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Abdominal Pain Caused by a Potentially Fatal Attraction
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Abdominal Pain Caused by a Potentially Fatal Attraction

Danielle Claire Mercurio, Candace Scace, Bhairav Shah, Evan Weiner and Rajeev Prasad
Pediatric emergency care, v 34(11), pp e211-e213
Nov 2018
PMID: 27870785

Abstract

Abdominal Pain - etiology Appendicitis - diagnosis Child Diagnosis, Differential Eating Foreign Bodies - complications Foreign Bodies - diagnosis Foreign Bodies - surgery Humans Intestinal Perforation - etiology Intestinal Perforation - surgery Laparoscopy - methods Laparotomy - methods Male
Abdominal pain is a challenging presentation in children. Examination findings and etiology vary greatly, spanning a vast spectrum from flatulence to frank peritonitis with septic shock. Here, we discuss a 10-year-old boy with 24 hours of progressively worsening lower abdominal pain, nausea, and subjective fevers. History and physical examination findings were consistent with appendicitis. However, physicians were surprised when the single-view abdominal radiograph showed an unanticipated, somewhat perplexing discovery.

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