Print Section Listen Mucosal ulcerative disorders in adolescent females can be caused by sexually transmitted as well as nonsexually transmitted diseases. In this chapter, common mucosal ulcerative disorders are discussed…

Patient Story Print Section Listen An 18-year-old woman presents with severe vaginal and vulvar itching and a thick white discharge. Figure 77-1 shows the appearance of her vulva with redness…

Patient Story Print Section Listen A 17-year-old pregnant teen reports some vaginal itching and odor associated with a thin discharge. There is no associated pain. She is unmarried and has…

Patient Story Print Section Listen An 18-year-old female presented to her physician with vulvar and vaginal itching associated with a vaginal discharge. On examination, the patient is noted to have…

Print Section Listen The normal abdominal wall is formed by infolding of the cranial, caudal, and two lateral embryonic folds. These folds form in the 4th week of development as…

Patient Story Print Section Listen A 6-day-old girl is admitted to the hospital because of profuse yellowish drainage from both eyes. The infant was born at home after a 36-week…

Print Section Listen Congenital pulmonary malformations are relatively rare entities that can cause a wide variety of pulmonary findings in infants and children. In this chapter, we review the clinical…

Patient Story Print Section Listen A 10-year-old boy presented to the office with a 2-day history of “tea-colored” urine. Two weeks prior to this presentation, he had an upper respiratory…

Patient Story Print Section Listen An 8-year-old girl presents to the emergency room with severe headache and tea-colored urine of 2 days duration (Figure 68-1). She has just completed a…

Print Section Listen It is important to recognize the various anal and rectal disorders in infants and children. In this chapter, the following disorders are discussed in succession: Hirschprung disease…