An Association of and Mutations in a Male Presenting With Syndromic Growth Failure.

In children with genetic syndromes, short stature is frequently a characteristic feature that, when associated with other specific manifestations, significantly aids in clinical diagnosis. In this report, an atypical case of Noonan syndrome (NS) in a 5.5-year-old child with mesomelic short stature is described.

Physiolgic hypercortisolism at onset of celiac disease in a girl: A case report.

Rationale: Celiac disease (CD) is an autoimmune disorder induced by dietary gluten in genetically predisposed subjects. Activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-axis (HPA) can occur in patients with CD; however, this condition has never been described in overweight/obese CD children.

Patient Concerns: A 12-year-old girl with CD was admitted with mild acanthosis nigricans of the armpits, groin and neck.

Recurrent Renal Colic in a Patient with Munchausen Syndrome.

Background: In most of the cases regarding children, factitious disorders (FDs) are intentionally produced by parents. Less attention is paid to FDs in which a child or adolescent intentionally induces or falsifies the disease to attain a patient's role.

Case Presentation: A 13-year-old immigrated and adopted boy previously underwent an operation for renal joint syndrome and was affected by recurrent episodes of renal colic.

Unusual Onset of Celiac Disease and Addison's Disease in a 12-Year-Old Boy.

Background: Celiac disease (CD) is an autoimmune disorder deriving from an aberrant adaptive immune response against gluten-containing grains in genetically predisposed subjects. In a number of patients, CD is associated with one or more other autoimmune diseases. Primary Addison's disease (AD) and CD may co-exist, although this association is relatively uncommon in children.

Using obese-specific charts of height and height velocity for assessment of growth in obese children and adolescents during weight excess reduction.

Objective: The influence of weight excess reduction on height and height velocity of obese subjects should be evaluated on the basis of appropriate standards, since the pattern of growth of obese subjects is different from that of normal weight subjects.

Design, Subjects And Measurements: Height, weight and triceps skinfold thickness were recorded from 17987 school subjects (9256 males and 8731 females), 3-18 y of age, from three provinces of central Italy, and a growth reference curve of height was constructed. Using BMI (as computed using the tables of Rolland-Cachera et al) and triceps skinfold thickness, normal-weight subjects (NWS) and obese subjects (OS) were identified and specific reference curves (mean+/-s.