Alberto Di Mascio
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View article: COVID-19 Pneumomediastinum: Possible Role of Transesophageal Echo in Bedside Percutaneous Bicaval Double-Lumen ECMO Cannulation in Children. A Case Report
COVID-19 Pneumomediastinum: Possible Role of Transesophageal Echo in Bedside Percutaneous Bicaval Double-Lumen ECMO Cannulation in Children. A Case Report Open
COVID-19 is generally uneventful in children. Only 8% of severe acute respiratory distress syndrome corona virus 2 pediatric patients require intensive care; of these, 1% may need extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Preexisting medical co…
View article: A bullous rash
A bullous rash Open
A 3-year-old boy presented with a 5-day history of bullous skin lesions localised mainly in the upper and lower limbs and in the genital region (figure 1). Lesions were not pruritic nor painful and showed a central crust. There was no fa…
View article: Diagnostic accuracy and applicability of intestinal auto-antibodies in the wide clinical spectrum of coeliac disease
Diagnostic accuracy and applicability of intestinal auto-antibodies in the wide clinical spectrum of coeliac disease Open
View article: Familial neurohypophyseal diabetes insipidus in 13 kindreds and 2 novel mutations in the vasopressin gene
Familial neurohypophyseal diabetes insipidus in 13 kindreds and 2 novel mutations in the vasopressin gene Open
Background Autosomal dominant neurohypophyseal diabetes insipidus (adNDI) is caused by arginine vasopressin (AVP) deficiency resulting from mutations in the AVP-NPII gene encoding the AVP preprohormone. Aim To describe the clinical and mol…
View article: Gestational group B streptococcal infection in two twin pregnancies
Gestational group B streptococcal infection in two twin pregnancies Open
Twin pregnancies represent an interesting pattern in which selective infection of one gestational sac over the other can occur. Despite the ubiquity of Group B streptococcus (GBS), only a few cases documenting twin gestational GBS infectio…