Volume 10 - Issue 10 - October 2011

Consultant for Pediatricians

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What findings narrow the differential diagnosis of neck swelling and fever in an infant?
10/03/2011
Roli Agrawal, MD; Sarah Kizilbash, MD; William Yaakob, MD
<p>A 5-month-old girl is brought for evaluation of a neck swelling that had appeared 2 days earlier and had progressively enlarged. She has also had cough and subjective fever. She has had no...
10/03/2011
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6-Year-Old Girl With Painful Oral Lesion
10/03/2011

ALEXANDER K. C. LEUNG, MD—Series Editor
Dr Leung is clinical professor of pediatrics at the University of Calgary and pediatric consultant at the Alberta Children’s Hospital in Calgary.

ALEXANDER K. C. LEUNG, MD—Series Edit...
<P>A 6-year-old girl with painful oral lesion. The pain intensified when she ate or drank anything sour or salty. She had similar painful lesions in the oral cavity before. No history of...
10/03/2011
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Autism: Genetic or Environmental?
10/03/2011
John W. Harrington, MD
<p><span>A recent article from </span>Hallmayer and colleagues<sup>1</sup> has reinvigorated the debate about whether autism has significant environmental...
10/03/2011
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Treatment of Labial Fusion: Is Watchful Waiting an Option?
10/03/2011
Labial fusion occurs most commonly in preschool girls between 3 months and 4 years of age.
10/03/2011
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Is the lesion shown here related to the limb hypoplasia in this infant?
10/03/2011
Kirk Barber, MD, FRCPC
<p>This 13-week-old boy is brought for evaluation of a “birthmark” on his right buttock. The mother describes the lesion as a bluish mottling of the skin that worsens with crying. She is also...
10/03/2011
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Oral and Cutaneous Candidiasis
10/03/2011
Sanjeev Y. Tuli, MD; Sonal S. Tuli, MD
<p>For the past 2 weeks, a 13-year-old African American girl had fever and blisters on her lips. Two days earlier, a rash appeared under her arm and on her face.</p>
10/03/2011
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Calcaneal Pseudocyst
10/03/2011
Robert P. Blereau, MD; Timothy J. Haley, MD
<p>During the evaluation of a 15-year-old boy with an injury to the right foot, an unexpected radiographic finding was noted. </p>
10/03/2011
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Horner Syndrome
10/03/2011
D. Brady Pregerson, MD
<P>This 6-year-old boy was born with a closed right eye that opened halfway by 5 months of age. His parents noticed that he had decreased sweating over the right side of his face and forehead above...
10/03/2011
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Autism and Genetic Testing: An Update for Clinical Practice
10/03/2011
Vijay S. Tonk, PhD; Golder N. Wilson, MD, PhD
<p>Beyond the crucial role of screening for autistic behaviors is the opportunity for the pediatrician to help explain genetic findings or diagnoses and integrate this information into the medical...
10/03/2011