A worried mother brought her 14-year-old daughter to the emergency department after the girl suffered a full night of vomiting and abdominal pain. The patient said she had on and off belly pain for ...

She will need tests to look at the inside of her abdomen, probably an X-Ray to look for stones, an ultrasound scan to check her ovaries and to look for abscesses and possibly adhesions.

A previously healthy 10-year-old boy presented to the emergency department with central abdominal pain, loose stool and vomiting. He was diagnosed with gastroenteritis, but was well enough to be ...

Abdominal pain is a frequent reason for referral of children to paediatric and surgical specialist health care. Acute appendicitis, constipation and gastroesophageal reflux are among the most common ...

19.04.2021: Educational case report - Abdominal pain is common in pregnancy and can be caused by anything from physiological changes to life-threatening illness.

Appendicitis symptoms can vary, but the first sign is often a severe, sudden abdominal pain that starts near the belly button and shifts to the lower right side. This pain can be intensified by ...

A liver ultrasound is quick, safe, painless, and relatively cheap. However, the definite diagnosis of your condition may require additional testing.

Transabdominal ultrasound (TAUS) demonstrated an 85.7% detection rate for cystic pancreatic lesions, which was also noted with endoscopic US (EUS), with BMI and lesion size significantly affecting ...

These celebrities had unexpected medical emergencies -- a few of them with no clue their appendix had just burst. They share their story of when it happened, what they thought, and the moments ...

The incidence of appendicitis in pregnancy varies. Appendicitis rates have been quoted from 1 in 10,000 to 1 in 300 with an average rate of 1 in 550 pregnancies. [5,6,7,8,9] Mourad et al. [9 ...