CYRUS HEYDARIAN, MD and JOHN W HARRINGTON, MD Dr Heydarian is chief resident of pediatrics at Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters in Norfolk, Va. Dr Harrington is associate professor of pediatrics at Eastern Virginia Medical School and director of general academic pediatrics at Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters.
ALEXANDER K. C. LEUNG, MD, MD—Series Editor Dr Leung is clinical professor of pediatrics at the University of Calgary and pediatric consultant at the Alberta Children’s Hospital.
CYRUS HEYDARIAN, MD and JOHN W HARRINGTON, MDDr Heydarian is chief resident of pediatri...
<p>A 5-year-old white boy had fever (temperature, up to 40.5ºC [105ºF]), progressive weakness of the lower extremities, and weight loss of about 3 kg over the past 3 weeks. During this time, he also...
BARBARA B. WILSON, MD University of Virginia School of Medicine
ALEXANDER K. C. LEUNG, MDUniversity of CalgaryBARBARA B. WILSON, MDUniversity of Virgin...
<p><span><em>I read with interest Dr Alexander K. C. Leung and Mr Andrew S. Wong’s What’s Your Diagnosis? quiz featuring a 16-year-old boy with progressive hypopigmented lesions...
KIRK BARBER, MD, FRCPC—Series Editor Alberta Children’s Hospital
Dr Barber is a consultant dermatologist at Alberta Children’s Hospital and clinical associate professor of medicine and community health sciences at the University of Calgary in Alberta.
KIRK BARBER, MD, FRCPC—Series EditorAlberta Children’s HospitalDr Barber is a consultan...
<p>Deep acne nodules and cysts have been developing on this 15-year-old boy’s temples for the past year. He has been applying topical anti-acne therapy for almost 6 months because his mother is afraid...
KAVITA BAPAT, MD, SAMER H. A. ZAID KAYLANI, MD, CURTIS TURNER, MD, and OSVALDO REGUEIRA, MD Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Amarillo
At the time this was written, Drs Bapat and Zaid Kaylani were pediatric residents at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Amarillo. Dr Zaid Kaylani is currently a hematology/oncology fellow in the department of pediatrics at University of Alabama School of Medicine in Birmingham. Dr Turner is professor and residency program director and Dr Regueira is associate professor in the department of pediatrics, division of hematology/oncology at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Amarillo.
KAVITA BAPAT, MD, SAMER H. A. ZAID KAYLANI, MD,
CURTIS TURNER, MD, and OSVALDO RE...
<p>A 13-year-old girl with intermittent episodes of bruising was referred to our hematology clinic after several visits to her private physician. The bruises appeared suddenly on her extremities,...
<p>A&nbsp;<span>14-year-old girl was concerned about this 1-cm, red, nodulocystic</span>lesion on her left posterior shoulder that had been present for&nbsp;several months. The...
DAVID TETZLAFF, MD Allina Hospitals & Clinics, Minnesota
DEEPAK M. KAMAT, MD, PhD—Series Editor Dr Kamat is professor of pediatrics at Wayne State University in Detroit. He is also director of the Institute of Medical Education and vice chair of education at Children’s Hospital of Michigan, both in Detroit.
DAVID TETZLAFF, MDAllina Hospitals & Clinics, MinnesotaDEEPAK M. KAMAT, MD, PhD—Ser...
<p>A&nbsp;male infant born to a 35-year-old woman (gravida 4, para 2-0-1-2) at 39 weeks’ gestation was noted to have no right arm movement after birth. The mother was in labor for 18 hours and was...
DEEPAK M. KAMAT, MD, PhD—Series Editor Dr Kamat is professor of pediatrics at Wayne State University in Detroit. He is also director of the Institute of Medical Education and vice chair of education at Children’s Hospital of Michigan, both in Detroit.
MICHAEL W. CATER, MD
Tustin, Calif
DEEPAK M. KAMAT, MD, PhD—Series Editor
Dr Kamat is ...
A boy was born to a healthy mother at term via normal spontaneous vaginal delivery. There was no family history of ocular abnormalities. Prenatal care was appropriate and unremarkable. Examination at birth...
RIMA H. HIMELSTEIN, MD and ELAINE S. STEVENSON, CPNP Crozer-Chester Medical Center
Dr Himelstein is clinical associate professor of pediatrics at Temple University School of Medicine and clinical assistant professor of pediatrics at Drexel University College of Medicine, both in Philadelphia. She is also director of adolescent medicine at Crozer-Chester Medical Center in Upland, Penn. Ms Stevenson is a certified pediatric nurse practitioner in the division of adolescent medicine at Crozer-Chester Medical Center.
RIMA H. HIMELSTEIN, MD and ELAINE S. STEVENSON, CPNPCrozer-Chester Medical CenterD...
<P><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica">Symptoms of urinary tract infection (UTI) are a common reason for office visits among adolescent girls and young women, especially those who are...
