ABSTRACT
We describe a 7-year-old boy with bilateral epididymitis associated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection. The involvement of male genitalia presenting as the only manifestation of M. pneumoniae infection is rare.
Subject(s)
Epididymitis/microbiology , Mycoplasma pneumoniae/isolation & purification , Pneumonia, Mycoplasma/complications , Child , Humans , MaleABSTRACT
Acute toxic exposures in childhood are quite a frequent event in Paediatric Emergency Medicine. Despite that, there are few papers about clinical toxicology in children, at least in Italy. This paper is the first that takes into account both epidemiological aspects and clinical features of acute poisoning in children on a national basis. Collected data show the increased use of activated charcoal as a treatment and the use of the short stay observation unit as an appropriate answer to the real clinical situation, although some aspects are still controversial. It will be necessary to reconsider the whole matter widening the number of participating centres, so that the most controversial aspects may be clarified.
Subject(s)
Poisoning/epidemiology , Pregnancy Complications/chemically induced , Acute Disease , Adult , Child , Child, Preschool , Female , Humans , Infant , Infant, Newborn , Italy/epidemiology , Pregnancy , Pregnancy Complications/epidemiologyABSTRACT
Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease, a benign and unusual self-limiting histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis of unknown origin, should be included in the differential diagnosis of lymphadenopathy and fever of unknown origin. This disease mostly affects young Asian women and has rarely been reported in children, thus remaining a poorly recognized entity that is frequently confused with malignant lymphoma. The authors describe two children with Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease, with particular attention to diagnostic approach and clinical and histologic features of the disease.
