Many drugs, including antibiotics, have been implicated in the aetiology of benign intracranial hypertension. We report the development of benign intracranial hypertension after the use of ciprofloxacin in a teenager with cystic fibrosis.

Any teenager or anyone involved with teenagers must find something of value in this excellent little book. Without patronising or preaching from any particular viewpoint, it describes the change from child into teenager, the problems this age brings with it and how to cope with the years that follow. The reader is constantly urged to think for himself, to discuss his problems and act accordingl...

The current study investigated labeling effects in groups of institutionalized adolescents. Self-concepts of 111 delinquents, 33 adolescent psychiatric inpatients, and 119 high school students were assessed in relation to three relevant social labels (popular teenager, juvenile delinquent, and emotionally disturbed teenager). A semantic differential technique and discriminant analyses were used...

Bowing of long bones may be secondary to several aetiologies. Among the causes for bowing of long bones include congenital and acquired form of rickets, skeletal dysplasia, osteogenesis imperfecta and renal tubular acidosis (RTA).

A 14 year old girl presented with a year’s history of joint pain, restriction, and swelling, initially diagnosed as juvenile idiopathic arthritis. She had no past medical problems but had given up her leisure pursuits owing to disability. Examination disclosed non-pitting oedema to midcalf; a woody texture of the soft tissues of the forearms and calves with fixed flexion deformities of her fing...

A 14-year-old male teen presented with unilateral episcleritis, unresponsive to topical and systemic corticosteroid therapy, without a history of ocular trauma or evidence for systemic diseases. The presence of foreign bodies in the conjunctival mucus of the hyperemic fornix has been noticed during one of the follow-up examinations. The toxicological analysis of conjunctival mucus revealed the ...

Previously published Photo Quizzes are now featured in a mobile app. Get more information at http:// www.aafp.org/afp/apps. A 14-year-old boy presented with a tender red papule on his finger. He first noticed it two months earlier. It bled several times, especially when rubbed by his baseball mitt. He had no medical problems or allergies, and he was not taking any medications. He had no other s...