Volume 11 - Issue 9 - September 2012

Consultant for Pediatricians

Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita
Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita
09/18/2012

BHAGWAN DAS BANG, MD
Opp, Ala

DEEPAK M. KAMAT, MD, PhD—Series Editor: Dr Kamat is professor of pediatrics at Wayne State University in Detroit. He is also director of the Institute of Medical Education and vice chair of education at Children’s Hospital of Michigan, both in Detroit.

BHAGWAN DAS BANG, MDOpp, AlaDEEPAK M....
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09/18/2012
ectopic ureterocele
ectopic ureterocele
09/18/2012

RAJAN ARORA, MD, SALEEM RAZA, MD, and ROZANANDHAM SAMUDRALA, MD Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Detroit

DEEPAK M. KAMAT, MD, PhD—Series Editor: Dr Kamat is professor of pediatrics at Wayne State University in Detroit. He is also director of the Institute of Medical Education and vice chair of education at Children’s Hospital of Michigan, both in Detroit.

RAJAN ARORA, MD, SALEEM RAZA, MD, and...
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09/18/2012
geographic tongue
geographic tongue
09/18/2012

ROBERT P. BLEREAU, MD
Morgan City, Louisiana

ROBERT P. BLEREAU, MD Morgan City, Lo...
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09/18/2012
hair tourniquet syndrome
hair tourniquet syndrome
09/18/2012

Olumide Oyefeso, MD

Headwaters Health Care Centre, Orangeville, Ontario, Canada

Oladiji Vaughan, MD

Springfield Pediatrics, San Tan Valley, Arizona

Olumide Oyefeso, MDHeadwaters Health ...
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09/18/2012
cyst
cyst
09/18/2012

DANIEL THIMANN, MD
CRAIG HUANG, MD
Children’s Medical Center, Dallas

DEEPAK M. KAMAT, MD, PhD—Series Editor: Dr Kamat is professor of pediatrics at Wayne State University in Detroit. He is also director of the Institute of Medical Education and vice chair of education at Children’s Hospital of Michigan, both in Detroit.

DANIEL THIMANN, MD CRAIG HUANG, MD Ch...
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09/18/2012
Herpes simplex
Herpes simplex
09/18/2012

Case and image courtesy of Nischala Rajegowda, MD,
Walter M. D’Alonzo, MD, and Linda S. Nield, MD,
West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown.

Case and image courtesy of Nischala R...
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09/18/2012
omental infarction
omental infarction
09/18/2012

ABA AL-KAABI, MD and MAYA C. MYSLENSKI, MD
Case Western Reserve University

Dr Al-Kaabi is an intern in the department of pediatrics at Case Western Reserve University (MetroHealth) Program in Cleveland. Dr Myslenski is assistant professor of pediatrics at Case Western Reserve University and attending physician in the department of emergency medicine at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland.

David Effron, MD—Series Editor: Dr Effron is assistant professor of surgery at Case Western Reserve University, attending physician in the department of emergency medicine at the MetroHealth Medical Center, and consultant emergency physician at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, all in Cleveland.

ABA AL-KAABI, MD and MAYA C. MYSLENSK...
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09/18/2012
osteomyelitis
osteomyelitis
09/18/2012

NATHAN T. COHEN, MD
Children’s National Medical Center 

GREGORY F. HAYDEN, MD
TALISSA A. ALTES, MD
and RONALD B. TURNER, MD
University of Virginia School of Medicine

Dr Cohen is a pediatric intern at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, DC. Dr Hayden is professor and head, division of general pediatrics, Dr Altes is associate professor in the department of radiology, and Dr Turner is professor in the division of pediatric infectious diseases, all at the University of Virginia School of Medicine in Charlottesville.

NATHAN T. COHEN, MD Children’s Nation...
A 9-year-old girl was transferred from an outside hospital because of neck pain with associated fever.
09/18/2012
Oral Candidiasis
Oral Candidiasis
09/18/2012

ALEXANDER K. C. LEUNG, MD—Series Editor and ALEX H. C. WONG, MD
University of Calgary

Dr Wong is clinical assistant professor of family medicine at the University of Calgary.

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...
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09/18/2012
magnet ingestion
magnet ingestion
09/18/2012

KARTHIK SRINIVASAN, MD
and LUIS F. SEGUIAS, MD
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas

Drs Srinivasan and Seguias are assistant professors in the department of pediatrics at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas.


MANU KUNDRA, MD 
and CARLA L. ANGELSKI, MD, FRCPC
University of Alberta, Edmonton

KARTHIK SRINIVASAN, MD and LUIS F. S...
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09/18/2012
Cancer
Cancer
09/18/2012
According to the National Cancer Institute (NCI), more than half of childhood cancers are leukemias and cancers of the brain and CNS.
09/18/2012
blount disease
blount disease
09/18/2012

ROLI AGRAWAL, MD and SARAH KIZILBASH, MD
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn

Dr Agrawal is a radiology resident and Dr Kizilbash is a general pediatrician at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.

WILLIAM YAAKOB, MD—Series Editor: Dr Yaakob is a radiologist in Tallahassee, Fla.

ROLI AGRAWAL, MD and SARAH KIZILBASH,...
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09/18/2012
Hypothyroidism
Hypothyroidism
09/18/2012

ALEXANDER K. C. LEUNG, MD
University of Calgary

Dr Leung is clinical professor of pediatrics at the University of Calgary and a pediatric consultant at the Alberta Children’s Hospital in Calgary.

ALEXANDER K. C. LEUNG, MD University ...
For the past month, a 14-year-old girl had increased appetite, heat intolerance, nervousness, insomnia, frequent and loose stools, palpitations, and fatigue. She had a  4-lb weight loss during that...
09/18/2012
Depression
Depression
09/18/2012

PETER J. CHUNG, MD
NEELKAMAL S. SOARES, MD

University of California, Los Angeles

Dr Chung is a fellow in developmental-behavioral pediatrics and Dr Soares is associate professor of pediatrics, both at the David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles.

Neither author has any financial conflict of interest related to the manuscript.

PETER J. CHUNG, MD NEELKAMAL S. SOARE...
Child and adolescent depression is a disorder with a high prevalence and significant morbidity that is often encountered by primary physicians.
09/18/2012
PHACES syndrome
PHACES syndrome
09/18/2012

SIRIKISHAN SHETTY, MD, QUANG VU, ROBERT SILVERMAN, MD,
and RIVA KAMAT, MD
Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children

Dr Shetty is a transitional year intern at Georgetown University Hospital. Mr Vu is a medical student at Virginia Commonwealth University. Dr Silverman is a pediatric dermatologist and Dr Kamat is a pediatric hospitalist at Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children in Falls Church, Va.

KIRK BARBER, MD, FRCPC––Series Editor: Dr Barber is a consultant dermatologist at Alberta Children’s Hospital and clinical associate professor of medicine and community health sciences at the University of Calgary in Alberta.

SIRIKISHAN SHETTY, MD, QUANG VU, ROBE...
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09/18/2012
Primary Care
Primary Care
09/18/2012

NATHAN T. COHEN, MD
Children’s National Medical Center

MARK J. MENDELSOHN, MD and GREGORY F. HAYDEN, MD
University of Virginia School of Medicine

NATHAN T. COHEN, MDChildren’s Nationa...
<p class="p1"><img src="/sites/default/files/transfer/1209CFP_GCCohen_Fg.jpg" alt="Rash" title="Rash" width="90" height="90"...
09/18/2012