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, and Alexander Van Speybroeck, MD

Adriana Hernandez, MD, and 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, and Michelle S. Barratt, MD, MPH

Maryam Shambayati, DO, and 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 of Calgary, Alberta, CanadaBenjamin Barankin, MDTor...
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

Yagnaram Ravichandran, MD; Jonathan Rochlin, MD; and Ameer Hassoun, MD

SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York

Yagnaram Ravichandran, MD; Jonathan Rochlin, MD; and Ameer Hassoun, MDSUNY Downstate Me...
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

Bhargavi B. Kola, MD; Vivekananda Dasari, MD; and Deepak Bommisetty

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at the Permian Basin, Odessa, Texas

Bhargavi B. Kola, MD; Vivekananda Dasari, MD; and Deepak BommisettyTexas Tech Univ...
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

Asri Yuliati, MD; Babu S. Bangaru, MD and Susana Rapaport, MD
Flushing Hospital Medical Center, Flushing, New York

Amber Baisz
Ross University School of Medicine, Dominica, West Indies

Asri Yuliati, MD; Babu S. Bangaru, MD and Susana Rapaport, MDFlushing Hospital Med...
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

Erica Wang, MD, and Margaret Trost, MD
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, California

Kimberley Monks, BS
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California

Erica Wang, MD, and Margaret Trost, MDChildren’s Hospital Los Angeles, CaliforniaKimber...
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, and Jennifer Crotty, MD

Rashmi Patel, DO, and 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

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

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 Editor; Amy A. M. Leung, OD; and Kam-Lun Ellis Hon, MD...
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

Angela C. Tang, HBSc; Samir S. Dengle, BSc; and Nida Blankas-Hernaez, MD

Angela C. Tang, HBSc; Samir S. Dengle, BSc; and Nida Blankas-Hernaez, MD
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

Joshua M. Sherman, MD
Pediatric emergency medicine specialists often deal with life-and-death situations.
08/20/2015