Case of the Month
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 [...]
An Angry Teenager
A 15 years old healthy teenage girl with no relevant medical history, came to the emergency room (ER) with her older sister at 3 am for an acute onset of vomiting after being [...]
Unusual Case of Torticollis
A 1-year-old girl is presented with progressive torticollis over the last few days. She seems in good clinical condition, afebrile, with possible difficulty to swallow (she stopped eating from the table and returned [...]