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Maria Concetta Failla
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La MIS-C fra presente e futuro: cardio-RMN e prognosi cardiologica a medio e lungo termine. Esperienza di un singolo centro.
2021
Covid-19 temporally related multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C): una finestra precoce di opportunità terapeutica è una strategia vincente? COVI…
2021
MIS-C and co-infection with P. vivax and P. falciparum in a child: a clinical conundrum.
2022
Abstract Background The ongoing Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic represents an unprecedented global health challenge. Many COVID-19 symptoms are similar to symptoms that can occur in other infections. Malaria should always be considered in patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection returning from endemic areas. Case presentation We present the first case of multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C) and Plasmodium vivax-falciparum and SARS-CoV2 coinfection in children. Despite clearance of parassitaemia and a negative COVID-19 nasopharyngeal PCR, the patient’s clinical conditions worsened. The World Health Organization (WHO) criteria were used to make the diagnosis of MIS-C. Treatment wi…
CASO CLINICO: CARCINOMA TIROIDEO ASSOCIATO A IPERTIROIDISMO IN ETÀ PEDIATRICA: UNA RARA ASSOCIAZIONE
2019
PRESENTAZIONE DEL CASO, STORIA CLINICA E SINTOMATOLOGIA R, 8 anni, sesso femminile. Nulla di rilevante all’anamnesi fisiologica e patologica remota. Bimba in sovrappeso (BMI 24,65 Kg/m2). Familiarità per neoplasia tiroidea (zia materna), tiroidite di Hashimoto e per neoplasie di altri organi. Un mese prima, tonsillite essudativa trattata con terapia antibiotica; simultaneamente comparsa di tumefazione laterocervicale dx non dolente; insorgenza di dolore e progressivo incremento del volume della tumefazione per veniva condotta in PS; all’EO: aspetto non sofferente, tumefazione laterocervicale di consistenza parenchimatosa dura, mobile nei piani sopra e sottostanti; linfoadenopatie multiple i…
Ten-month follow-up of patients with covid-19 temporally related multi-system inflammatory syndrome in children: the experience of the children hospi…
2023
Abstract Background In Sicily, the first wave of COVID-19 showed a low epidemic impact in paediatric population, while the second and the third waves had a higher impact on clinical presentation of COVID-19 in children and a significantly higher severe outcome in patients with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), with a frequent life-threatening progression. Methods We describe a cohort of 22 Sicilian children (11 M; 11 F; age: 1.4–14 years), presenting with clinical features compatible with MIS-C. Patients with negative swab had a history of recent personal or parental infection. Results The following diagnostic criteria were detected: fever (100%); cheilitis and/or phary…
Interleukin-6 Is a Promising Marker of COVID-19 in Children: A Case Series of 2 Brothers with Severe COVID-19 Pneumonia.
2022
BACKGROUND To date, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) remains a global health concern, with fatalities mostly in older age groups with underlying medical conditions, while children are less likely to manifest severe symptoms. CASE REPORT We describe the clinical cases of 2 brothers admitted to our Children's Hospital for persistent fever and cough during the COVID-19 pandemic. Case 1. A 1.5-year-old boy had fever, expiratory dyspnea, desaturation, oxygen saturation 94-96% with O2, and bilateral hissing and crackling rales. His interleukin-6 level in the acute phase of the disease was 100.41 and at the resolution it was 46.2 pg/ml. Treatment with amoxicillin plus clavulanic acid, methylpre…