Adolescent Medicine

Steatocystoma multiplex is a rare skin condition clinically characterized by multiple, asymptomatic, smooth, round, soft to firm, often freely movable, yellow or skin-colored papules and nodules.

A previously healthy 14-year-old girl with no significant medical history presented to our pediatric emergency department with worsening right upper quadrant abdominal pain in the setting of generalized...

A 13-year-old boy presented to his pediatrician’s office with a 1-day history of left hip pain. The patient reported that he felt a sharp pain in his anterior left hip while running, causing him to limp. He...

A 13-year-old, right-handed, adolescent boy presented to his pediatrician for his annual health maintenance examination with no chief complaint.

This article is part of a series describing and differentiating dermatologic lumps and bumps. In Part 36, Leung and colleagues describe pyogenic granuloma. To access previously published articles in the...

Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) or deliberate self-harm is defined as the volitional, direct injury of the body tissue without suicidal intent. Substance abuse complicates the presentation because it masks...

This article is part of a series describing and differentiating dermatologic lumps and bumps. In Part 35, Leung and colleagues describe nevus sebaceous. To access previously published articles in the...

A 15-year-old Hispanic boy with no significant medical history presented to our pediatric emergency department with severe weakness. He was in his usual state of health the night prior to presentation but...

A 13-year-old girl was admitted to our emergency department with a 4-day history of worsening conjunctivitis, stomatitis, and odynophagia, leading to decreased oral intake and dehydration.

For more than three years now, COVID-19 continues to appear as a variety of symptom sets in the pediatric population—from completely asymptomatic presentations to fulminant respiratory failure, and...