. Di...

Il bambino delicato

J. Apley

2018/1 — pag. 11

Un caso di pericardite ricorrente che nasconde una febbre mediterranea familiare

V. Gragnaniello, S. Ascione

2017/7

Una “cellulite” con il grappolo

A. Agrusti, B. Sacher

2017/4 — pag. 259-260

Brucellosi: un raro caso di recidiva

M.C. Castiglione

2017/1

Una recidiva atipica di porpora di Schönlein-Henoch

C. Rubino, S. Trapani, M. Paci, M. Resti

2016/10

Il trattamento della sindrome nefrosica cortico-sensibile

V. Murgia, F. Pugliese, F. Emma, G. Montini, M. Pennesi

2016/5 — pag. 297-302

Nephrotic cortico-sensitive syndrome is a chronic disease difficult to manage. Indeed, it presents a relapse risk in about 90% of cases and it may develop steroid dependence/ frequent relapse in about 50% of children. The nephrologist and the paedi...

Una tonsilla che ricresce

C. Retetangos

2016/4

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...

Una faringotonsillite ricorrente

C. Granato, M.F. Gicchino, G. Cantelmi, L. D’Ambrosio, A.N. Olivieri

2015/5

Una bozza che cresce in fretta

I. Marinelli, N. Palladino

2015/5

Aisha: e se la PFAPA non si ferma alle tonsille?

E. Panontin

2015/3 — pag. 189-192

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...

Non tutti i vomiti ricorrenti sono ciclici...

E. Cavaliere, G. Bordin, M. Marchiori

2014/5 — pag. 324-326

Parotiditi ricorrenti

P. Assandro, P. Marzuillo

2014/1

Un ascesso retrofaringeo recidivante

A. Favret, C. Germani, F.M. Murru, E. Neri, D. Grasso, E. Barbi

2013/9 — pag. 597-598

Un ascesso retrofaringeo recidivante

A. Favret, C. Germani, F.M. Murru, E. Neri, D. Grasso, E. Barbi

2013/9

Esiste una relazione tra latte materno e infezione neonatale da streptococco B?

E. Zanelli, S. Pastore, C. Zanchi, L. Travan

2013/8 — pag. 530-531

Recurrent GBS infection represents a potentially preventable subset of late-onset GBS sepsis. It occurs in 0.5% to 3.0% of infants. Mother can represent the first source of late-onset disease (LOD) and some case reports attribute responsibility to br...

Esiste una relazione tra latte materno e infezione neonatale da streptococco B?

E. Zanelli, S. Pastore, C. Zanchi, L. Travan

2013/8

Recurrent GBS infection represents a potentially preventable subset of late-onset GBS sepsis. It occurs in 0.5% to 3.0% of infants. Mother can represent the first source of late-onset disease (LOD) and some case reports attribute responsibility to br...

Pancreatiti acute e ricorrenti in pediatria: chi, come e perché

F. Minen, A. De Cunto, S. Martelossi, A. Ventura

2013/5 — pag. 302-307

Background - Etiologies of acute pancreatitis in children are more variable than in adults and have different causes. Aims - The aims of this study were: 1) to assess the etiological factors of acute and recurrent pancreatitis in a paediatric popu...

Una malattia...“da grandi”

I. Vannozzi, F. Dini, C. Tuoni, S. Ghione, G. Maggiore

2013/1

Sindrome PFAPA: una sconosciuta fra noi

M. Pasquetti

2012/7

Vulvovaginiti ricorrenti

2012/4 — pag. 252-253

L’angioma lobulare eruttivo

I. Berti

2012/2 — pag. 117-118

Paesi Bassi Ti piace vincere facile? Ovvero: propranololo contro placebo nell’emangiomatosi Infezioni della pelle: quale antibiotico? Quando anche ai bambini viene “un colpo” Rischio di ricorrenza dell’autismo Cortisone nella pielonefrite acuta: un affare cinese Celiachia (siamo ancora nei Paesi Bassi e non solo)

2011/8 — pag. 485-486

Immunodeficienze primitive: istruzioni per l’uso

A. Pirrone, A. Tommasini

2010/10 — pag. 629-635

Primary immunodeficiency diseases (PIDs) are a wide group of rare disorders. In spite of the set up of warning criteria, a practical approach for suspect and diagnosis is still difficult. Based on few exemplar clinical cases and on the review of ou...

Infezioni ricorrenti nel lattante: spia di un problema più complesso?

C. Calitri, F. Mignone, C. Bertaina, C. Gabiano, C. Scolfaro

2010/10

An 11-month-old girl was referred to our Paediatric Department for immunological evaluation. She has had history of recurrent infections since birth. During different hospital admissions, blood tests revealed persistent microcytic anemia, liver funct...

Un caso di eritema multiforme severo ricorrente

S. Ciccone, A. Paladini, D. Lacorte, C. Malaventura, R. Serino, A.R. Virgili

2010/9 — pag. 599-600

Erythema multiforme is an acute mucocutaneous reaction due to a hypersensitivity reaction that occurs in response to infections or medications and it is characterized by target skin lesions. We report the case of a 3-year-old child with severe er...

Un caso di eritema multiforme severo ricorrente

S. Ciccone, A. Paladini, D. Lacorte, C. Malaventura, R. Serino, A.R. Virgili

2010/9

rythema multiforme is an acute mucocutaneous reaction due to a hypersensitivity reaction that occurs in response to infections or medications and it is characterized by target skin lesions. We report the case of a 3-year-old child with severe erythem...

Il Quiz di gennaio

D. Radzik

2010/1

Antipiretici e convulsioni febbrili: qualcosa di nuovo?

G. Tornese, J. Bua, G. Simeone, F. Marchetti

2009/10 — pag. 657-660

The degree of temperature reached during a febrile episode has been considered the main condition of risk for the onset of febrile seizures for many years. In theory, the administration of antipyretics, lowering the body temperature, could prevent ...

Lo stroke in età pediatrica

E. Franzoni, G.G. Salerno, V. Valenti, C. Garone, I. Cecconi, D.M. Cordelli, V. Marchiani

2009/9 — pag. 566-571

According to the definition given by WHO, stroke is a clinical syndrome characterized by rapid appearance of a focal neurologic deficit lasting more than 24 hours and determined by arterial or venous occlusion or rupture. The incidence of stroke is...

I cortisonici inalatori sono più efficaci del placebo nel ridurre la frequenza delle riacutizzazioni nei bambini dell’età prescolare con broncospasmo ricorrente

D. Radzik

2009/6

Infezioni respiratorie ricorrentie immunostimolanti

L. Lepore, F. Longo, F. Panizon

2008/7 — pag. 451-456

As for pharmacological prevention of recurrent respiratory infections Cochrane Library has examined 579 controlled clinical trials against placebo. The substances tested are very different, ranging from thymus extracts and synthetic molecules actin...

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...

Dal bambino linfatico al bambino con infezioni respiratorie ricorrenti

F. Panizon

2006/3 — pag. 183-189

Il montelukast offre benefici clinici modesti nel wheezing ricorrente del bambino in età prescolare.

D. Radzik

2006/1

Trattamento della sindrome nefrosica idiopatica corticosensibile

C. Romanello

2005/9 — pag. 580-586

The steroid treatment of Idiopathic Nephrotic Syndrome (ISN) should be continued for at least 3 months, as there is evidence of an inverse correlation between the duration and the total dosage of steroids and the risk of relapses. The tendency to r...

Una ragazza con vomito ricorrente

P. Salierno, I. Giuseppin, F. Marchetti

2005/6

Le convulsioni febbrili

P. Costa, F. Marchetti

2005/4 — pag. 227-234

Febrile seizures (FS) is the most common seizures in childhood (2-4%). The diagnostic evaluation of the child with a FS can be very limited or moderately comprehensive. The primary concern is always the need to exclude meningitis. Recurrences are c...

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...

Il reflusso vescico ureterale

M. Lazzerini, M. Pennesi, F. Marchetti

2005/1

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

C. Oretti, M. Maschio, M. Lazzerini

2004/9

Desametazone ad alte dosi nella porpora trombocitopenica immune

G. Bartolozzi

2003/8

Domande e risposte

2003/4 — pag. 259-261

Ascesso perianale recidivante da ossiuri: chi l’avrebbe mai detto

C. Locatelli, G. Vergine, V. Leone, R. Ciambra, M. Pocecco

2003/4 — pag. 257

Un vaccino contro il papillomavirus umano tipo 16Un vaccino contro l'herpes genitaleI fattori di rischio dello stroke ricorrente nel bambinoUna conclusione definitiva: il mercurio contenuto nei vaccini è innocuo

G. Bartolozzi

2003/1

Tre regole per tre malattie: diarrea acuta, dolori addominali ricorrenti, celiachia

A. Ventura, I. Berti, A. Lenhardt, E. Faleschini

2001/10 — pag. 675-682

A gastroenterologist comments on three “thumb rules” for three common diseases. For acute diarrhea: oral rehydration, early refeeding and no antibiotics. For recurrent abdominal pain: “wait and see”, avoid searching for Helicobacter pylori and atte...

Quando sospettare un’immunodeficienza

A. Tommasini, A. Insalaco, C. Perez, A.R. Soresina, A. Plebani

2001/8 — pag. 524-528

Sindrome di Gilles de la Tourette: descrizione di un caso trattato con pimozide

D. Mangione

2001/7 — pag. 464

An 8-year old boy had three relapses of Gilles de la Tourette syndrome. The last one, previously treated with haloperidole and resistant to treatment with flufenazine, was responsive promptly to pimozide 6 mg per day....

Per amor di polemica: esiste l’appendicite “cronica” nel bambino?

A. Pineschi, M. Guglielmi, A. Messineo

2001/6 — pag. 393-399

Esiste l'appendicite cronica?

M&B

2001/6 — pag. 351-352

La tonsillite ricorrente e la tonsillite focale: una rivisitazione

P. D’Agaro, F. Panizon, A. Ventura, E. Zocconi

2001/4 — pag. 231-238

20 cases of recurrent pharyngitis, among whom 9 have undergone tonsillectomy, are compared with 9 cases of tonsillar hypertrophy, all of whom had undergone surgery. Adenovirus etiology was confirmed in 8 out of 14 cases belonging to the first group...

Esiste la pancreatite allergica?

L. Zancan, L. Bordignon, F. Fusaro

2001/3 — pag. 188

Dolori addominali ricorrenti

2001/3 — pag. 170

Il crup

F. Panizon

2001/1 — pag. 46-48

L' appendicite recidiva

D. Codrich, M. Sabatti, M. Monai, A. Giannotta, E. Chiella, A. Messineo

2000/8

Polmonite ricorrente (da adenovirus?)

F. Panizon

2000/5

Polmonite ricorrente (da adenovirus?)

F. Panizon

2000/5 — pag. 325-328

A case of pneumonia: clinical and radiological picture of a bacterial form of pneumonia, characterised by persistent temperature for 5-7 days, despite an antibiotic treatment (ceftriaxone+azithromycin) against Pneumococcus and Mycoplasma. The pict...

Macroematuria associata a ipercalciuria

C. Polito, A. La Manna, E. Varricchio, R. Maiello, A. Marte

2000/3 — pag. 191-192

I dolori addominali ricorrenti

C. Milocco, S. Facchin, M. Pocecco

2000/3 — pag. 185-187

Epistassi ricorrenti nell’infanzia

G. Pelos

2000/2 — pag. 116

Febbri ricorrenti con alti indici di flogosi

A. Tommasini, L. Lepore

1999/8 — pag. 506-510

Infezioni respiratorie ricorrenti

F. Panizon

1999/5

Il famciclovir nella cura dell'herpes genitalis ?

G. Bartolozzi

1999/4

Eritema fisso da farmaci

F. Longo

1999/1

La tonsillite ricorrente da adenovirus: osservazioni preliminari

A. Mendoza, F. Panizon

1998/6 — pag. 378