Centri storici e Smart Town: mobilità sostenibile e infrastrutture virtuali

Conservation and Development implementation are an essential combination when working in marginal and usually non-coastal areas, which identify the Southern Italy land. Starting from the extreme marginalization and the neglect conditions, reinterpreting them as an opportunity to re-foundation, can be a smart strategy. Mobility, marginal infrastructure and the extreme weakness which interest lots of users who characterize the population (mostly the elderly and the children) might represent a high significance criticality. Two linked focuses, one about sustainable mobility and the other one about the virtual cities network and public utilities, more specifically about health care public utili…

Pain in paediatric hospital units

Pulmonary hydatid disease in childhood: a case report [Idatidosi polmonare in età infantile: Descrizione di un caso clinico]

Echinococcosis/hydatidosis is a parasitic zoonosis caused in humans by the larval stage of the Echinococcus granulosus cestode. Although notification of infestation is required, there are no reliable data on the prevalence of this parasitosis among humans in Italy. This zoonosis was first reported in ancient times (Hippocrates, fourth century BC) and since then many cases of echinococcosis/hydatidosis have been described. Currently, it is considered one of the main parasitoses affecting animals bred for income and one of the most important parasitic zoonoses. We present the clinical case of a three-year-old child, living in Palermo with a dog in his house, who came to our observation for dy…

PLEUROPULMONARY BLASTOMA: A DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF CHRONIC COUGH. LONG TERM SURVIVALAFTER MULTIMODAL AGGRESSIVE THERAPY

ITAL J PEDIATR 2006;32:122-125 CASE REPORT CASO CLINICO Pleuropulmonary blastoma: a differential diagnosis of chronic cough. Long-term survival after multimodal aggressive therapy Blastoma pleuro-polmonare: rara diagnosi differenziale da tosse cronica. Remissione a lungo termine dopo aggressiva terapia multimodale P. D''ANGELO, V. MANZO*, S. VENEZIA*, R. ALAGGIO", E SIRACUSA*, M. LO CURTO* Unità Operativa di Oncoematologia Pediatrica, Ospedale dei Bambini " G . Di Cristina", Palermo; * Dipartimento Materno Infantile, Università di Palermo; ** Istituto di Anatomia Patologica, Università di Padova Summary Pleuropulmonary blastoma (PPB) in childhood is a rare clinicopathologic entity distinct …