A Girl with Severe Hand Swelling and Abdominal Cramps

A girl with severe hand swelling and abdominal cramps.

A 16-year-old girl presented to the emergency room with severe swelling of her left hand and forearm. Her symptoms began 12 h earlier with left forearm swelling that progressed to the tips of her fingers. She reported her forearm felt normal, but her hand had a tingling sensation and she was barely able to move her fingers. She also reported having had moderately painful abdominal cramps earlie...

Clinical reasoning: a 39-year-old man with abdominal cramps.

SECTION 1 A 39-year-old lawyer presented with intermittent spasms and pain in his abdominal muscles, particularly the right upper quadrant. These had occurred since his mid-20s and there had been long asymptomatic periods, including 8 years prior to the most recent 4-month exacerbation. Trivial movement triggered a spasm of the abdominal muscles, leading to severe pain, which made breathing unc...

A NEONATAL PRESENTATION OFCAROLI\'S DISE ASE WITH SEVERE ABDOMINAL DISTENTION AS A PRESENTING SYMPTOM

In this article , the authors introduce a case of Caroli's Disease (CD) according to the results of ultrasonography (U.S), abdominal computed tomography (CT scan) and hepatic biopsy that has been manifested in the neonatal period. In the routine examination of the neonate, abdominal protrusion was noticed. Then milk intoterance, inability of meconium passage and vomiting developed, during w...

A 15-year-old girl with fever and abdominal pain.

We present a case of a previously healthy 15-year-old girl with fever, right lower quadrant pain, and hip pain. Her history was notable for a recent laparoscopic appendectomy that was complicated by the development of intraabdominal abscesses. She reported normal bowel movements and good appetite on a regular diet, although she did endorse a recent 5-kg weight loss. Further investigation and ex...

A 4-year-old girl with abdominal pain and fever.