Volume 15 - Issue 7 - July 2016

Consultant for Pediatricians

Featured

Review Article

Adrenal Insufficiency

07/24/2016

Christine Ellis, MD; Min Lee, MD; Emily Borne, MD; Michael Yafi, MD; and Julia Shelburne, MD, FAAP

Christine Ellis, MD; Min Lee, MD; Emily Borne, MD; Michael Yafi, MD; and Julia Shel...

A 14-year-old boy presented with a history of 3 days of nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain.

07/24/2016

coarctation

A Teenager With a History of Shortness of Breath and Headaches

07/30/2016

Christian Lilje, MD; Kiran Mallula, MD; Kenneth Ward, MD; and Jane Congeni, MD

Christian Lilje, MD; Kiran Mallula, MD; Kenneth Ward, MD; and Jane Congeni, MD&nbsp...

A previously healthy boy presented with a 6-month history of shortness of breath with exercise and frequent headaches.

07/30/2016

lupus

What Are These Annular, Polycyclic Plaques?

07/25/2016

Alexander K. C. Leung, MD—Series Editor, and Benjamin Barankin, MD

Alexander K. C. Leung, MD—Series Editor, and Benjamin Barankin, MD  ...

A 5-year-old Asian boy presented with a 6-month history of a rash on his arms.

07/25/2016

lupus

What Are These Annular, Polycyclic Plaques?

07/25/2016

Alexander K. C. Leung, MD—Series Editor, and Benjamin Barankin, MD

Alexander K. C. Leung, MD—Series Editor, and Benjamin Barankin, MD  ...

A 5-year-old Asian boy presented with a 6-month history of a rash on his arms.

07/25/2016

lupus

What Are These Annular, Polycyclic Plaques?

07/25/2016

Alexander K. C. Leung, MD—Series Editor, and Benjamin Barankin, MD

Alexander K. C. Leung, MD—Series Editor, and Benjamin Barankin, MD  ...

A 5-year-old Asian boy presented with a 6-month history of a rash on his arms.

07/25/2016

Photo Quiz

Why Does This Boy Have Multiple Joint Contractures?

06/24/2016

Waleed Kurtom, MD; Andrew J. Degnan, MD; Katherine G. Langley, MS; and Samantha A. Schrier Vergano, MD

Waleed Kurtom, MD; Andrew J. Degnan, MD; Katherine G. Langley, MS; and Samantha A. Schr...

An 8 year-old boy who recently emigrated from El Salvador was referred initially to a rheumatologist for concerns of arthrogryposis multiplex congenita, specifically with contractures of the distal...

06/24/2016

atlanto-occipital dislocation

Atlanto-Occipital Dislocation Following a Car Accident

06/24/2016

Stephen Winfield, MD; Katelyn Hopper, MD; and Andrew Rosenthal, MD, FACS

Stephen Winfield, MD; Katelyn Hopper, MD; and Andrew Rosenthal, MD, FACS

A 10-year-old girl was the restrained backseat passenger on the right side side of a car that was involved in head-on collision with a truck.

06/24/2016

Intraoral Ranula

Ranula

06/24/2016

Bhagwan Bang, MD

Bhagwan Bang, MD

An otherwise healthy 13-year-old girl presented with a complaint that she described as “a few months of a bump under my tongue.”

06/24/2016

Eczema Herpeticum

Eczema Herpeticum: A Boy With Multiple Monomorphic Erosions

06/24/2016

Alexander K. C. Leung, MD, and Benjamin Barankin, MD

Alexander K. C. Leung, MD, and Benjamin Barankin, MD

A 2-year-old boy presented with a mild fever, malaise, and an extensive rash of 4-days’ duration.

06/24/2016

crohns

An Unusual Presentation of Crohn Disease

06/24/2016

Michael Malandra, MD; Andrada R. Popescu, MD; Nitin R. Wadhwani, MD; and Jeffrey B. Brown, MD

Michael Malandra, MD; Andrada R. Popescu, MD; Nitin R. Wadhwani, MD; and Jeffrey B....

An 11-year-old boy presented with 6 days of a cough and right upper quadrant abdominal pain that radiated to the chest.

06/24/2016

Streptococcus

A Girl With Streptococcus dysgalactiae Brain Abscess and Meningitis

06/24/2016

Farah Khan, MD; Richard H. Schwartz, MD; and Rebecca Levorson, MD

  Farah Khan, MD; Richard H. Schwartz, MD; and Rebecca Levorson, MD

A 2-year-old girl was admitted to the hospital a 1-week history of intermittently grabbing at her head and intermittently screaming.

06/24/2016

Rash

A Pruritic Bullous Eruption in a Teenage Boy

06/24/2016

Marjon Vatanchi, MD; Maxim Polansky, MD; Kevin Wu, MD; and Dakshayani Guttal, MD

Marjon Vatanchi, MD; Maxim Polansky, MD; Kevin Wu, MD; and Dakshayani Guttal, MD&nb...

A previously healthy boy presented with a 1-week history of worsening pruritic papulovesicular eruption.

06/24/2016

Staphylococcus

Know Thy Enemy: The Changing Susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus

06/24/2016

Jessica Tomaszewski, MD

Staphylococcus aureus is a major pathogen in the adult and pediatric population.

06/24/2016

bullous impetigo