Case of the Month
Genital Ulcer
An 11 8/12 year-old girl presents to a paediatric emergency room reporting acute pain (vulvodynia) and ulcerations to the genitalia since 4 days. It was preceded by a Covid-19 infection with symptoms lasting [...]
Baby With Inconsolable Crying
A 5 1/2-month-old girl presented to the emergency department for the second time. She cried and screamed a lot during the day. She has merely been drinking anymore, last wet nappy was in [...]
Dancing Palpitations
Presentation of a 17-year-old Patient in the ER with persisting palpitations, rapid heartbeat and slight dizziness for a few hours. It started while practise, which he had to stop. There was no chest [...]
Fateful High Bar Competition
A 10 year old girl was referred from her general pediatrician due to persistent prickling und loss of muscle function in both legs. It all started after competing in school gymnastics, who could [...]
Fluctuating Levels of Consciousness
Enea, 8-month-old, was admitted to the emergency department in a secondary care hospital for multiple episodes of vomiting (10 in less than 24 hours, not bilious) associated with apathy in the last few [...]
A Rare Cause of Failure to Thrive
After a telephone consultation on Saturday, we see a 5 month old girl 2 days later on Monday for the evaluation of failure to thrive combined with repetitive vomiting. The clinical examination shows [...]
Unsettled Toddler
19-month old patient presenting with unexplained, intermittent consolable crying and subfebrile temperatures (max 38.0°) since the previous day, as well as a single episode of non-bilious vomiting after breakfast. No further abnormalities in [...]
Palatine Mass Lesion?
An infant of 8 months was referred by his pediatrician to our childrens emergency departement for further evaluation: He had a mass lesion on his bony palate, which had only been seen by [...]