Volume 6 - Issue 1 - January 2007

Consultant for Pediatricians

aspiration
aspiration
Foreign-Body Aspiration: A Guide to Early Detection, Optimal Therapy
04/29/2011
Divya Seth, MD; Milind Pansare, MD; Deepak M. Kamat, MD, PhD
Foreign-body aspiration is a relatively common occurrence in children. It may present as a life-threatening event that necessitates prompt removal of the aspirated material.
04/29/2011
uveal colobomas
uveal colobomas
Photoclinic: Giant Congenital Melanocytic Nevus
04/29/2011
Deepak M. Kamat, MD, PhD
This 6-month-old boy was born with a pigmented hairy nevus that covered about 80% of his body surface.
04/29/2011
uveal colobomas
uveal colobomas
Cough Medicine as a Drug of Abuse
04/29/2011
Larissa Hirsch, MD; Charles A. Pohl, MD
<div id="article-content-body"><p><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">In recent years, adolescents have begun to turn to...
04/29/2011
uveal colobomas
uveal colobomas
Making the Rounds: Eye Abnormality, Cherry Red Lesions
04/29/2011
John W. Harrington, MD
This toddler has had abnormal-looking eyes since birth.
04/29/2011
congenital lesions
congenital lesions
Photoclinic: Bilateral Clinodactyly of the Fifth Finger
04/29/2011
Alexander K.C. Leung, MD, MBBS, FRCPC, FRCP; William Lane M. Robson, MD, FRCPC, FRCP
A 4-year-old girl presented with bilateral deviation of the fifth fingers.
04/29/2011
congenital lesions
congenital lesions
Dermclinic: A Photo Quiz to Hone Dermatologic Skills (January 2007)
04/29/2011
Kirk Barber, MD, FRCPC
A 17-year-old boy presents with a red, scaly rash on his trunk that began as a single lesion on his left flank.
04/29/2011
congenital lesions
congenital lesions
Perianal Protrusion in a 23-Month-Old Girl
04/29/2011
Marcella M. Donaruma-Kwoh, MD; Diane F. Merritt, MD
A 23-month-old girl was brought to the pediatrician's office by her mother who was concerned about "bulging down there."
04/29/2011
Dermclinic
Dermclinic
Does This Patient Have Psoriasis?
04/29/2011
Kirk Barber, MD, FRCPC
A 17-year-old boy presents with a red, scaly rash on his trunk that began as a single lesion on his left flank. The generalized eruption had developed within 24 to 48 hours. The patient's father has...
04/29/2011
congenital lesions
congenital lesions
Foreign-Body Aspiration: A Guide to Early Detection, Optimal Therapy
04/29/2011
Divya Seth, MD; Milind Pansare, MD; Deepak M. Kamat, MD, PhD
Foreign-body aspiration is a relatively common occurrence in children.
04/29/2011
MMR vaccine
MMR vaccine
"Focus on Vaccines" Correction: MMR Never Contained Thimerosal
04/29/2011
The recent special issue, "Focus on Vaccines," that was published with the October 2006 issue of Consultant for Pediatricians included 2 articles that examined the alleged but unproven link...
04/29/2011
congenital lesions
congenital lesions
Eight-Year-Old Girl With Mass in Midline of Neck
04/29/2011

By ALEXANDER K. C. LEUNG, MD--Series Editor, and WM. LANE M. ROBSON, MD
Dr Leung is clinical associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Calgary, and pediatric consultant at the Alberta Children’s Hospital. Dr Robson is medical director of the Childrens’ Clinic in Calgary, Alberta.

By ALEXANDER K. C. LEUNG, MD--Series ...
<DIV id=article-content-body> <P>Eight-year-old girl with mass in midline of neck.Mass first noted about 6 months earlier. Patient is otherwise well; past health unremarkable. No symptoms...
04/29/2011
Vitamin D Recommendations
Vitamin D Recommendations
Polydactyly of the Hand
04/29/2011
Deepak M. Kamat, MD, PhD
Digital duplication may be radial (preaxial or thumb), ulnar (postaxial or little finger), or central.
04/29/2011
Vitamin D Recommendations
Vitamin D Recommendations
Photoclinic: Systemic Allergic Reaction to Embedded Sewing Needle
04/29/2011
Anatoly Belilovsky, MD; Michael LaCorte, MD
04/29/2011
nevus depigmentosus
nevus depigmentosus
The answer to a single question will help you diagnosis this rash
01/01/2007
Kirk Barber, MD, FRCPC
<P> </P> <P><STRONG><IMG style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 1px solid; MARGIN: 5px; FLOAT: left; BORDER-TOP: black 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT:...
01/01/2007
The answer to a single question will help you diagnosis this rash
01/01/2007
  This adolescent girl presents with a 1-week history of tender pustules on her trunk. Her primary care physician prescribed cloxacillin. Despite 4 days of therapy, there is no sign of...
01/01/2007