High Ascending Retrocecal Appendicitis in a Pediatric Patient Detected by Point-of-care Ultrasound

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" High Ascending Retrocecal Appendicitis in a Pediatric Patient Detected by Point-of-care Ultrasound "
Mori, Takaaki; Shin, Teng S.; Ong, Gene Y.K.

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	928072
Doc. No	:	LA2rf008fh
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Mori, Takaaki; Shin, Teng S.; Ong, Gene Y.K.
Title & Author	:	High Ascending Retrocecal Appendicitis in a Pediatric Patient Detected by Point-of-care Ultrasound [Article]\ Mori, Takaaki; Shin, Teng S.; Ong, Gene Y.K.
Title of Periodical	:	Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine
Volume/ Issue Number	:	3/2
Date	:	2019
Abstract	:	A 10-year-old male presented to our pediatric emergency department with progressive, colicky abdominal pain for one day, associated with fever and non-bilious vomiting. He had a guarded abdomen with sluggish bowel sounds. He was noted to have poor perfusion with tachycardia, which resolved with fluid resuscitation. Abdominal radiograph demonstrated the presence of a circular radiopaque structure at the right hypochondrial region. Point-of-care ultrasound revealed an ascending appendicitis with signs of perforation, which was unusually located just at the inferior edge of the liver, over the right hypochondrium. The patient was immediately admitted to the surgical intermediate care unit. Urgent laparoscopic appendectomy was successfully performed, and the child was discharged well.