A previously healthy 14-year-old girl with no significant medical history presented to our pediatric emergency department with worsening right upper quadrant abdominal pain in the setting of generalized...
A 13-year-old boy presented to his pediatrician’s office with a 1-day history of left hip pain. The patient reported that he felt a sharp pain in his anterior left hip while running, causing him to limp. He...
Alexander K.C. Leung, MD1,2, Benjamin Barankin, MD3, Joseph M. Lam, MD4, Kin Fon Leong, MD5
Alexander K.C. Leung, MD1,2, Benjamin...
This article is part of a series describing and differentiating dermatologic lumps and bumps. In Part 36, Leung and colleagues describe pyogenic granuloma. To access previously published articles in the...
Anne Wei; Melva Navarro; Violet Yeager, DO, MSPH; Bishoy Goubran, MD; Robert A. Moran, MD
Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) or deliberate self-harm is defined as the volitional, direct injury of the body tissue without suicidal intent. Substance abuse complicates the presentation because it masks...
Alexander K.C. Leung, MD1,2, Benjamin Barankin, MD3, Joseph M. Lam, MD4, Kin Fon Leong, MD5
Alexander K.C. Leung, MD1,2, Benjamin...
This article is part of a series describing and differentiating dermatologic lumps and bumps. In Part 35, Leung and colleagues describe nevus sebaceous. To access previously published articles in the...
A 15-year-old Hispanic boy with no significant medical history presented to our pediatric emergency department with severe weakness. He was in his usual state of health the night prior to presentation but...
Chickajajur Vijay, MD; Felistia N. Crowder, MD; Maheen Rehman, MD; Seth J. Deskins, MD
A 13-year-old girl was admitted to our emergency department with a 4-day history of worsening conjunctivitis, stomatitis, and odynophagia, leading to decreased oral intake and dehydration.
For more than three years now, COVID-19 continues to appear as a variety of symptom sets in the pediatric population—from completely asymptomatic presentations to fulminant respiratory failure, and...
Alexander K.C. Leung, MD1,2, Benjamin Barankin, MD3, Joseph M. Lam, MD4, Kin Fon Leong, MD5
Alexander K.C. Leung, MD1,2, Benjamin...
This article is part of a series describing and differentiating dermatologic lumps and bumps. In Part 33, Leung and colleagues describe neonatal breast hypertrophy and gynecomastia. To access previously...