Abdominal pain constitutes 5% of the causes of emergency admissions and is an important part in the practice of emergency services in all centers. Patients may suffer from acute surgical abdomen, acute abdomen with nonsurgical diseases or acute problems of chronic diseases. Abdominal pain is sometimes associated with acute trauma. Clinical assessment is a process where diagnosis and treatment m...

conclusions this case showed the effect of additional anakinra on children with fmf who were colchicine resistant. case presentation herein was reported a colchicine non-responsive patient with accurate diagnosis and early treatment of fmf. she had presented with recurrent and persistent acute abdominal pain attacks and several abdominal surgeries. addition of recombinant interleukin-1 receptor...

The challenge of childhood abdominal pain is to treat the majority of children with self-limiting, less serious conditions, as well as identify the child with the rare, life-threatening cause of pain. Abdominal pain is extremely common and almost all children under 15 years experience it at some time1. Primary care physicians manage the vast majority of cases, however some children are sufficie...

conclusions this study showed that abdominal pain, fever, leukocytosis, and wbcs in the stool were associated with gastroenteritis infection caused by campylobacter. results there were 36 positive cultures (8.6%) for campylobacter, with frequencies of 6.4% and 10.3% for boys and girls, respectively (p = 0.16). the highest frequency of positive culture belonged to the age group over six years (p...

brucellosis is a rare cause of acute acalculous cholecystitis.  we report a 45-year-old, previously healthy, man with brucellosis who presented with abdominal pain due to cholecystitis.

Approximately 90% of patients with familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) complain of recurrent attacks of fever and abdominal pain of various severities. Prior to the diagnosis of FMF, the majority of patients are admitted to emergency units with a suspicion of acute abdomen pain and at least half of them undergo unnecessary abdominal interventions. The purpose of this study is to determine the fr...

Out of 363 children admitted to a surgical unit with acute abdominal pain only 126 (35%) had an operation. Of these, 20 first underwent a period of "active observation." This procedure, used to help reach a diagnosis or decision in doubtful cases, is safe and useful and may be applied at home or in hospital.

Splenic infarction occurs due to occlusion of splenic vessels that leads to splenic tissue ischemia and necrosis. There are several reports regarding splenic infarction in patients with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML). Herein, we report a case of acute promyelocytic anemia (AML-M3) who presented with abdominal pain and splenic infarction.