Tag Archives: Pediatrics

November 2020—Pediatric-type follicular lymphoma (PTFL) is a rare form of lymphoma that was recognized as a new diagnostic entity in the revised 2016 WHO Classification of Tumours of Haematopoietic and Lymphoid Tissues. The classic features of PTFL include male predominance, localized stage I lymphadenopathy, blastoid morphology, high proliferation index, and exceedingly good response rate to local excision.

June 2017—“It’s the most talked about pain kids experience, even more so than post-op surgical pain.” Julie Piazza, a certified child life specialist, is referring to needlestick pain from pediatric blood draws. As project manager for patient and family-centered care at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital in the University of Michigan health system, now known as Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, Piazza has observed anxiety at both ends of the needle.

August 2014—Are children equivalent to miniature adults? Common sense and years of research on age-related differences in microbiota, immune system development, and infectious disease susceptibility point to a resounding no. But in clinical microbiology practice, if not in theory, pediatric patients are too often worked up as miniature adults, says Jennifer Dien Bard, PhD, D(ABMM), FCCM, director of the clinical microbiology laboratory and acting director of the clinical virology laboratory at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, and an assistant professor of clinical pathology at the University of Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine.