Sanguinamento gastrointestinale

Storia di una porpora timida e infida

Ranzetti I

2024/5 — pag. 89-90 — DOI

The author describes a case of Henoch-Schönlein purpura in a 4-year-old child who, before showing cutaneous signs (the classic palpable purpura on the lower limbs), developed abdominal signs (pain, vomiting and loss of appetite). ...

Un calciatore con il mal di schiena

Lattuada M, Pagano M

2022/8 — pag. 527-530 — 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....

Un diverticolo (dav)vero sanguinante

Tessitore A

2022/8 — pag. 174-175 — DOI

Meckel diverticulum has been suspected and then diagnosed at laparoscopic exploration of the abdomen in a severely anaemic 16-month-old child with acute intestinal bleeding. The surgical indication of all unexplained intestinal bleedings is discussed...

Vomito esplosivo con sangue

Borellini M, Zin A

2021/7 — pag. 220-220 — DOI

A case of Mallory-Weiss syndrome presenting after an episode of explosive vomiting is discussed....

Melena e... biscotti

G. Ferrara

2017/8 — pag. 530

Calprotectina elevata e polipi intestinali: quale relazione?

M. Mainetti, A. Zucchini, G. Turlà, A. Buzzi, F. Marchetti

2017/4

In clinical paediatric practice faecal calprotectin, a protein derived from white blood cells, is a reliable, non-invasive and easy-to-perform marker, with a high positive predictive power to identify intestinal inflammation. It is very useful for th...