It's Not Appendicitis...? Consideration of a Benign Mimicker

Hosp Pediatr. 2015 Feb;5(2):101-5. doi: 10.1542/hpeds.2014-0032.
No abstract available

Keywords: abdominal pain; appendicitis; epiploic appendagitis; omental infarction.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abdomen, Acute / diagnosis
  • Abdomen, Acute / etiology
  • Abdomen, Acute / physiopathology
  • Acetaminophen / administration & dosage*
  • Adolescent
  • Analgesics, Non-Narcotic / administration & dosage
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / administration & dosage
  • Appendicitis / diagnosis*
  • Colon* / diagnostic imaging
  • Colon* / physiopathology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
  • Male
  • Mesenteric Ischemia / diagnosis*
  • Naproxen / administration & dosage*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Analgesics, Non-Narcotic
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
  • Acetaminophen
  • Naproxen