A 15-year-old girl was admitted with acute crampy abdominal pain and repeated vomiting
over the preceding 2 hours; no fever, diarrhoea or abdominal trauma was reported. She had …

Difficulties in the early diagnosis of appendicitis, particularly in children, often lead to
complications, such as perforation of the appendix, within 36 hours of the onset of …

A10-month-old boy presented with progressive generalized abdominal distension noted
since 6 months of age. There was no history of jaundice, periorbital puffiness, or sacral or …

An 8-year-old girl was admitted to emergency clinic with abdominal pain. Abdominal pain
localised to left upper quadrant. There were no nausea, vomiting and other symptoms …

A healthy 1-month-old term girl presented to the emergency department with fussiness and
hematochezia. Ultrasound and computed tomography confirmed colocolic intussusception …

DISCUSSION Differential Diagnosis and Clinical Course The combination of acute vomiting
and abdominal pain presents an extensive and familiar differential diagnosis that includes a …

DISCUSSION Differential Diagnosis The differential diagnosis of acute/severe abdominal
pain in a patient who is neutropenic includes typhlitis, intra-abdominal infection …

A 15-year-old girl is hospitalized with right upper quadrant abdominal pain, vomiting, and
weakness of 3 days' duration. She has a history of hyperlipidemia, polycystic ovary …

DISCUSSION Differential Diagnosis The differential diagnosis for a focal splenic lesion can
be divided into general categories: cystic lesions, complex lesions, or solid masses. Cystic …

DISCUSSION Abdominal pain is one of the most common presenting complaints in the
emergency department, accounting for 6.3% of visits. 1 Two thirds to three fourths of these …