Maggio 2008 - Volume XXVII - numero 5
Pagine elettroniche ; Ricerca
1Clinica Pediatrica, Dipartimento di Chirurgia, Direzione Scientifica, IRCCS “Burlo Garofolo”, Università di Trieste;
2Clinica Pediatrica, Università di Chieti;
3Associazione Culturale Pediatri
Indirizzo per corrispondenza: marchetti@burlo.trieste.it
Key words: Cryptorchidism, Guidelines, Therapy,
Undescended testis is a common finding in boys, with a prevalence at birth between 2-8%. Its treatment has been matter of debate for several years. Recently, a consensus among specialists from the Nordic countries on the state- of-the-art in the treatment of undescended testicles has been reached and published. In the light of these clear guidelines, we decided to conduct a study with the aim of describing the current management of cryptorchidism among Italian family paediatricians and of detecting any difference from the recommended guidelines. After this first retrospective descriptive phase of the study, a second prospective phase is planned in order to assess undescended testis management after the diffusion of the current guidelines. The detailed protocol of the study is presented.
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Pagine elettroniche ; Caso Contributivo
1Clinica Pediatrica, Università di Ferrara
2Istituto di Radiologia, Università di Ferrara
3Istituto di Anatomia e Istologia Patologica, Università di Padova
Indirizzo per corrispondenza: elisagiaco@gmail.com
Key words: Infant, Skull lesions, Myofibroma
We reported a 5 month-old infant case, admitted to our institution for a retroauricular mass. We described our diagnostic approach and the differential diagnosis that was progressively excluded. Lesions of the skull were present as lumps on the head, and by a broad differential diagnosis they could be referred to as inflammatory, malformative, traumatic and neoplastic lesions, so clinical presentations and diagnostic imaging could be useful. In most of cases, biopsy is necessary to make a definitive diagnosis.
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