Pathologic Quiz Case: Right Lower Quadrant Pain in a 2-Year-Old Boy
| Autor: | Victor A. Saldivar, Josefine Heim-Hall, Brian Towell |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Abdominal pain Nausea Physical examination Hematocrit Pathology and Forensic Medicine medicine Animals Humans Right lower quadrant pain Normal serum electrolytes Angiostrongylus Strongylida Infections medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Stool examination General Medicine Appendicitis United States Abdominal Pain Surgery Medical Laboratory Technology Honduras Child Preschool Acute Disease Vomiting medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine. 127:e269-e270 |
| ISSN: | 1543-2165 0003-9985 |
| DOI: | 10.5858/2003-127-e269-pqcrlq |
| Popis: | 2-year-old Latin American boy from Honduras visiting the United States with his mother presented with a 2-day history of abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting. He was febrile, with a temperature of 38.68C. He was appropriately developed for his age (weight 12.9 kg), and physical examination was unremarkable except for a diffusely tender abdomen. Hematology data collected included a white blood count of 12.3 3 10 3 cells/mL with 5% bands and 5% eosinophils, hematocrit of 35%, and normal serum electrolytes. Stool examination for ova and parasites was negative. Chest radiographs revealed no abnor |
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