Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (Wegener's Granulomatosis), pediatric clinical case review and discussion
Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (Wegener's Granulomatosis), pediatric clinical case review and discussion| Pediatric Education
Patient Presentation A pediatrician was talking with her brother who said, “Do you mind if I ask you a medical question?” Slightly hesitantly she said “okay.” He went on, “I have someone I work with closely and his 3-year old boy started having some medical problems, and then recently he had a seizure and was … Continue reading Can You Tell Me More About Tay-Sachs Disease?→| Pediatric Education
Patient Presentation A 2-year-old male came to clinic for his health supervision visit. The parents and resident physician seeing the infant were worried about some webbing between his 3rd and 4th toes on his left foot. There were no other webbed digits and the patient seemed unbothered by the webbing. The past medical history showed … Continue reading When is Syndactyly a Problem?→| Pediatric Education
Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (Wegener's Granulomatosis), pediatric clinical case review and discussion| Pediatric Education
Mineral Deficiency, a pediatric clinical case review and discussion| Pediatric Education
Patient Presentation A 15-month-old female came to clinic for her health supervision visit. Her family had immigrated to the US when she was 6 months old from a low-income South-East Asian country. Her mother was worried that she “had a vitamin or mineral deficiency” because the American doctors hadn’t prescribed vitamins and now she had … Continue reading What Are the Most Common Micronutrient Deficiencies?→| Pediatric Education
Slipping Rib Syndrome, a pediatric clinical case review and discussion| Pediatric Education
PediatricEducation.org is taking a nice summer break. The next case will be published in on September 8, 2025. In the meantime, please take a look at the different Differential Diagnoses, Symptom a…| Pediatric Education
Metformin Uses, a pediatric clinical case review and discussion| Pediatric Education
Patient Presentation A 12-year-old female came to clinic for her health maintenance examination. She had been well overall. She had menarche about 10 months previously and had had three periods of time where she had had bleeding for 3 weeks. The last time only stopped with hormonal intervention. She had been at the 95% for … Continue reading What Are Possible Uses for Metformin?→| Pediatric Education
Patient Presentation While sitting in clinic, a pediatrician noticed that all the medical students and residents were filing into a patient room, and then filed out a few minutes later. She asked her colleague what was so interesting with the patient. “Oh, a 6-month-old male has a solitary mastocytoma and none of the learners had … Continue reading What Does Cutaneous Mastocytosis Look Like?→| Pediatric Education
Myocarditis, a pediatric clinical case review and discussion| Pediatric Education
Encephalitis, a pediatric clinical case review and discussion| Pediatric Education
Patient Presentation A 2-month-old male came to clinic for followup after discharge from the neonatal intensive care unit. He was a former 38 week gestation male who had been delivered vaginally to a mother with little prenatal care. His hospital stay had been complicated by initial respiratory distress, poor feeding and then a seizure at … Continue reading What Causes Encephalitis?→| Pediatric Education
Femoroacetabular Impingement, a pediatric clinical case review and discussion| Pediatric Education
Acne Vulgaris Medications, a pediatric clinical case review and discussion| Pediatric Education
