Volume 12 - Issue 12 - December 2013

Consultant for Pediatricians

Dermatitis
Dermatitis
12/18/2013
Quynh-Giao Nguyen, BSc; Rajani Katta, MD
A 5-year-old girl was referred for allergy patch testing due to a facial rash of 8 months’ duration. She had no history of eczema.
12/18/2013
Pneumonia
Pneumonia
12/18/2013
Norman M. Jacobs, MD; John H. Stroger, Jr.; Hitesh Agrawal, MD; Gunjan Dokania, MD; Aashima Bansal, MD
An 18-year-old boy presented to the emergency department (ED) with sudden-onset nausea, retrosternal chest pain, and vomiting that had been occurring more than 10 times a day for the last 4 days.
12/18/2013
brachymetacarpia
brachymetacarpia
12/18/2013
Daniel L. Ivan, MD
<p>A 15-year-old girl presented with her mother for a sports preparticipation physical examination. </p>
12/18/2013
trauma
trauma
12/18/2013
Clifton C. Lee, MD; Walker Shaw, BS; Ewa Way, MD
A 9-year-old boy presented to the emergency department (ED) approximately 30 minutes after having sustained a penetrating trauma to the posterior soft palate.
12/18/2013
Fractures
Fractures
12/18/2013
Kristy Williamson, MD; Joshua M. Sherman, MD; Kevin Gurcharran, MD; Ambreen Khan, MD
A previously healthy 11-year-old boy presented to the emergency department with acute right eye pain and swelling.
12/18/2013
Eczema Herpeticum
Eczema Herpeticum
12/18/2013
Meredith L. Orseth, BS, BA
A 6-month-old boy with a history of atopic dermatitis presented with a 3-day history of a new rash. The papulovesicles had first appeared on his left antecubital fossa and then had spread to involve his...
12/18/2013
Meckel diverticulum
Meckel diverticulum
12/18/2013
Kristen Samaddar, MD; Vanessa Celleri, MD
A 10-week-old girl presented to the emergency department after having had several episodes of nonbloody, nonbilious emesis and irritability.
12/18/2013
cyst
cyst
12/18/2013
Nishit Patel, MD; Greg Dupuis, MD; Robert Wild, MD, PhD, MPH
<p>A 17-year-old girl with a recently discovered ovarian cyst was referred to the emergency department  by her primary care provider.</p>
12/18/2013
Obesity
Obesity
12/18/2013
Charles A. Pohl, MD; Chalanda Jones, MD
Adolescents with obesity are at significant risk of developing an eating disorder, yet clinicians often fail to identify symptoms and intervene early.
12/18/2013
cyst
cyst
12/18/2013
Bhagwan Das Bang, MD
A 3-year-old African American boy presented with a swelling behind his right ear. The swelling had been first noticed 2 months ago, and it was cystic, nonpainful, and nontender.
12/18/2013
salicylate
salicylate
12/18/2013
Germaine L. Defendi, MD, MS
<p>This article reviews the pathophysiology of salicylate metabolism, the clinical and diagnostic clues of an acute overdose, and the cellular response of salicylate poisoning on various organ...
12/18/2013
Pneumonia
Pneumonia
12/18/2013
Deepa D. Kulkarni, MD; Gitanjli Arora, MD; Daniel A. DeUgarte, MD; Stephen B. Shew, MD
A 3,345-g boy was born at full term to a primigravid mother via an uncomplicated cesarean delivery for failure to progress.
12/18/2013
cyst
cyst
12/18/2013
Benjamin Barankin, MD, FRCPC; Alexander K.C. Leung, MD, MBBS, FRCPC, FRCP
<p>A 17-year-old boy developed a mass on the right cheek at the site of a mole that had grown slowly for a year.</p>
12/18/2013
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
12/18/2013
Alexis L. Dougherty, MD; Cloyce L. Stetson, MD
A 4-year-old Latina presented with red, indurated plaques that had been present on her cheeks and dorsal nose for 3 months.
12/18/2013
Eczema Herpeticum
Eczema Herpeticum
12/18/2013
<p>Reader reactions and timely answers from experts for December 2013.</p>
12/18/2013