Settembre 2021 - Volume XL - numero 7
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UOC di Pediatria e Neonatologia, Ospedale di Ravenna, AUSL della Romagna
Key words: Craniopharyngioma, Asthenia, Behavioral changes
The paper reports - in the form of a dialogue between paediatricians - the case of an 8-year-old boy who presented with about 10 days of sporadic episodes of vomiting, profuse asthenia and change in behaviour. Brain MRI showed the presence of a craniopharyngioma with biventricular hydrocephalus. The sneaky and vague symptoms made this case unforgettable.
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1UOC di Pediatria e Neonatologia, 2UO di Neuroradiologia, Ospedale di Ravenna, AUSL della Romagna
3IRCCS, Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Neurochirurgia pediatrica, Bologna
Key words: Vomiting, Central Nervous System (CNS) neoplasia
The paper descibes the cases of a 10-year-old girl and a 3-year-old boy with CNS neoplasia. The girl presented with acute vomiting and cervicalgia while in the boy vomiting persisted for three months as the only symptom and was iniatially misinterpreted as due to gastroesophageal reflux. The authors stress that in very young children (< 4 y) persistent vomiting may be the only symptom of a CNS neoplasia.
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Pediatria, San Vito al Tagliamento, AAS5 (Pordenone)
The authors discuss the case of a 31-month-old girl coming from Burkina Faso who presented with a severe genital mutilation.
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