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Case in Point
baby at checkup
Case in Point
HHV-6 Encephalitis in an Immunocompetent Infant
04/12/2026
Jebin K. Varghese, MD; Mohammed Sayyida, MD, FAAP; Pruitt Spencer, MD, FAAP
A previously healthy 8-month-old male infant born via vaginal delivery presented to the emergency department following a 1-minute episode of seizure-like activity at home.
04/12/2026
Case in Point
eye ball
Case in Point
Traumatic Hyphema After Minor Ocular Trauma in a Child with Sickle Cell Trait: A Case Report
03/29/2026
Kamian Buggage, BS; Ayobami Olanrewaju, MBBS, MPH, FAAP
A 12-year-old boy presented to the emergency department with worsening right eye pain, redness, photophobia, eyelid swelling, and blurred vision. His symptoms began 3 days after being struck in the right...
03/29/2026
What's Your Diagnosis?
Two subcutaneous nodules were noted on the lateral right deltoid
What's Your Diagnosis?
Firm Erythematous Nodules in a Term Newborn
03/23/2026
Margaret Taing, BS; Andy Xiao, BS; Thiagarajan Nandhagopal, MD
A late-term newborn, born at 41 weeks and 1 day gestation to a 31-year-old G5P4 mother, developed erythematous nodules on the right shoulder on day 2 of life during routine inpatient evaluation.
03/23/2026
Photoclinic
Voiding cystourethrogram:
Photoclinic
Bilateral Bladder-Containing Inguinal Hernias Incidentally Detected on Voiding Cystorethogram in a Pre-Term Infant
03/15/2026
Carl David Pfaehler, BA; Kevin Pierre, MD; Cing Hoih; Marianna Rodero Cardoso, MD
A 2-month-old male in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), born at 24 weeks 1 day of gestation, presented for evaluation of recurrent urinary tract infections.
03/15/2026
Photoclinic
Fitzpatrick Skin Type III female with exquisitely tender, brownish-red, poorly demarcated, subcutaneous nodules on the bilateral anterior shins.
Photoclinic
Erythema Nodosum in an Adolescent Following Acute Streptococcal Pharyngitis
03/08/2026
Romina Garakani, BS; Zane Sejdiu, BS; Hannah Kahn, BS; Aspen Trautz, MD; Blake E. Brooks, MD, MS; Mary M. Braden, MD; Farhaan Hafeez, MD; Andrew C. Krakowski, MD
A 15-year-old adolescent girl with Fitzpatrick Skin Type III presented to dermatology with a 3-week history of tender, brownish-red, poorly demarcated, subcutaneous nodules on the bilateral anterior shins. ...
03/08/2026
Photo Quiz
Pink, erythematous and edematous plaques with yellow to light brown exudate and crusts involving the forehead, bilateral cheeks and left periorbital skin.
Photo Quiz
Facial Swelling and Linear Vesicles in a Pediatric Patient
03/05/2026
Julia A. Vaichekauskas, 2d Lt, USAF, MSC; Russell Newkirk, MD; A. Yasmine Kirkorian, MD
A 9-year-old boy presented to the emergency department with a facial eruption that emerged following a weekend camping trip. Four days after the trip, the patient developed a progressively worsening rash...
03/05/2026
What's Your Diagnosis?
A lesion on the scalp of a 4-month-old infant is shown.
What's Your Diagnosis?
A Bald Spot on an Infant's Scalp
02/14/2026
Nadeen Awada, BS; Michelle L. Gallagher, DO
A healthy 4-month-old infant girl presented to the clinic with her mother after the mother noticed the infant scratching an itchy rash on her torso.
02/14/2026
What's Your Diagnosis?
A 0.8 cm pink, dome-shaped papule with irregular borders on the right central zygoma
What's Your Diagnosis?
Growing Red Papule on a 13-Year-Old's Face: Should We Worry?
01/27/2026
Emily Cleary, BS; Michelle L. Gallagher, DO
A 13-year-old boy presented to the dermatologist with an irregular growth located on the right zygoma that had been present for at least 3 years.
01/27/2026
Photoclinic
The lesion displayed a central area of telangiectasia surrounded by a thin peripheral rim of pallor,
Photoclinic
Congenital Hemangioma: A Rare Vascular Tumor Fully Formed at Birth
01/06/2026
Anuja Sriparameswaran, MD
A male infant born at 40 weeks and 3 days’ gestation was delivered via cesarean section to a primigravida mother because of nonprogressive labor.
01/06/2026
What's Your Diagnosis?
Fig. 2. Posterior left arm
What's Your Diagnosis?
An Unbothersome Rash
10/27/2025
Timothy Layne Counce, Jr., DO, MS; Jennifer Haile, MD; Brooke Bohn, MD
A 3 year-year-old previously healthy boy presents with a rash that abruptly appeared on his bilateral cheeks, upper arms, buttocks and extending slightly to his lower back and bilateral legs.
10/27/2025