This content is machine translated 6th Zurich Dermatology Training Days 2016 Five genodermatoses: genetic skin diseases in childhood Genodermatoses are diseases of the skin and its appendages resulting from mutation of a single gene and inherited according to Mendelian rules. These hereditary skin conditions are often not apparent…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Most common malignant brain tumor in children Medulloblastoma in children: diagnosis and therapy If there is a change in character or new onset of motor clumsiness, measure head circumference and perform neurological examination, possibly repetitively. In Switzerland, the treatment of childhood brain tumors…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Obesity and addiction “Food addiction” in overweight and obese adolescents. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence and correlates of “food addiction” as measured by the Yale Food Addiction Scale (YFAS) in overweight and obese adolescents…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Eight-year-old with unknown bone disease Information on diagnosis or therapy requested An eight-year-old boy in Ecuador suffers from a previously unknown bone disease of the spine and lower extremities. This not only makes it difficult for him to walk, but also…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Pediatric corner Stork bite and tuft of hair on the back of the head in an infant Case Report: A six-month-old girl is referred for a circumscribed scarring skin lesion on the back of the head that has been present since birth. In addition, parents report persistent…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Parents critical of vaccination How does the attending physician react correctly? The vaccination decision comes early – often before we family physicians and pediatricians even have a role in the family. It is important to instill a positive attitude toward vaccination…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Child and adolescent psychiatry School problems with ADHD Multimodal treatment of children with ADHD works best when physicians and therapists work well with the “family” and “school” systems. This can be accomplished if recommendations for multimodal treatment and…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Phytotherapy in pediatrics Where are the possible applications? Studies document the efficacy and safety of herbal preparations in very different indications of everyday pediatric life. Thus, the attending physician has the possibility to apply phytotherapy in appropriate situations.
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Eleven day old boy with indolent bluish nodule on capillitium Congenital tumor? Case report: An eleven-day-old boy is presented because of an indolent, bluish nodule parieto-occipital left since birth. Within a few days, a black crust had formed on the lesion. Pregnancy…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Memories of an allergist Acute Quincke’s edema to a lozenge in a two-year-old boy Anamnesis: The not yet two-year-old boy sat on his mother’s lap during a car ride and was given a sweet to suck. Within minutes, massive swelling of the face and…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Allergo update 2016 Current developments in allergology What is currently happening in the field of allergology? At the two-day Allergo Update 2016 in Cologne, allergists, dermatologists, ENT specialists, pediatricians and pneumologists from Germany, Austria and Switzerland were…
