Volume 10 - Issue 7 - July 2011

Consultant for Pediatricians

acne treatment
acne treatment
Young Boy With Symmetric Muscle Weakness and Rash
07/01/2011
John W. Harrington, MD; Cyrus Heydarian, MD; Alexander K.C. Leung, MD, MBBS, FRCPC, FRCP
<p>A 5-year-old white boy had fever (temperature, up to 40.5ºC [105ºF]), progressive weakness of the lower extremities, and weight loss of about 3 kg over the past 3 weeks. During this time, he also...
07/01/2011
acne treatment
acne treatment
Topical Calcineurin Inhibitors for Vitiligo: Treatment Options
07/01/2011

ALEXANDER K. C. LEUNG, MD
University of Calgary

BARBARA B. WILSON, MD
University of Virginia School of Medicine 

ALEXANDER K. C. LEUNG, MDUniversity o...
<p><span><em>I read with interest Dr Alexander K. C. Leung and Mr Andrew S. Wong’s What’s Your Diagnosis? quiz featuring a 16-year-old boy with progressive hypopigmented lesions...
07/01/2011
acne treatment
acne treatment
How would you treat this teenage boy's cystic acne?
06/30/2011
Kirk Barber, MD, FRCPC
<p>Deep acne nodules and cysts have been developing on this 15-year-old boy’s temples for the past year. He has been applying topical anti-acne therapy for almost 6 months because his mother is afraid...
06/30/2011
Flank Pain
Flank Pain
Bruising in a Teenage Girl: A Manifestation of Dermatitis Artefacta
06/30/2011
Samer H.A. Zaid Kaylani, MD; Curtis W. Turner, MD; Kavita Bapat, MD; Osvaldo Regueira, MD
<p>A 13-year-old girl with intermittent episodes of bruising was referred to our hematology clinic after several visits to her private physician. The bruises appeared suddenly on her extremities,...
06/30/2011
Flank Pain
Flank Pain
Pilomatrixoma
06/30/2011
Robert P. Blereau, MD
<p>A <span>14-year-old girl was concerned about this 1-cm, red, nodulocystic</span>lesion on her left posterior shoulder that had been present for several months. The...
06/30/2011
Flank Pain
Flank Pain
Humerus Fracture Secondary to Shoulder Dystocia
06/30/2011
David Tetzlaff, MD; Deepak M. Kamat, MD, PhD
<p>A male infant born to a 35-year-old woman (gravida 4, para 2-0-1-2) at 39 weeks’ gestation was noted to have no right arm movement after birth. The mother was in labor for 18 hours and was...
06/30/2011
Flank Pain
Flank Pain
Buphthalmos
06/30/2011
Michael W. Cater, MD; Deepak M. Kamat, MD, PhD
A boy was born to a healthy mother at term via normal spontaneous vaginal delivery. There was no family history of ocular abnormalities. Prenatal care was appropriate and unremarkable. Examination at birth...
06/30/2011
Flank Pain
Flank Pain
A Case of Concurrent Pyelonephritis and PID: Occam's Razor Versus Hickam's Dictum
06/30/2011
Rima H. Himelstein, MD; Elaine S. Stevenson, CPNP
<P><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica">Symptoms of urinary tract infection (UTI) are a common reason for office visits among adolescent girls and young women, especially those who are...
06/30/2011