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Pediatric emergency care · Sep 2005
Case ReportsNeurological manifestations of an acute abdomen in children.
- Ron Shaoul, Avihu Gazit, Boaz Weller, Suzana Berman, and Michael Jaffe.
- Department of Pediatrics, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. shaoul_r@012.net.il
- Pediatr Emerg Care. 2005 Sep 1; 21 (9): 594-7.
AbstractThe acute abdomen in the pediatric age group is not infrequently fraught with diagnostic pitfalls. The younger the patient, the more problematic the presentation can be. Among the more unusual manifestations of an acute abdomen is an apparent encephalopathic picture. We present 2 cases which serve to illustrate the diagnostic difficulties encountered.
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