Prevertebral paraspinal inflammation presenting with acute abdominal pain

Isolated Splenic Metastasis Presenting with Continuous Fever and Abdominal Pain

Colon sarcoidosis presenting with abdominal pain.

Sarcoidosis is a multisystemic disease of unknown cause that is diagnosed on the basis of the history and demonstration of granulomas in involved organs in patients before the age of 50 years; peak incidence occurs between the ages of 20 and 39 years [1]. The gastrointestinal tract is involved in less than 1% of all cases of sarcoidosis [1,2]. The stomach is the most commonly involved part of t...

Massive Pulmonary Embolus presenting with abdominal pain

We present the case of a 20 year old man who presented to the emergency department of Craigavon Hospital with a one day history of abdominal pain and dyspnoea. He had been involved in a motorcycle accident three days previously and sustained a soft tissue injury to his left leg. Examination revealed lower abdominal tenderness and left calf swelling. Blood pressure was 140/53mmHg and oxygen satu...

Aortic dissection presenting with abdominal pain.

A 70 year-old man admitted to emergency room with nausea-vomiting and severe abdominal pain. Rebound or defense was not present. Arterial blood pressure was 130/75 mmHg in both arms. ECG revealed ST depression in derivations AVL, D1, V4, V5, V6. Serum troponin level was 0.2 (reference value: 0-0,04 ng/mL). Because of the presence of leukocytosis (15,300/μL) and high C-reactive protein (11.6 mg/...

isolated splenic metastasis presenting with continuous fever and abdominal pain