Candy crush: a confounding presentation of blood per rectum in a child
| Autor: | Han Lim Ong, Caroline C P Ong, Siam Wee Sim, Yvonne Ying Ru Ng |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Rectum Physical examination Hemorrhage Inflammatory bowel disease Article Candy Intussusception (medical disorder) Medicine Humans Physical Examination medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Dysentery Food Coloring Agents General Medicine Emergency department medicine.disease Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Child Preschool Occult Blood Etiology Differential diagnosis business |
| Popis: | Acute per rectal bleeding in a young child is a fairly common clinical presentation that warrants immediate attention and appropriate management.1 Aetiology differs with age and differential diagnosis in a young child includes: intussusception, bleeding Meckel's diverticulum, dysentery, juvenile polyps, inflammatory bowel disease and vascular lesions.2 A 3-year-old boy presented to the emergency department with a 1-day history of painless rectal bleeding not associated with fever or diarrhoea. Physical examination revealed … |
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