| Title | Acute appendicitis presenting as secretory diarrhea. | | Author(s) | Enav BI, Mogilner J, Jaffe M, Shaoul R | | Institution | Departments of Pediatrics, Gastroenterology, and Pediatric Surgery, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. | | Source | J Pediatr Surg 2002 Jun; 37(6):928-9. | | MeSH | Abdominal Pain
Appendicitis
Child
Diarrhea
Female
Humans
Laparotomy
Treatment Outcome
| | Abstract | A 12-year-old girl presented with lower abdominal pain, nonbilious vomiting, and a severe secretory diarrhea. Infectious and noninfectious etiologies were ruled out, and she was found to have perforated acute appendicitis. It is essential to consider acute appendicitis in the differential diagnosis for secretory diarrhea and abdominal pain in the pediatric population. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Case Reports
Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 12037768 |
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