Volume 12 - Issue 1 - January 2013

Consultant for Pediatricians

Photo Quiz
Photo Quiz
03/20/2013
The mother of a 4-year-old boy is concerned about his habit of eating stones and wall plaster; the habit has persisted for the past year.
03/20/2013
Henoch-Schönlein purpura
Henoch-Schönlein purpura
01/14/2013
Rajan Arora, MD; Earl Hartwig, MD
An 8-year-old previously healthy boy presented to the emergency department with an acute painful scrotum. There was no history of dysuria, urgency, hematuria, abdominal pain, vomiting, or genital trauma. ...
01/14/2013
papillomatosis
papillomatosis
01/14/2013
Ravali Bandaru, MD; Kaylan Christianer; Noah Kondamudi, MD, MBA
<p>For the past month, a 17-year-old obese African-American girl had right-sided flank pain and a worsening rash on her trunk. The rash first appeared as a small lesion on her right shoulder a year...
01/14/2013
feet
feet
01/14/2013
Robert P. Blereau, MD
<p>In January, a 14-year-old girl presented with purple coloration of the distal toes. During the week and a half before presentation, she had redness and swelling just proximal to the toenails. She...
01/14/2013
Lice infestation
Lice infestation
01/14/2013
Barbara B. Wilson, MD; Michael Marchetti, MD
<p>A 12-year-old healthy girl has had an itchy scalp and rash on the neck associated with swollen lymph nodes for the past few weeks. Her mother reports that several of her daughter’s friends at...
01/14/2013
Photo Quiz
Photo Quiz
01/14/2013
During a well-child visit, the mother of a 13-month-old boy expresses concern about her son’s bowed legs. He had been exclusively breastfed until age 6 months.
01/14/2013
Foreign Body Aspiration
Foreign Body Aspiration
01/14/2013
Sam Meshkinfam, DO; Michael Haupert, DO, MBA; James Dworkin, PhD; Janet Poulik, MD; Eric J. McGrath, MD; Farah Tabassum, MD; Ricardo Zegarra-Linares, MD
<p><strong><img src="/sites/default/files/transfer/Screen_Shot_2013-01-14_at_2.15.22_PM.png" alt="MAC infection" title="MAC infection" style="margin: 0px...
01/14/2013
Genetic disorders
Genetic disorders
01/14/2013
Anand Gourishankar, MD; Golder N. Wilson, MD, PhD; Keely M. Fitzgerald, DO
<p><strong><img src="/sites/default/files/transfer/Screen_Shot_2013-01-14_at_2.05.03_PM.png" alt="waardenburg syndrome" title="waardenburg syndrome"...
01/14/2013
deformities
deformities
01/14/2013
Allison Gilmore, MD; George H. Thompson, MD
This is a typical case of congenital talipes equinovarus—or clubfoot—the most obvious of all childhood foot deformities, and one of the most common.
01/14/2013
Pain
Pain
01/14/2013
Max Yankelevich, MD; Deniz Altinok, MD; William Yaakob, MD; Aimee Malesky, DO; Kanta J. Bhambhani, MD
<p><img src="/sites/default/files/transfer/Screen_Shot_2013-01-14_at_10.36.20_AM.png" alt="neutropenic enterocolitis" title="neutropenic enterocolitis"...
01/14/2013
What's Your Diagnosis?
What's Your Diagnosis?
01/10/2013

ALEXANDER K. C. LEUNG, MD—Series Editor
and STEWART P. ADAMS, MD
University of Calgary

BENJAMIN BARANKIN, MD
Toronto Dermatology Centre

Dr Adams is clinical associate professor of medicine at the University of Calgary. Dr Barankin is medical director and founder of the Toronto Dermatology Centre in Ontario.

Alexander K. C. Leung, MD—Series Editor: Dr Leung is clinical professor of pediatrics at the University of Calgary and pediatric consultant at the Alberta Children’s Hospital in Calgary

ALEXANDER K. C. LEUNG, MD—Series Edit...
A 9-year-old boy presented with a pruritic, erythematous rash on his cheeks. He had been treated for 1 month with 0.1% betamethasone valerate cream. There was no associated fever or joint symptoms. His past...
01/10/2013
esophagitis
esophagitis
01/10/2013
Kim Waterhouse, MD; Jose Derdoy, MD; David S. Brink, MD
<p><strong><img alt="esophagogastroduodenoscopy" src="/sites/default/files/transfer/Screen_Shot_2013-01-10_at_3.26.08_PM.png" style="height:90px; margin-left:5px;...
01/10/2013
Autism
Autism
01/10/2013
John W. Harrington, MD
<P><STRONG><IMG style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 5px" title="autism diagnosis" alt="autism diagnosis"...
01/10/2013
Primary Care
Primary Care
01/08/2013
<p>You may have noticed something different about this latest issue of CONSULTANT FOR PEDIATRICIANS. We have redesigned the publication to improve your overall readership experience, so the...
01/08/2013