Volume 10 - Issue 12 - December 2011

Consultant for Pediatricians

Neurologic disorders
Neurologic disorders
What Is the Cause of This Child's Facial Asymmetry?
12/08/2011
Bell palsy, or idiopathic facial paralysis, is the most common cause of unilateral facial paralysis.
12/08/2011
Oral Lesions
Oral Lesions
Oral Lichen Planus
12/08/2011
Taina A. Trevino, MD; Hillary F. Cohen; Jason Rubin, MD
<p><img src="/sites/default/files/transfer/1112CFP_PC_Lichen_thumb.jpg" alt="Oral Lichen Planus" width="90" height="74" style="float: left; margin:...
12/08/2011
childhood obesity
childhood obesity
Popsicle Panniculitis
12/07/2011
Saleem Raza, MD; Rajan Arora, MD; Thiagarajan Nandhagopal, MD
<p><img src="/sites/default/files/transfer/1112CFP_PC_Popsicle_thumb.jpg" alt="popsicle panniculitis" width="90" height="68" style="float: left; margin:...
12/07/2011
childhood obesity
childhood obesity
Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Identifying Eating Disorders
12/07/2011
Dominique R. Williams, MD, MPH, FAAP
<P><SPAN>A </SPAN>lack of understanding of the varying manifestations and possible comorbidities of eating disorders and obesity may lead to a disproportionate focus on the...
12/07/2011
Causes of vomiting in children
Causes of vomiting in children
What Do the Findings Reveal About the Cause of Emesis in a Young Boy?
12/07/2011
William Yaakob, MD; Roli Agrawal, MD; Sarah Kizilbash, MD
<p><img alt="appendicitis" src="/sites/default/files/transfer/1112CFP_RQAgrawal_AnsFg_thumb.jpg" style="height:90px; margin:5px; width:62px; float:left" />A...
12/07/2011
Nutrition
Nutrition
Toddler With Yellowish Skin Discoloration
12/07/2011
Shahbaz Syed, BSc
A 13-month-old girl had a yellowish coloring of her skin for the past 4 months. There was no history of fever, vomiting, or tea-colored urine. Her developmental milestones were normal. Her diet consisted of...
12/07/2011
Pneumonia
Pneumonia
Necrotizing Pneumonia in a Child Immunized With PCV7
12/07/2011
Riad Abou Zahr, MD; Mohammed Hamzah, MD; Aracelis D. Fernandez, MD
<P><IMG style="MARGIN: 5px; FLOAT: left" alt="Necrotizing pneumonia" src="/sites/default/files/transfer/1112CFP_IDAFig2_thumb.jpg" width=90...
12/07/2011
Eczema
Eczema
Could there be an alternative explanation for the eczema flare in this teenage boy?
12/07/2011
Kirk Barber, MD, FRCPC
<p><img src="/sites/default/files/transfer/1112CFP_DC_IndexFg_thumb.jpg" width="90" height="60" style="margin: 5px; float: left;">A 15-year-old boy...
12/07/2011
infantile hemangioma treatment
infantile hemangioma treatment
Infantile Hemangioma Treated With Propranolol
12/07/2011
A. M. Margileth, MD
<P><EM>A few pediatricians wrote to us about Dr Robert P. Blereau’s Photoclinic item titled “Deep (Cavernous) Hemangioma” (CONSULTANT FOR PEDIATRICIANS, September 2011, page 326). They wanted to...
12/07/2011