Volume 14 - Issue 12 - December 2015

Consultant for Pediatricians

cataracts
cataracts
Congenital Cataracts
12/30/2015

Michelle Leff, MD, and Shira L. Robbins, MD
University of California, San Diego

Michelle Leff, MD, and Shira L. Robbi...
Within a few hours of birth, a neonate was noted to have bilateral leukokoria.
12/30/2015
gastroenteritis
gastroenteritis
Rotavirus Gastroenteritis Presenting Atypically With Ileus
12/30/2015

Melissa Kaori Silva Litao, MD

Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, Michigan

Melissa Kaori Silva Litao, MDChildren...
A 4-year-old boy was transferred to our hospital from another institution for abdominal distention of 1 day’s duration.
12/30/2015
Photoclinic
Photoclinic
Scleral Melanocytosis
12/29/2015

Pavan Bang, MBBS

South Alabama Pediatrics, Opp, Alabama

Pavan Bang, MBBSSouth Alabama Pediatr...
A 7-year-old boy presented with bluish spots in both eyes that had been present since early childhood.
12/29/2015
stroke
stroke
Neonatal Stroke Induced by Factor V Leiden Mutation
12/29/2015

Lourdes Cohen, MD, and Xin Ye, MD

Flushing Hospital Medical Center, Flushing, New York

Lourdes Cohen, MD, and Xin Ye, MD Fl...
A meconium-stained, nonvigorous girl was born at 41 weeks of gestation via normal, spontaneous vaginal delivery to a 30-year-old, gravida 1, para 1 mother.
12/29/2015
Becker nevus syndrome
Becker nevus syndrome
Becker Nevus Syndrome
12/28/2015

Daniel L. Ivan, MD

University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Daniel L. Ivan, MDUniversity of Texas...
A 10-year-old girl presented with her mother for evaluation of a large brown spot that had been present on her right arm since birth.
12/28/2015
scoliosis
scoliosis
Are School Scoliosis Screening Examinations Necessary and Effective?
12/28/2015

Lindsay Nakaishi, MD, MPH, and Linda S. Nield, MD—Series Editor

Lindsay Nakaishi, MD, MPH, and Linda ...
One parent asks whether scoliosis screenings in school are really necessary, and do they make a difference in the health of a child?
12/28/2015
Cellulitis
Cellulitis
Cellulitis and Abscess in a 2-Year-Old’s Cheek: Cutaneous Nocardia Infection
12/28/2015

Salma Haneef, MD; Richard H. Schwartz, MD; and Rebecca Levorson, MD

Salma Haneef, MD; Richard H. Schwartz...
Two days before presenting to his primary care pediatrician, a previously well, 27-month-old boy had developed a solitary papule below his left eye.
12/28/2015
Pain
Pain
Do White Children Receive Better Pain Management Than Black Children Do?
12/28/2015

Jessica Tomaszewski, MD

Jessica Tomaszewski, MD
Racial disparities have been documented in many areas of health care, from emergency department (ED) wait times to hospital admission rates.
12/28/2015
computed tomography
computed tomography
A Teenage Boy With Abdominal Pain After Appendectomy: What Does CT Show?
12/28/2015

Daniel Edberg, MD; Rayhan Lal, MD; and Cynthia H. Ho, MD

Daniel Edberg, MD; Rayhan Lal, MD; an...
A 16-year-old boy presented to the emergency department with 2 weeks of worsening lower abdominal pain.
12/28/2015
Plantar corn
Plantar corn
What Is This Adolescent’s Painful, Hyperkeratotic Foot Lesion?
12/28/2015

Alexander K. C. Leung, MD—Series Editor, and Benjamin Barankin, MD

Alexander K. C. Leung, MD—Series Edit...
A 17-year-old male athlete presented with a painful lesion on his right sole of approximately 6 months’ duration.
12/28/2015
Optic neuritis
Optic neuritis
Pediatric Optic Neuritis: An Isolated Finding, or a Sign of Demyelination?
12/28/2015

Massiel Sarmiento, MD; Virginia Kaldas, MD; and Sergey Prokhorov, MD

Massiel Sarmiento, MD; Virginia Kalda...
A 17-year-old young male presented to the emergency department with sudden-onset vision loss in his right eye of 1 week’s duration...
12/28/2015
Langerhans Cell
Langerhans Cell
Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis: More Than Just a Simple Headache
12/23/2015

Bensson Samuel, MD; Gloria Fioravanti, DO; Jennifer Axelband, DO; Alden Smith, BA; Michael Hughes, BS; Santo Longo, MD; and Emily Keeler, DO

Bensson Samuel, MD; Gloria Fioravanti...
An 18-year-old male without a significant medical history presented with 2-day history of swelling of the forehead above the right eye.
12/23/2015
chigger
chigger
A Girl Returns From Summer Camp With an Itchy Rash: What’s the Cause?
12/09/2015

Bann Al-Shammaa, MD, and Amy C. Brown, MD, MHS

Bann Al-Shammaa, MD, and Amy C. Brown...
A mother brought her 8-year-old daughter to the office because of a rash on the girl’s ankle.
12/09/2015