seizures

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...

Una diagnosi tutt'altro che simplex

Renzullo AM

2025/3 — pag. 75-76 — DOI

Herpetic encephalitis is the leading cause of sporadic encephalitis, with high mortality despite early treatment. The paper reports the case of a 10-year-old boy who presented with fever, vomiting and headache, initially treated for gastroenteritis. ...

Intossicazione severa da tetraidrocannabinolo

Orsi SM, Mallamaci MF, Carrato V, Moscatelli A

2025/1 — pag. 18-18 — DOI

A 1-year-old girl was hospitalised with coma and seizures caused by acute THC intoxication (45 µg/l) due to hashish resin ingestion. Supportive therapy, including IV hydration and bromazepam, led to complete symptom resolution within 72 hours. This c...

Le manifestazioni parossistiche non epilettiche

Tratta E, Piacentini F, Pelosi P, Cupone R, Mirri S, Bini R, Mirri G, Ferrara G

2024/8 — pag. 166-166 — DOI

A 9-month-old infant, under follow-up for neonatal sepsis due to Streptococcus agalactiae, presented to the Emergency Department with episodes of head drooping, sometimes accompanied by blinking. During the clinical examination, the infant showed nor...

Quando la PRESsione si associa a disfunzione del neurone

Tavarella R, Scalas M, Baudi F, Mallamaci MF, Brisca G, Carrato V.

2024/6 — pag. 397-399 — DOI

The Authors describe the case of a 12-year-old boy who presented with a generalized tonic-clonic seizure. His blood pressure was moderately elevated (148/109). He was eventually diagnosed with PRES (posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome) relat...

Quando la PRESsione si associa a disfunzione del neurone

Tavarella R, Scalas M, Baudi F, Mallamaci MF, Brisca G, Carrato V

2024/6 — pag. 121-122 — DOI

The authors describe the case of a 12-year-old boy who presented with a generalized tonic-clonic seizure. His blood pressure was moderately elevated (148/109). He was eventually diagnosed with PRES (posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome) relat...

Quelli che si chiamano bambini (e famiglie) ad alta complessità assistenziale

Ravaglia A

2024/4 — pag. 75-76 — DOI

The author recounts the complexity of care and the emotional involvement the case of a child with spastic tetraparesis entailed. Additionally, a Decalogue of behaviour for the care of every child with complex assistance needs is offered to the reader...

Una crisi convulsiva… emolitica

Posocco F

2022/9 — pag. 193-193 — DOI

The Author describes the case of an 18-month-old child presenting with convulsions and poor general conditions and eventually diagnosed with uraemic-haemolytic syndrome....

Fragilità genitoriali e danni ai bambini: un caso di abusive head trauma

Chiaraluce S, Colasanto L, Ferrari F.

2022/8 — pag. 524-526 — DOI

The case of a 4-month-old infant with clonic seizures involving the right hemisoma finally diagnosed with abusive head trauma (AHT) is presented. The risk factors and the diagnostic implications of AHT are also discussed....

Indovina chi? Uno dei due “mente”

Sette C, Ricci M.

2022/6 — pag. 396-398 — DOI

Two intriguing cases in which a somatic disease has been suspected are presented. The diagnosis of a functional disorder was confirmed for only one of them....

Pianificazione condivisa di cure: quando il meglio riesce a essere amico del bene

Fachin A, De Zen L

2022/5 — pag. 108-109 — DOI

The authors describe a favourable experience of home management by parents of a syndromic child with highly recurrent, difficult to treat seizures....

Cluster familiare di infezione da Listeria monocytogenes

Cinquatti R, Acucella G, Emmig U, Rossi C, Canale C, Folgori G, Guala A

2022/5 — pag. 102-105 — DOI

Listeria monocytogenes is a Gram-positive facultative intracellular bacterium; it is transmitted to humans through the ingestion of contaminated food. Patients are typically immunosuppressed individuals, pregnant women, newborns and elderly people. I...

Sclerosi tuberosa ed everolimus: una nuova storia

Cervesi C, Di Marzio GM, Kiren V, Cattaruzzi E, Costa P, Carrozzi M

2021/7 — pag. 443-449 — DOI

Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is a rare autosomal dominant disorder, due to inactivating muta-tions of TSC1 or TSC2 mTOR pathway genes and is characterized by variable multisystem manifestations ranging from hamartomas to malignant neoplasms. It f...

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...

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...

QT lungo congenito ed epilessia: quale relazione?

L. Cortellazzo Wiel

2019/5 — pag. 118-118

Le crisi convulsive post-traumatiche

A. Canuto

2018/10

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

M. Budel

2018/9

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...

Dexmedetomidina intramuscolo per l’elettroencefalografia in sedazione del paziente autistico

S. Amoroso, F. Poropat, G. Cozzi, R. Devescovi, E. Barbi

2018/7

An 11-year-old autistic girl was admitted to the Emergency Room for a self-resolving episode of seizure. An electroencephalogram (EEG) under sedation was easily performed with the administration of intramuscular dexmedetomidine. Patients with autism ...

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M.V. Abate (a cura di)

2018/3

Disordini dello "spettro Zellweger": rara causa di convulsioni e ipotonia nel neonato

G. Stangoni, T. Becchetti, G.M. Campus, A. Fantauzzi, R. Scattoni, A. Zeringyte

2016/9 — pag. 602-604

The paper describes a case of a newborn suffering from severe hypotonia and drug-resistant seizures, who was diagnosed with a “Zellweger spectrum” disease by means of biochemical and enzymatic tests. The “Zellweger spectrum” disorders are a group...

Disordini dello “spettro Zellweger”: rara causa di convulsioni e ipotonia nel neonato

G. Stangoni, T. Becchetti, G.M. Campus, A. Fantauzzi, R. Scattoni, A. Zeringyte

2016/9

Convulsioni e stato di male epilettico: schema sinottico per l’intervento in emergenza/urgenza

F. Quarantiello, G. Furcolo

2016/3

Storie di “ordinaria” neonatologia

G. Caddeo, A. De Cunto, S. Demarini

2016/2

Stato di male nella sindrome di Sturge-Weber

G. Bravar, M. Arigliani, C. De Pieri

2015/8

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 mano allo stomaco

P. Pascolo, C. Pierobon, R. Tosolini, R. Lualdi, E. Marcuzzi, C. Zanus

2015/2

Inalazione di corpo estraneo: uno “strano caso”

G.L. Benetti, C. Iozzi, M. Atzeni

2015/1

Foreign body inhalation is a quite common event in chil-dhood, especially during the first years of life. It can cau-se complete airway obstruction and asphyxia resulting from a large object lodged in the trachea or larynx, which require real emergen...

Tosse e tremori… quando meno te lo aspetti

S. Scattolin, V. Piovan, G. Policicchio

2014/9

Che PRESsione!

C. Geraci

2014/3

Un neonato che nasconde qualcosa

G. Romano, A. Janes, A. Rosolen

2013/10

Ho le convulsioni e ho avuto un po’ di diarrea

P. Ricciarelli, A. Magistà, F. Currò, L. Mambelli, F. Marchetti

2013/8

Il midazolam in soluzione transmucosa orale

F. Marchetti, G. Rametta, P. Ricciardelli

2013/5 — pag. 313-317

Oromucosal midazolam (Buccolam) has been recently approved also in Italy for the treatment of paediatric patients (aged 3 months to 5 minutes). Oromucosal midazolam was at least as effective as rectal diazepam in clinical trials in children with ...

Un angioma da non sottovalutare

S. Bertrando, S. Cornacchione, G. Stazzone, M. Tei, M.G. Alagna, G. Turrisi, S. Badii, G. Buonocore

2013/5

Sepsi complicata da ascesso cerebrale. Un caso clinico

F. Sbravati, G. Faldella

2013/2

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...

Convulsioni e stroke neonatale

E. Coccolini, F. Sbravati, G. Faldella

2011/8

Ma quanto dura questa febbre???

S. Ciccone, D. Lacorte, S. Brachi, A. Paladini, M. Cappella, L. Marangio, R. Serino

2011/1

Epilessia con mioclonie palpebrali e assenze

L. Marangio, E. Fiumana, G. La Fauci, R. Faggioli

2010/5

Cristina

R. Cavallo

2009/6

Ipocalcemia: un sintomo dalle tante “facies”

G. Igli Baroncelli, F. Vierucci, A. Bartoli, G. Saggese

2008/1

Storie notturne in pronto soccorso: Lisa e la botta in testa...che non c'entra

V. Declich, A. Di Benedetto, C. Germani

2007/6

Gli inibitori del reuptake della serotonina in gravidanza: convulsioni neonatali e sindrome da astinenza

I. Bruno

2005/2

Autismo e spettro autistico

P. Curatolo

2004/10 — pag. 621-629

L'epilessia (I° parte)

M. Lazzerini

2004/4

Che strani capelli ha quel bambino

C. Balducci, A. Vaccaro, E. Spadoni, C. Mazzatenta , L. Luti , L. Matteucci, R. Domenici

2004/4

Avvelenamento con un preparato cinese contro i roditori

G. Bartolozzi

2004/3

Epilessia benigna occipitale a esordio precoce

G. Crichiutti, A. Gimmillaro

2004/2

Una porpora di Schonlein-Henoch plurisintomatica

G. Bonora, C. Malorgio

2002/4

Crisi epilettica d’importazione Neurocisticercosi

G. Crichiutti

2001/7 — pag. 461-462

Trattamento delle crisi convulsive acute e dello stato di male epilettico

G. Bartolozzi, P. Busoni, M. Lini, M. Peraldo

1999/2

Iponatremia da trattamento con DDAVP: la desmopressina e l’enuresi notturna

P.P. Molinari, A. Lambertini, G. Giovannini e coll.

1998/4 — pag. 227-228

Desmopressin (DDAVP) is widely used in the treatment of primary nocturnal enuresis. It is a safe and effectiv drug, but occasionally water intoxication may occur. We report a 5 - year - old girl who developed generalized seizures due to hyponatr...