Aprile 2022 - Volume XLI - numero 4
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Scuola di Specializzazione in Pediatria, IRCCS Materno-Infantile, “Burlo-Garofolo”, Università di Trieste
Key words: SMA, Spinal muscular atrophy
The authors present the case of a girl diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) and discuss how the new therapeutic approaches may change the prospect of life of the affected patients.
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Scuola di Specializzazione in Pediatria, Università di Trieste
Key words: Bilious vomiting, Imperforate membrane
The case of newborn with persisting bilious vomiting is described. A diagnosis of imperforate membrane in the fourth duodenal portion was eventually made.
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UOC di Pediatria, Ospedale Ca’ Foncello, Treviso
Key words: Bartonellosis, Unexplained fever, Hyopoechoic epato-splenic images
Two cases of systemic bartonellosis are described. They both presented with long lasting, unexplained fever and multiple hyopoechoic hepato-splenic images on ultrasound examination.
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Pediatria H, Fondazione MBBM, Ospedale “San Gerardo” di Monza, Università di Milano Bicocca
Key words: Neck lymphadenitis, Tuberculous lymphadenitis
The cases of two adolescents with neck lymphadenitis respectively coming from Morocco and Philippines are described. They were eventually diagnosed with tuberculous lymphadenitis (TBL). The clinical features, the risk factors and the diagnostic approach of TBL are also discussed.
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Scuola di Specializzazione in Pediatria, Università di Firenze
Key words: Vascular malformation, Oedema, Post-traumatic condition
The authors describe the case of an eleven-year-old girl with a complex vascular malformation of the right thigh presenting with moderate oedema and lameness that were previously misinterpreted as a post-traumatic condition.
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