Vulvovaginitis is a common condition in adolescents—especially sexually active girls. The diagnosis is usually confirmed by the presence of vulvitis in addition to a vaginal discharge. The physical characteristics of the vaginal discharge can point towards the most likely etiology. Gram stain, wet preparations and culture and sensitivity tests are indicated to define an exact etiology of vagini...

Follicular mucinosis is a condition characterized by the abnormal accumulation of acidic mucopolysaccharides in hair follicles. It is classically described as occurring idiopathically in young persons and within the infiltrates of mycosis fungoides in older individuals. We report a 12-year-old girl who had erythrodermic follicular mucinosis, hypereosinophilia, circulating Sezary cells, and both...

Ectopic thyroid tissue of nasopharynx is an uncommon phenomenon and papillary thyroid carcinoma arising from the tissue is extremely rare. The authors report a rare case of 16-year-old girl with papillary thyroid carcinoma of nasopharynx. Clinicians were ever confused by adenoid hypertrophy and solved the diagnostic dilemma by adequate examinations. In the case, we mainly emphasize that surgeon...

This short book for adolescents is one of a series giving information in story form, about careers. It is a useful idea and the essential facts about social work are correctly conveyed. Most important of all, is the skilful way in which the author has woven into her story the kind of personality needed for this type of work. Apart from the inappropriate dust cover (showing a nurse in uniform) t...

Osseous bridging between lumbar transverse processes is an uncommon condition that may cause low back pain. In most cases, its etiology is alleged to be trauma to the back and only rarely has a congenital origin been indicated. Furthermore, most reported cases involved adults, the majority of whom were middle-aged. Here, the authors describe the case of the youngest girl reported to date with c...

Lenticulostriate artery (LSA) aneurysm is a rare disease that has a low incidence in adolescents. Even for adults and children, there are few cases of LSA aneurysm reported in the literature [1]. Here, we describe a distal LSA aneurysm in a 15-year-old girl that presented with intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) in the basal ganglia. Our report describes that the diagnosis, management, and outcome i...

aim: the importance of osteoporosis is on its relationship with disability, mortality, adverse effects on quality of life, and also the imposed costs on individuals and society. osteoporosis begins in early adolescence. therefore, educational programs should begin at an early age. the present research evaluated the effect of designed pamphlet on the knowledge of female seventh grader students i...

Background: Choledochal cysts (CC) are rare congenital anomalies of the biliary tract. The classic triad jaundice, abdominal pain, and right upper quadrant mass symptoms, mainly in children adolescents. This study aimed to present diagnosis management choledochal cyst cases a baby girl.
 Case presentation: A 1-year-old girl, domiciled outside city Padang, was brought hospital by her parent...