Dicembre 2009 - Volume XXVIII - numero 10

Medico e Bambino


Pagine elettroniche ; Caso Contributivo

La sindrome del bambino azzurro

Matteo Bramuzzo1, Manuela Pasini2, Antonio Belluzzi2, Mauro Pocecco2

1Scuola di Specializzazione in Pediatria, Università di Trieste
2UO di Pediatria, Ospedale “M. Bufalini”, Cesena

Indirizzo per corrispondenza: bramuzzo@tiscalinet.it

BLUE BABY SYNDROME

Key words: Blue baby syndrome, Methemoglobinemia, Nitrate intoxication

Nitrate intoxication caused by vegetables consumption is an unusual cause of methemoglobinemia in infancy. The skin colour becomes blue and the Hb desaturation can be fatal. We report the case of a 7-month girl who was intoxicated by chards and two additional cases in which the condition was caused by carrots or by well water. A high index of suspicion is the most important factor in diagnosis.

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M. Bramuzzo, M. Pasini, A. Belluzzi, M. Pocecco
La sindrome del bambino azzurro
Medico e Bambino 2009;28(10):665-666 https://www.medicoebambino.com/?id=0910_665.pdf


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