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Genes Chromosomes Cancer
January 2025
Pathology Unit, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Infantile myofibromatosis (IM) comprises a wide clinical spectrum, ranging from solitary or multicentric lesions to generalized life-threatening forms. IM is mostly linked to germline or somatic heterozygous mutations in the PDGFRβ tyrosine kinase, encoded by the PDGFRB gene. Treatments for IM range from wait and see approach to systemic chemotherapy, according to the clinical context.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNeuropediatrics
January 2025
Pediatric Neurology, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany.
Objective Infantile Spasms (IS) are an age-specific epilepsy syndrome associated with poor outcome. Sustained and early spasm-control remains the main goal of therapy. We aimed to evaluate a unique pulsatile dexamethasone therapy regime in children with IS, applying a prolonged first pulse in cases of insufficient spasm-control.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFZhonghua Bing Li Xue Za Zhi
February 2025
Department of Pathology, Foshan Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Foshan 528000, China.
To investigate the clinicopathological and genetic features of infantile rhabdomyofibrosarcoma (IRFS) with EGFR kinase domain duplication (EGFR-KDD). The clinical, morphological and immunohistochemical features of three IRFS with EGFR-KDD diagnosed from January 2022 to January 2024 at Department of Pathology, Foshan Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Foshan, China were retrospectively analyzed using PCR or next generation sequencing technique; and related literature was reviewed. There were 1 male and 2 females, aged at presentation ranging from 1 to 4 years.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFViruses
January 2025
Pediatric Clinic, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, 43126 Parma, Italy.
Nipah virus (NiV) is a zoonotic pathogen with the potential to cause human outbreaks with a high case fatality ratio. In this systematic review and meta-analysis, available evidence on NiV infections occurring in healthcare workers (HCWs) was collected and critically appraised. According to the PRISMA statement, four medical databases (PubMed, CINAHL, EMBASE, and Scopus) and the preprint repository medRixv were inquired through a specifically designed searching strategy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Clin Med
January 2025
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital Zagreb, Ulica Vjekoslava Klaića 16, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
Infantile hemangioma (IH) is the most common pediatric benign vascular tumor. Its pathogenesis is still poorly understood, and it usually appears during the first few weeks of life and follows a characteristic natural course of proliferation and involution. Most IHs are small, benign, resolve spontaneously, and do not require active treatment but only active observation.
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