Uncharacteristic diffuse abdominal pain in a 14-year-old girl
| Autor: | Brainner Campos Barbosa, Francisco Nicanor Araruna Macedo, Daniella Braz Parente |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Abdominal pain Hepatology biology business.industry Urinary system Enolase Vasoactive intestinal peptide Gastroenterology Neurogastroenterology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Carcinoembryonic antigen Internal medicine Abdominal examination biology.protein Medicine Pancreatic polypeptide 030211 gastroenterology & hepatology Histopathology 030212 general & internal medicine medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Frontline Gastroenterol |
| ISSN: | 2041-4145 2041-4137 |
| Popis: | A 14-year-old girl came to our hospital because of uncharacteristic diffuse severe and persistent abdominal pain with nausea. She had no comorbidities and abdominal examination was unremarkable. Serum levels of elastase 1, carcinoembryonic antigen, carbohydrate antigen 19-9, pancreatic polypeptide, gastrin, insulin, vasoactive intestinal peptide, human chorionic gonadotropin, neuron-specific enolase and urinary catecholamines were normal. Abdominal CT scan showed a complex well-marginated round mass with cystic/necrotic degeneration on left flank, measuring 12.6 cm. Calcium foci were observed between the solid component and the liquefied area. Contrast-enhanced CT scan showed heterogeneous enhancement on the solid portion of the tumour (figure 1A), with late washout. Figure 1 (A) Axial … |
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