Volume 12 - Issue 8 - August 2013

Consultant for Pediatricians

clubfoot
clubfoot
01/31/2014
Ebony Beaudoin, MD; Farah McCorvey, MD
<p>A male infant was born at 38 weeks of gestation to a 36-year-old gravida 3, para 2 woman. Delivery was via emergency cesarean section secondary to nonreassuring fetal heart...
01/31/2014
Chalazion
Chalazion
01/31/2014
Sanjeev Y. Tuli, MD; Donald J. Fillipps, MD; Sonal S. Tuli, MD; Karla Torres, MD
<p>A 2-year-old boy presented with a gradually enlarging painless bump of 4 weeks’ duration on the left upper eyelid. The bump initially had been painful, and the eyelid surrounding it had...
01/31/2014
tachycardia
tachycardia
01/31/2014
Sheshashree Seshadri, MD; Karl Serrao, MD; Andgarbine Goya, MD
A 14-year-old boy presented after an episode of syncope, his fourth in the past 5 years. During the first syncopal episode, he had fallen off a swing on a hot day.
01/31/2014
acute hemorrhagic edema
acute hemorrhagic edema
01/31/2014
Rajesh Pandey, MD, MBBS, FAAP
<p class="p1">A 14-month-old white girl was brought to the clinic by her parents for a violaceous, “scary-looking” rash on her right thigh that had started the previous...
01/31/2014
Chalazion
Chalazion
09/03/2013
Donald J. Fillipps, MD; Karla Torres, MD; Sanjeev Y. Tuli, MD; Sonal S. Tuli, MD
<p><span class="s2">A</span> <span class="s3">2-year-old boy presented with a gradually enlarging painless bump of 4 weeks’ duration on the left upper...
09/03/2013
tachycardia
tachycardia
09/03/2013
Sheshashree Seshadri, MD; Karl Serrao, MD; Andgarbine Goya, MD
<p><span class="s2">A</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s2">14-year-old boy presented after an episode of syncope, his...
09/03/2013
acute hemorrhagic edema
acute hemorrhagic edema
09/03/2013
Rajesh Pandey, MD, MBBS, FAAP
<p>A 14-month-old white girl was brought to the clinic by her parents for a violaceous, “scary-looking” rash on her right thigh that had started the previous day.</p>
09/03/2013
cyst
cyst
09/03/2013
Riley Kendall, MD; Sanjeev Y. Tuli, MD; Sonal S. Tuli, MD
<p><span class="s2">A</span> 3-year-old boy was brought in by his mother for assessment of a bump behind his right knee, which had been first noted approximately 1 month...
09/03/2013
lichen striatus
lichen striatus
09/03/2013
Kirk Barber, MD, FRCPC; Charles O. Onyeama, MD; Melissa Marquez-Conklin
<p><span class="s2">A</span><span class="s2"> </span><span class="s2">7-month-old girl presented with a 2-month history of rash....
09/03/2013
smoking
smoking
09/03/2013
Linda S. Nield, MD; Meredith C. Broberg, MD
<p>Providing parents with effective guidance to help their child quit smoking is of the utmost importance for primary care pediatricians and family medicine physicians. </p>
09/03/2013
stroke
stroke
09/03/2013
Mark Cartoski, MD; Ralph Northam, MD; Jonathan Fleenor, MD
<p>A 13-month-old previously healthy girl presented with a 1-day history of decreased right-sided movement and fussiness. Her parents noted that she had less movement on her right side, had...
09/03/2013
Warts
Warts
09/03/2013
Joe R. Monroe, PA-C, MPAS, PA
<p>While we can work near-miracles with many medical conditions, the humble wart continues to be one of the most frustrating ailments we are called on to treat. Many choices are available for treating...
09/03/2013
geographic tongue
geographic tongue
09/03/2013

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 10-year-old boy was noted to have erythematous patches on his tongue 9 months ago. The patches changed shape, size, and location over time. The child was asymptomatic and had normal...
09/03/2013
osteomyelitis
osteomyelitis
09/03/2013
Lynnette J. Mazur, MD, MPH; Amalia Guardiola, MD
<p><img alt="NEOPLASMS" src="/sites/default/files/transfer/Screen_Shot_2013-09-03_at_11.38.38_AM.png" style="height:115px; margin-left:5px; margin-right:5px; width:115px;...
09/03/2013
dysplasia
dysplasia
09/03/2013
Lynnette J. Mazur, MD, MPH; Michael Yafi, MD; Golder N. Wilson, MD, PhD; Molly Keegan, MD
<p><img alt="polyostotic fibrous dysplasia" src="/sites/default/files/transfer/Screen_Shot_2013-09-03_at_11.24.21_AM.png" style="height:115px; margin-left:5px;...
09/03/2013
Dental disorders
Dental disorders
09/03/2013
Charles A. Pohl, MD; Chalanda Jones, MD
<p><img src="/sites/default/files/transfer/baby_creepy.png" width="115" height="115" style="margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; float: left;">A new...
09/03/2013
food allergy
food allergy
09/03/2013
Dean C. Mitchell, MD
Peanut allergy can be life threatening, and its incidence has placed increasing attention on finding better and more accurate ways of diagnosing and treating peanut allergy.
09/03/2013
pneumothorax
pneumothorax
09/03/2013
Carole Gedenberg, MD; Maria Contreras, MD; Peter Cimnera, MD; William Yaakob, MD
<p><img src="/sites/default/files/transfer/Screen_Shot_2013-09-03_at_10.37.50_AM.png" alt="pneumothorax" style="float: left; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;"...
09/03/2013
Autism
Autism
09/03/2013
John W. Harrington, MD
<p>Changes to the diagnostic criteria for autism have been made in the DSM-5 based on a painstaking review of the literature by researchers and experts in the field as well as on comments submitted by...
09/03/2013