Edema

EBV atipico in Pediatria: gli occhi e la cute tradiscono…

Giambrone C, Figuccia A, Arena R, Romano S, Urso Miano F, Termini D, Corsello G.

2026/4 — pag. 231-234 — DOI

Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection in children typically presents with fever, pharyngitis and lymphadenopathy, but atypical manifestations may complicate diagnosis and management. The paper describes two paediatric cases illustrating uncommon clinica...

Una linfangite rapidamente "strisciante"

Paiano R, Aimone Prina V, Nicolì S, Campisi Frascà G, Brandolisio LR, Feresin MG, Lorenzoni G, Bondone C, Manzoni P

2026/3 — pag. 67-69 — DOI

This report presents the case of a seven-year-old child with a suspected viper bite on the right hand, initially presenting with local oedema and a puncture lesion. The subsequent onset of vomiting, altered consciousness and lymphangitic streaks exte...

Quando lo scroto si gonfia... e poi ci ripensa: uno strano caso di edema scrotale

Mosole L.

2026/2 — pag. 122 — DOI

Recurrent idiopathic scrotal oedema is a rare condition in the paediatric population, characterised by episodes of spontaneous, self-limiting scrotal swelling with no apparent cause....

Enteropatia protido-disperdente: la linfangectasia intestinale primitiva

Iacono Fullone O, Bacile D, Cassata N, Giallombardo D, Montalbano LM, Filice R, Cirano M, Graziano F

2025/2 — pag. 28-33 — DOI

Protein-losing enteropathy is a rare condition character-ised by protein loss through the intestines, which leads to hypoproteinemia. It may result from various causes, including primary intestinal lymphangiectasia, amyloido-sis, rheumatic diseases, ...

Un paziente scorbu… tico con dolore, edema e petecchie agli arti inferiori…

Basilio P.

2024/2 — pag. 120 — DOI

The diagnosis of vitamin C deficiency was eventually made in an autistic child complaining about leg pain. ...

Una “vistosa” vasculite con edema, che riguarda gli arti e il viso e risparmia il tronco

Marchetti F, Izzo BPE, Scaioli M, Graziani V, Turlà G, Mambelli L.

2023/5 — pag. 301-305 — DOI

Acute haemorrhagic oedema of infancy (AHEI) is a small vessel vasculitis that affects boys between 4 months and 2 years. It presents with a characteristic purpuric skin rash but with marked bruising and “typical” localizations in auricles and is ofte...

Una vecchietta di quattro anni: la dermatomiosite

Gozzi A, Benelli E, Minute M, Strafella MS, Martelossi S.

2023/1 — pag. 53-54 — DOI

The Authors describe the case of a 4-year-old girl with aging appearance of the skin of her hands and feet finally diagnosed as dermatomyositis. The capillaroscopy was a crucial step in the diagnostic process....

Orticaria post-infettiva

2022/4 — pag. 263 — DOI

Una zoppia persistente

Costantino A.

2022/4 — pag. 255-258 — DOI

The authors describe the case of an eleven-year-old girl with a complex vascular malformation of the right thigh presenting with moderate oedema and lameness that were previously misinterpreted as a post-traumatic condition....

Pensa anche alla tubercolosi

Lepri I, Riva B, Melzi ML.

2022/4 — pag. 255-258 — DOI

The cases of two adolescents with neck lymphadenitis respectively coming from Morocco and Philippines are described. They were eventually diagnosed with tuberculous lymphadenitis (TBL). The clinical features, the risk factors and the diagnostic appro...

Un’adolescente con uno strano e persistente gonfiore alle caviglie

Corona F, Trombetta A, Genovese MR, Gortani G, Barbi E.

2022/4 — pag. 249-250 — DOI

A fourteen-year-old girl presented with a history of intermittent bilateral swelling in her ankles associated with moderate but progressively worsening pain that lasted for two years. The patient had been previously investigated and ankle X-rays, US ...

Che cos’è la linfangectasia intestinale?

Razza R

2022/2 — pag. 57-57 — DOI

The case of a 3-month-old infant with severe malnutrition and protein-losing enteropathy finally diagnosed as congenital intestinal lymphangiectasia is presented. The diagnostic and therapeutic challenges of this intriguing disease are discussed....

“Klingon baby”: quando il sole fa male alla testa

Imperatore A, Brienza C, Porto A, Nunziata F

2021/10 — pag. 314-315 — DOI

The paper describes the case of a 4-year-old boy who presented with sudden head swelling. Clinical findings sustained the diagnosis of “sunburn of the scalp with subsequent oedema of the cutis adjoining the galeal aponeurosis”. Pathogenesis, differen...

Occhio… alla chemosi congiuntivale

Puma A, Pecoraro L, Dalle Carbonare L, Flore A, Piacentini G, Pietrobelli A.

2021/9 — pag. 596-596 — DOI

Un bambino di 4 anni si presentava alla nostra attenzione per improvvisa comparsa a domicilio di tumefazione oculare destra associata a prurito oculare e lacrimazione omolaterale, in assenza di altri sintomi. Presenza di edema della congiuntiva bulba...

Occhio… alla chemosi congiuntivale

Puma A, Pecoraro L, Dalle Carbonare L, Flore A, Piacentini G, Pietrobelli A

2021/9 — pag. 285-286 — DOI

A 4-year-old boy presented with a sudden swelling in his right eye associated with itch, unilateral tearing and presence of jelly-like oedema in the bulbar conjunctiva. The diagnosis was conjunctival chemosis. Conjunctival chemosis is the oedematous ...

Uno stato infiammatorio dell’ugula

Saponara M

2021/6 — pag. 185-185 — DOI

Isolated uvulitis has been described in the literature following ‘crack’ cocaine and cannabis inhalation. The authors describe the case of a 16-year-old boy with isolated uvulitis associated to dyspnoea, tachycardia and vomiting probably due to cocai...

Interessamento genitale della porpora di Schönlein-Henoch

Tovaglieri N, Amariti R, Loiacono F, De Giacomo C

2021/3 — pag. 196-199 — DOI

Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP) is a paediatric vasculitis, affecting several organs. Purpura is typically found on posterior surface of lower limbs and is more often associated with joint, abdominal and kidney involvement. The paper reports a case of...

Torcicollo e malattia di Kawasaki

Rubino C, Trapani S

2021/3 — pag. 86-86 — DOI

Interessamento genitale della porpora di Schönlein-Henoch

Tovaglieri N, Amariti R, Loiacono F, De Giacomo C

2021/3 — pag. 73-74 — DOI

Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP) is a paediatric vasculitis, affecting several organs. Purpura is typically found on posterior surface of lower limbs and is more often associated with joint, abdominal and kidney involvement. The paper reports a case o...

Tinea faciei Edema scrotale acuto idiopatico

2020/6 — pag. 396

Tumefazione ricorrente del braccio… non dimenticare la sindrome dello stretto toracico

B. Bigucci, E. Fabbri, E. Copponi, A. Falcioni, N. Gobbi, V. Dell’Omo, F. Libertucci, G. Vergine

2020/6 — pag. 384-388

Thoracic outlet syndrome is caused by the compression of the neurovascular bundle as it passes from the upper thorax to the axilla. The neurovascular bundle can be compressed by bony structures such as the first rib, cervical ribs or bone tubercles, ...

Una torsione ovarica intermittente

A.G. Grasso

2020/2 — pag. 126

La sindrome nefrosica in età pediatrica

Consensus della Società Italiana di Nefrologia Pediatrica (SINePe)

2019/9 — pag. 577-588

In Italy are not guidelines for the management of idiopathic nephrotic syndrome (NS) in paediatric age. The choice of a treatment with steroids has always been based on the clinical experience of each centre. The present Consensus of the Italian Paed...

Grande gonfiore, poco timore: la Large Local Reaction

B. Bossini

2019/8 — pag. 531-532

Una pisellite ingannatrice

E. Conversano

2017/9

Apparecchio gessato e voli d’agostoAllergia all’uovo e rigurgiti/vomiti

2017/2 — pag. 125

Una porpora (per nulla) spaventosa

S. Carbogno

2016/10

Un angioedema ereditario

G. Cozzi, C. Germani, L. Calligaris

2016/6 — pag. 390-392

Una bambina con gli occhi gonfi

V. Dal Cengio, R. Perretta, A.M. Bonutti, M. Bellettato

2015/8

Atlante dermatologico pediatrico alfabetico di Medico e Bambino E

2014/11

Una fontana “illuminante” per una tumefazione scrotale

M. Copertino, E. Benelli

2014/10 — pag. 667-668

Una fontana “illuminante” per una tumefazione scrotale

M. Copertino, E. Benelli

2014/10

Un bambino assopito con sindrome nefrosica

M. Marsciani, A. Biasini

2014/4 — pag. 257-259

Idiopathic nephrotic syndrome is a disease characterized by proteinuria over 40 mg/m2/hr, hypoalbuminemia, edema and hyperlipemia. Its incidence is 2-3 cases per 100,000 children per year. The response to steroid therapy is expected in 90% of childre...

Se senti rumore di zoccoli… non pensare alla zebra, pensa al cavallo!

M. Leoni, E. Alberti, M. Del Pistoia, F. Vierucci, G. Saggese

2013/7

Quello che non ti aspetti

Z. Cannioto, S. Vaccher, R. Dall’Amico

2013/5 — pag. 325-327

Edema e pallore cutaneo

I. Rabach

2012/9

Un capello...di troppo!

L. Eliana Gazzola

2011/8

Edema emorragico acuto infantile: vaccinazione anti-morbillo, parotite e rosolia come possibile causa scatenante

C. Ghitti, H. Sangalli, L. Pozzi, V. D’Apolito, E. Rossi, L. Gnecchi, R. Lucchini

2011/7 — pag. 465-466

The Authors report a case of acute haemorrhagic oedema of infancy (AHEI) in a 15-month-old male child, which occurred 9 days after measles, mumps and rubella vaccination and improved in one month without therapy, reaching a complete clinical reso...

Edema emorragico acuto infantile: vaccinazione anti-morbillo, parotite e rosolia come possibile causa scatenante

C. Ghitti, H. Sangalli, L. Pozzi, V. D’Apolito, E. Rossi, L. Gnecchi, R. Lucchini

2011/7

The Authors report a case of acute haemorrhagic oedema of infancy (AHEI) in a 15-month-old male child, which occurred 9 days after measles, mumps and rubella vaccination and improved in one month without therapy, reaching a complete clinical resoluti...

Gambe gonfie in età pediatrica: un caso di “linfedema primario precoce”

G. Turlà, N. Zanforlin, V. Bonifacci, C. Malaventura

2011/5

A case of a 3-year-old child admitted to our unit because of a localized swelling on the right leg is reported. Family and personal anamneses were negative for relevant pathologies or analogous episodes and no trauma had occurred in the previous days...

Il bambino “gonfio”... per un corpo estraneo

V. Bonifacci, C. Bertozzi, P.L. Cremonini, S. Tonioli, L. Reggiani

2010/7 — pag. 452-453

Ha gli occhi gonfi, ma non per una notte insonne

M. Ronconi

2010/4

Edema acuto emorragico della prima infanzia (Porpora di Seidlmayer)

A. Tagliabue, A. Bettinelli, F. Cogliati

2009/6

Edema acuto emorragico della prima infanzia (porpora di Seidlmayer)

A. Tagliabue, A. Bettinelli, F. Cogliati

2009/6 — pag. 393-394

Acute hemorrhagic edema is an uncommon leukocytoclastic small-vessel vasculitis that may affect young children. In literature only few cases have been reported (294 cases). In many cases the disease developed after a simple acute infection. The e...

Labbroni

G. Cont, F. Minen, R. Meneghetti

2009/4

Morsi di mezza estate

S. Stefani, E. Opocher, F. Opocher, F. Intini, V. Stritoni, L. Da Dalt

2008/6

Edema e rash

Ingrid Rabach, Laura Badina, Marzia Lazzerini, Giorgio Longo

2008/5 — pag. 325-326

Un angioedema ricorrente

G. Ventura, R. Meneghetti, M.P. Pilia, G. Longo

2008/4 — pag. 257-259

Il linfedema primario precoce: descrizione di due casi e revisione della letteratura

C. Oretti, G. Cont, E. Barbi, B. Ziani, F. Marchetti

2006/8 — pag. 533-534

Lymphedema praecox is a type of primary lymphedema which causes progressive lower limbs oedema. It is more common in girls, especially around puberty, and is typically painless and unilateral. This article describes two patients presenting with unila...

Trombosi delle vene e dei seni cerebrali (Parte prima)

G. Bartolozzi

2006/3

Una pisellite

M. Pennesi, E. Biasotto, A. Saccari

2005/3 — pag. 181-182

Grave stato disprotidemico da denutrizione

M. Cattalini, A. Vitali, S. Timpano, A. Lombar, N. Miglietti

2004/9

Grave stato disprotidemico da malnutrizione

2004/9 — pag. 585-585

We report a six-months-old girl presenting with signs and symptoms of protein malnutrition: generalised edema with a rotund sugar baby appearance, abdominal distension and poor muscle tone. She presented also skin lesions, extreme irritability, t...

Un caso di istiocitosi con interessamento cutaneo e edema

A.Franzil, R. Meneghetti, M. Lazzerini, C. Trevisiol, L. Calligaris

2003/8

Un caso di istiocitosi con interessamento cutaneo ed edema

2003/8 — pag. 535

A case of histiocytosis with skin involvement, multifocal disease including visceral involvement....

Edema emorragico acuto del lattante, descrizione di un caso clinico e revisione della letteratura

E. Miorin, A. Meneghini, B. Don, C. Romanello, A. Tenore

2002/3

Edema emorragico acuto del lattante (AHEI): descrizione di un caso e revisione della letteratura

2002/3 — pag. 191

A case of a 9-month old girl suffering from Acute Hemorrhagic Edema of Infancy (AHEI), with severe acute onset and short benign course, followed by spontaneous remission, is described. Review of literature....

Una nefrosi a esordio inusuale

M. Massimetti, E. Bani

1997/6 — pag. 365-368

A case of steroid-responsive nephrotic syndrome in a six-year-old boy is described. Loss of consciousness due to hypovolemic shock was the presenting clinical picture. The epidemiological features and the main diagnostic and therapeutic problems...