Jaundice

BRIC o PFIC?

Gibellato E, Lauriola RS, D'Antiga L

2025/10 — pag. 257-259 — DOI

A 9-year-old boy of Moldovan origin presented to the Emergency Room with jaundice and pruritus persisting for two months. His medical history revealed recurrent, self-limiting episodes and a recent hospitalization in Moldova for hyperbilirubinemia tr...

Anche il fegato ha i suoi binomi

Maggiore G.

2025/3 — pag. 183-184 — DOI

The paper describes the case of a 20-month-old girl hospitalized for acute liver failure, later diagnosed with progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC). Jaundice is often a fundamental clinical sign that is frequently overlooked, not only...

Enuresi da sempre... e valvole dell'uretra posteriore

Menotti MG, Pugliese P.

2025/3 — pag. 185-185 — DOI

The Authors describe the case of 9-year-old child with a urological problem underestimated even by the family. Investigations reveal bladder overactivity with vesicoureteral reflux secondary to posterior urethral valves....

L’ittero in un lattante

Moras M, Tanzi G, Melli P, Cogo P.

2024/5 — pag. 329-331 — DOI

The diagnosis of biliary atresia was ultimately made in an infant who still presented with jaundice after his first month of life and had previously been misdiagnosed with breast milk jaundice. The authors underline that biliary atresia should always...

Il supporto nutrizionale nell’anoressia nervosa

Accomando F, Aricò MO, Valletta E

2023/8 — pag. 136-145 — DOI

Paediatric departments are increasingly faced with adolescents with anorexia nervosa in severe nutritional and metabolic decompensation. Artificial nutritional support, often indispensable in the most critical phases of the course, requires careful e...

Ittero, pallore e urine scure: e se fosse un’anemia emolitica autoimmune?

Tessitore A, Putoto E, Romano F, Verzegnassi F, Barbi E, Cozzi G, Parodi E.

2022/7 — pag. 451-455 — DOI

The haemolytic crisis is a sudden reduction in the half-life of red blood cells. Consequently, it leads to massive destruction of red blood cells (haemolysis), which is more significant than the compensatory capacity of the bone marrow and results in...

L’anemia che fa male

A. Bonadies, G. Rispoli

2017/7 — pag. 465-466

Un colpo d’occhio… siculo

M.C. Lia, I. Giuseppin, A. Tonetto, P.G. Flora

2015/7

Quando la sferocitosi incontra il chirurgo

C. Bibalo

2015/6 — pag. 391-392

Summary Hereditary spherocytosis is a common inherited disorder that is characterized by anaemia, jaundice and splenomegaly. It is reported worldwide and is the most common inherited anaemia in individuals of northern European ancestry. Clinical ...

Quando la sferocitosi incontra il chirurgo

C. Bibalo

2015/6

Summary Hereditary spherocytosis is a common inherited disorder that is characterized by anaemia, jaundice and splenomegaly. It is reported worldwide and is the most common inherited anaemia in individuals of northern European ancestry. Clinical ...

Limoncella e Clorofilla

F. Marolla

2015/5 — pag. 325-326

Salva una pianta, mangia un vegano!

M. Copertino

2015/4 — pag. 257-258

Epatite acuta con colestasi da Parvovirus B19

S. Perrini, b. Guidi, P. Torelli, A. Forte

2015/2 — pag. 119-121

Few cases of acute hepatitis due to Parvovirus B19 are reported in the literature. The paper describes a case of acute cholestatic hepatitis due to Parvovirus B19 infection. Diagnosis was based on a positive serologic test (IgM) and on molecular dete...

Quando l’EBV arriva al fegato

Sara Lega, Martina Tubaro

2014/6

Il “late preterm”: un neonato pretermine attempato

D. Cipolla, D. Ferrara, M. Giuffrè, G. Puccio, G. Moceri, G. Corsello

2013/6 — pag. 369-371

Late preterm (LP) infants, defined by birth between 34+0 and 36+6 weeks’ gestation (WG), represent about 70% of premature infants. Causes of preterm deliveries are: twin births, premature rupture of membranes (PROM), placental abruption, maternal d...

Erano solo vitamine!

L. Matarazzo, C. Bibalo, G. Ferrara, S. Orlandini

2013/4

Ittero in un lattante: quando l’assassino è proprio il maggiordomo

M. Bensa, E. Gubellini, M. Bramuzzo

2010/8 — pag. 525-526

Germania

M.G. Gregorio

2010/3

Colestasi neonatale: la grande simulatrice

M. Tufano, F. Cirillo, G. Ranucci, R. Vecchione, A. Sonzogni, D. Alberti, R. Iorio

2008/8 — pag. 527-529

Early detection and accurate diagnosis of cholestatic jaundice (CJ) are important for successful treatment and favourable prognosis but the rapid and effective recognition of the causes of cholestasis in infants is still challenging also for paed...

Anemia emolitica autoimmune in un bambinodi 7 anni con colite ulcerosa

C. Brondello, M. Lorusso, E. Pozzi, F. Bronzini, F. Mangiantini, M. de Martino, P. Lionetti

2007/9 — pag. 597-598

We report a case of a 7 year-old patient with a 4-year history of severe steroid-refractory Ulcerative Colitis (UC) which had been controlled with cyclosporine and azathioprine, who was admitted to our Clinic because of jaundice. At time of admiss...

La dimissione del neonato fisiologico. Dalla revisione del problema a un possibile protocollo

Riccardo Davanzo, Cristina Brondello, Roberto Cerchio

2006/9 — pag. 562-569

In the last decades worldwide, the length of hospital stay for newborns and their mothers after childbirth has dramatically shortened mainly due to economical reasons. This choice may imply some risks for the newborn. The present article highlights t...

Un lattante distrofico

L. Calligaris, G. Cont, D. Codrich, F. Zennaro, F. Marchetti

2005/9

Febbre e rash con segno della mano gialla: è scarlattina?

M. Lazzerini

2004/1

Febbre e rash con segno della mano gialla: è scarlattina?

M. Lazzerini

2004/1

Febbre e rash con segno della mano gialla: è scarlattina?

M. Lazzerini

2004/1

Colestasi nella mononucleosi infettiva da virus di Epstein-Barr

F. Massei, G. Palla, C. Ughi, et al.

2002/5 — pag. 308-310

Although biochemical evidence of liver damage is frequent in children with EBV infectious mononucleosis, signs or symptoms related to an impaired bile flow as jaundice or pruritus are rare. The Authors report three cases observed in a two-year peri...

Quando l’epatite e l’anemia si alternano

C. Benucci, C. Trapani, F. Mannelli, I. Sforzi, M. Resti

2001/4 — pag. 255-256

Ittero neonatale e malattia di Nieman-Pick tipo C

C. Martini

2000/10 — pag. 679-680

A case of early onset Nieman-Pick type C disease, with neonatal onset of mixed hyperbilirubinemia and increased aminotransferases, and later development of hypotonia and psychomotor delay, is reported. The congenital, functional and metabolic caus...

I tre paradossi della dimissione precoce

D. Baronciani, R. Bellu’, R. Zanini

1999/3 — pag. 181-183

The evidence on the health consequences of early newborn discharge are reviewed. Most of the studies on early discharge are aimed at showing that early discharge is safe and that no serious negative side effects are produced, rather than showing an...

La diagnosi di ittero colestatico nel neonato

G. Maggiore, S. Caprai

1999/3 — pag. 157-161

The incidence of cholestatic jaundice in newborn babies is 1/2500 live births. Biliary atresia is the most frequent single cause of neonatal cholestasis, its frequency is 1/10.000 live births. The prognosis is strictly related to early surgical tre...