An Unusual Case of Abdominal Pain in a Female Child

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" An Unusual Case of Abdominal Pain in a Female Child "
Heer, Jag; Bowker, Debra; Ferguson, Glen

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	931697
Doc. No	:	LA5kw7z6td
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Heer, Jag; Bowker, Debra; Ferguson, Glen
Title & Author	:	An Unusual Case of Abdominal Pain in a Female Child [Article]\ Heer, Jag; Bowker, Debra; Ferguson, Glen
Title of Periodical	:	Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health
Volume/ Issue Number	:	6/3
Date	:	2005
Abstract	:	Non-traumatic abdominal pain is a common presenting complaint in emergency department (ED) patients, quoted in some contemporary literature as being the third most frequent reason for ED visits. We present the ED and hospital course of an unusual case of an 11 year old female with right lower quadrant abdominal pain. The admission assessment of this patient was “possible appendicitis versus gastroenteritis”; however, laparatomy revealed a right adnexal torsion. The need for emergency medicine physicians to always include gynecologic and other less common causes in the differential diagnosis and workup of abdominal pain in children is emphasized.