[Kawasaki syndrome. Case report]. / La sindrome di Kawasaki. Contributo casistico.

The authors relate a case of M.L.S. observed in 1980 and which had successful outcome. They report the most recent proposals about etiology, pathogenesis and therapy, comparing them with the most recent observations concerning this disease and which have been studied and are undergoing diagnostic research all over the world.

[Holotelencephaly: description of a case]. / Olotelencefalia: descrizione di un caso.

This study describe a case of SNC malformation that belongs to the prosencephalization defects. Particularly, the degree of cerebral anomalies and the gravity of facial abnormalities place the case in the group of Holotelencephalies. We have considered the ethiopathogenetic connections that can cause such embryonic damage, the clinical characteristics, the evolution and the prognosis, by the light of the dates provided by literature. Our patient is a six month-old female put under observation since her birth.

["Porcelain gallbladder"; a pediatric case report]. / La "colecisti a porcellana"; contributo di un caso in età pediatrica.

A case of "porcelain gall-bladder" observed by change in a boy of 14 is reported. After discussing the anatomopathological and aetiological aspects of the syndrome, stress is laid on its exceptional nature in paediatric age and the possibility of a correlation wtih Giardiasis is examined.