Most recent by Michael W. Cater, MD, FAAP
Three siblings present with abscesses over 10 days
Over a period of 3 weeks, just after the end-of-the-year holidays, three healthy siblings presented with swollen lymph nodes.
Girl presents with ear pain after swimming in brackish water
A 12-year-old girl presents to the guest columnist’s office with a red, painful right auricle. The onset was yesterday, and it is worse today.
Nasal congestion, painful swelling over forehead in 10-year-old boy
A 10-year-old boy presents with sudden pain and swelling over his forehead with severe headache over the last 24 hours. His history was positive for sustaining a head injury while skateboarding several days earlier, for which he was taken to the local ED for evaluation; a CT scan revealed frontal, ethmoid and left maxillary sinus opacification, with no fracture found.
A 9-year-old girl impaled with a roofing nail in her knee
This month’s contributor is Michael W. Cater, MD. He is in private practice in Tustin, Calif., and is affiliated with Children’s Hospital of Orange County, Monarch Healthcare and St. Joseph Hospital.
Young adult presents with upper respiratory infection symptoms, chest pain
NOTE: The case for this month was donated by Michael Cater, MD, and although the patient is slightly out of the pediatric age range, it is a case worth reviewing.