Volume 14 - Issue 8 - August 2015

Consultant for Pediatricians

Leukemia
leukemia case
Leukemia
Septic Arthritis, or Something More?: Leukemia Presenting as Joint Pain and Swelling
10/29/2018
Adriana Hernandez, MD; Alexander Van Speybroeck, MD
ABSTRACT: The differential diagnosis for a child with a painful and swollen joint is broad and includes trauma, infection-related diseases (such as septic
10/29/2018
Orthopedics
Orthopedics
A Breast Mass in a 5-Month-Old Girl
10/16/2015
Maryam Shambayati, DO; Michelle S. Barratt, MD, MPH
A 5-month-old girl presented with her mother for a concern of a hard bump under the infant’s right breast.
10/16/2015
hemorrhage
hemorrhage
Jogger’s Nipples
08/27/2015

Alexander K. C. Leung, MD
University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Benjamin Barankin, MD
Toronto Dermatology Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Alexander K. C. Leung, MDUniversity o...
A 17-year-old presented with painful lesions on his nipples and areolas of a year’s duration.
08/27/2015
hemorrhage
hemorrhage
Foreign Body Ingestion of a Toothbrush
08/27/2015
Ameer Hassoun, MD; Yagnaram Ravichandran, MD; Jonathan Rochlin, MD
A 15-year-old girl presented to the emergency department (ED) 1 hour after having swallowed her toothbrush.
08/27/2015
hemorrhage
hemorrhage
Penoscrotal Transposition
08/27/2015
Vivekananda Dasari, MD; Deepak Bommisetty; Bhargavi B. Kola, MD, MPA
A 6-month-old boy was brought into the pediatric clinic for a visit after hospital discharge.
08/27/2015
hemorrhage
hemorrhage
Pseudo–Pelger-Huët Anomaly
08/27/2015
Babu S. Bangaru, MD; Susana Rapaport, MD; Asri Yuliati, MD
A 14-year-old girl presented to a hospital with concern for progressively worsening diffuse abdominal pain.
08/27/2015
hemorrhage
hemorrhage
Rectoperineal Fistula With Imperforate Anus
08/27/2015
Kimberley Monks, BS; Erica H.Z. Wang, PharmD; Margaret Trost, MD
A 1-month-old boy presented with a 1-day history of fussiness, decreased feeding, and fever.
08/27/2015
hemorrhage
hemorrhage
An Infant With Fever and Intracranial Hemorrhage: A Puzzling Presentation
08/27/2015
Rashmi Patel, DO; Jennifer Crotty, MD
A 10-month-old girl with no significant past medical history presented to the emergency department (ED) with a new-onset febrile seizure and no other symptoms.
08/27/2015
hyperactivity
hyperactivity
Do Energy Drinks Contribute to Kids’ Hyperactivity and Inattentiveness?
08/27/2015
Jessica Tomaszewski, MD
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently reported that that 62.8% of surveyed high school students drank sweetened beverages daily.
08/27/2015
Medical emergencies
Medical emergencies
The Pull of Buckyballs: A Teen’s Urethral Insertion of Strong Magnets
08/27/2015
Lawrence M. Wyner, MD
A 17-year-old young man presented to the emergency department shortly after having inserted several dozen spherical rare-earth toy magnets (Buckyballs) into his urethra, presumably for self-stimulation...
08/27/2015
tongue
tongue
An Infant’s Glossal Anomaly: A Diagnosis on the Tip of the Tongue
08/27/2015

Alexander K. C. Leung, MD—Series Editor; Amy A. M. Leung, OD; and Kam-Lun Ellis Hon, MD

Alexander K. C. Leung, MD—Series Edit...
A 10-month-old girl presented with an abnormally shaped tongue.
08/27/2015
Henoch-Schönlein purpura
Henoch-Schönlein purpura
A 3-Year-Old Boy With a Spreading Leg Rash, Pain, and Swelling
08/20/2015
Nida Blankas-Hernaez, MD, FAAP; Angela C. Tang; Samir S. Dengle, BSc
A 3-year-old boy presented to the emergency department for the fourth time in 8 days, this time for left ankle and foot swelling.
08/20/2015
Emergency Medicine
Emergency Medicine
A Tale of Two Presentations: A Day in the Life of an Emergency Medicine Pediatrician
08/20/2015
Joshua M. Sherman, MD
Pediatric emergency medicine specialists often deal with life-and-death situations.
08/20/2015