An 18-year-old boy has collapsed during a football practice. He is a high-school varsity player in a Southern city, and he has been attending the late summer (last 2 weeks in August) obligatory practices...
A 3-week-old girl was brought to the clinic with a 2-day history of a scalp swelling. There had been no noticeable change in the size of the swelling or its location since its discovery. The swelling did...
A 7-year-old previously healthy and active boy without comorbidities presented to the pulmonary clinic with a 6-month history of dry cough, recurrent left lower lobe pneumonia, and limited physical...
A 5 ½-month-old girl was referred to the pediatric emergency department by her primary care provider (PCP) for a temperature of 39.2°C. The infant’s mother had taken her to the PCP for evaluation of fever...
At a clinic in the East African country of Tanzania, a 4-year-old boy presented for evaluation of scrotal swelling. The boy appeared underweight and stunted. He had been of normal weight until 4 months of...
In this sponsored commentary, Tiffany Fischman, MD, writes about how food insecurity can lead to the dangerous practice of formula dilution and offers tips for pediatricians to talk with their patients’...
A 22-month-old girl presented to the pediatric clinic with a 2-month history of a pruritic rash that had started on her chest and had spread down her left arm. She had no known sick contacts and had no...
