Young Boy with Abdominal Pain

A young boy with abdominal pain.

A 13.5- Year Old Boy with Abdominal Pain and Weight Loss and Chronic Intussusception

We present a 13.5 year old boy with chronic intussusception that was misdiagnosed as Crohn disease and received treatment for the wrong diagnosis. Because his condition didn’t improve, more work-ups were performed and the radiologic work-ups revealed the diagnosis of a missed intussusception with fistula.We suggest that prolonged intussusception should be considered in the list of differential ...

[A 15-year old boy with abdominal pain].

A 15-year-old boy came to the emergency department with abdominal pain in the left lower quadrant. The medical history included surgery for malrotation of bowel in two of his brothers. A CT-abdomen showed malrotation of the colon with a left-sided appendicitis and polysplenia. An emergency laparoscopic appendectomy was performed. Recovery was uneventful.

Young man with abdominal pain and right-sided abdominal fullness.

To cite: Meshikhes A-WN. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/ bcr-2016-215329 DESCRIPTION A 26-year-old man presented with a 5-day history of persistent central and right-sided dull abdominal pain with no associated symptoms. He had, at the age of 3 years, undergone a Duhamel procedure for Hirschsprung’s disease. On presentation, he was in no pain and his ...

Acute abdominal pain caused by superior mesenteric artery syndrome in a healthy young boy.

To cite: Nishiguchi S, Shirobe T. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2016217512 DESCRIPTION A 19-year-old healthy Korean boy presented with severe abdominal pain during the flight from Korea to Japan. Before his flight, the patient had no abdominal pain or surgical history in the past. A knee-chest position could relieve the symptoms. Vital signs were...