Vision Disorders

Storie di ordinaria isteria: quando una bambina dice che non vede

Nucci P.

2026/1 — pag. 57-58 — DOI

The case of Giulia, a nine-year-old girl with progressive visual difficulties in the absence of organic findings, illustrates a common functional presentation in paediatrics. The symptom, fluctuating and inconsistent with ocular pathology, serves a c...

Una presentazione atipica della porpora trombocitopenica immune

Leone G, Consentino MC, Pappalardo MG, Leonardi R, Scarlata F, Nannola C, Timpanaro T.

2024/5 — pag. 329-331 — DOI

The authors describe a case of idiopathic autoimmune thrombocytopenia characterized by the onset of visual disturbances due to macular haemorrhage in the left eye....

Occhio non vede, cuore che duole: la diagnosi del disturbo da conversione e da sintomi somatici

Menghi A, Radice C, Serafini M, Facchini L, Dal Bo S, Marchetti F.

2022/7 — pag. 458-460 — DOI

Two cases representative of two different aspects of the somatic disorder are described. The Authors stress how the diagnosis of a somatic disorder may be positively posed....

Il craniofaringioma

Salce N, Giovannelli E, Graziani V, Cozzolino M, Mazzatenta D, Zucchelli M, Marchetti F

2021/7 — pag. 467-469 — DOI

Craniopharyngioma (CP) is a rare epithelial low-grade tumour that develops in the sellar/suprasellar region of the brain, along the craniopharyngeal duct. It has a bimodal distribution and the first peak occurs in paediatric age almost exclusively co...

Il craniofaringioma

Salce N, Giovannelli E, Graziani V, Cozzolino M, Mazzatenta D, Zucchelli M, Marchetti F

2021/7 — pag. 210-216 — DOI

Craniopharyngioma (CP) is a rare epithelial low-grade tumour that develops in the sellar/suprasellar region of the brain, along the craniopharyngeal duct. It has a bimodal distribution and the first peak occurs in paediatric age almost exclusively co...

Urgenze neurologiche in Pediatria: il caso della perdita acuta del visus

A. Suppiej

2018/1 — pag. 42-46

Acute loss of vision in children is a worrying sign for both patients and physicians. In the absence of obvious ophthalmological signs, the paediatrician is faced with the challenge of distinguishing a functional (non-organic) disorder from potenti...

Ipopituitarismo congenito

P. Matarazzo, M. Repici, A. Ravaglia

2015/7 — pag. 452-457

A lot of genes govern pituitary gland development, differentiation and function. Mutations in those genes, as well as toxic or infective intrauterine noxae, could derange pituitary gland development, differentiation and function. More precocious is...

Prevenzione della cecità infantile in Etiopia

A. Tarocco, F. Pistocchi

2011/7 — pag. 427-441

Quando il bambino non fissa lo sguardo

E. Rubinato, F. Parentin, G. Gortani, M. Spaccini

2010/6 — pag. 397-398

We report the case of a 2-month-old baby who was brought to our attention because his mother noted that he “doesn’t gaze” as his sister did. The child presented with absence of gazing movement and nistagmus. An ophtalmological evaluation revealed...

La valutazione della funzione visiva: linee guida per il pediatra di famiglia

P. Nucci, M. Picca, R. Marinello

2000/8