Gastric anisakiasis: a rare cause of abdominal pain
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DOI: 10.1111/imj.14194
Abstract: Anisakiasis is a rare parasitic disease and uncommon cause of abdominal pain in Australasia due to consumption of contaminated undercooked fish or squid. A 65-year-old woman presented to the acute surgical unit with sudden onset… read more here.
Keywords: abdominal pain; cause abdominal; pain; anisakiasis rare ... See more keywords
Retroperitoneal schwannoma: an unusual cause of abdominal distention
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DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2017-220221
Abstract: A 54-year-old Caucasian woman with no significant medical history presented to her primary care physician with chief complaints of right-sided abdominal dull pain and distension. There were no constitutional symptoms or other complaints such as… read more here.
Keywords: abdominal distention; retroperitoneal schwannoma; cause abdominal; schwannoma unusual ... See more keywords
An uncommon cause of abdominal pain in a young man
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DOI: 10.1136/bmj.j5182
Abstract: A 38 year old man with a known testicular germ cell tumour presented with acute right sided abdominal pain but no other symptoms. Clinical examination showed positive Murphy’s sign. Laboratory investigations showed leucocytosis of 10.6×109… read more here.
Keywords: pain young; abdominal pain; man; cause abdominal ... See more keywords
Splenic vein thrombosis: rare cause of abdominal pain
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DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2019-208833
Abstract: An 83-year-old woman with a history of hypertension, diabetes and paroxysmal atrial fibrillation anticoagulated with acenocoumarol was brought to the emergency department due to dyspnoea. At admission, the patient reported a 1-week history of… read more here.
Keywords: thrombosis rare; splenic vein; cause abdominal; vein thrombosis ... See more keywords