Abstract
An eight-year-old girl presented with a history of fever, nonbilious vomiting, and abdominal pain lasting three days. She was referred from a peripheral hospital for suspected acute appendicitis and admitted to the pediatric emergency department. She had difficulty breathing and pain in the left side of the chest referred to the back. On examination, her vitals were stable with oxygen saturation of 92% in room air. Abdominal examination revealed diffuse tenderness without guarding or rebound tenderness. Chest auscultation showed reduced breath sounds on left-sided posterior lung fields. She was subjected to an erect chest X-ray and abdominal ultrasound.
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Publication details
- DOI
- 10.5001/omj.2019.69
- Journal
- Oman Medical Journal
- Publisher
- Oman Medical Specialty Board
- Open access
- Gold open access
Cite this article
APA 7
Prashanth, G. P., Ismail, N. M. A., Hebbal, K., & Thakral, C. L. (2019). An Unusual Cause of Abdominal Pain in an 8-year-old Girl. Oman Medical Journal. https://doi.org/10.5001/omj.2019.69
MLA 9
Prashanth, Gowda P., et al. "An Unusual Cause of Abdominal Pain in an 8-year-old Girl." Oman Medical Journal, 2019. https://doi.org/10.5001/omj.2019.69.
Chicago (author–date)
Prashanth, Gowda P., Nagy Mahmoud Ali Ismail, Kallesh Hebbal, and Chaman Lal Thakral. 2019. "An Unusual Cause of Abdominal Pain in an 8-year-old Girl." Oman Medical Journal. https://doi.org/10.5001/omj.2019.69.
Harvard
Prashanth, G. P., Ismail, N. M. A., Hebbal, K. and Thakral, C. L. (2019) 'An Unusual Cause of Abdominal Pain in an 8-year-old Girl', Oman Medical Journal. doi:10.5001/omj.2019.69.
Vancouver
Prashanth GP, Ismail NMA, Hebbal K, Thakral CL. An Unusual Cause of Abdominal Pain in an 8-year-old Girl. Oman Medical Journal. 2019. doi:10.5001/omj.2019.69
IEEE
G. P. Prashanth, N. M. A. Ismail, K. Hebbal, and C. L. Thakral, "An Unusual Cause of Abdominal Pain in an 8-year-old Girl," Oman Medical Journal, 2019, doi: 10.5001/omj.2019.69.