The adolescent girl

Perforated peptic ulcer in an adolescent girl.

A perforated peptic ulcer in a child is a rare entity. Severe abdominal pain in an ill-appearing child with a rigid abdomen and possibly with signs of shock is the typical presenting feature of this life-threatening complication of peptic ulcer disease. We present a case of a 14.5-year-old adolescent girl who developed abdominal and shoulder pain that resolved after 1 day. She was then complete...

Severe hypertension in an adolescent girl.

A 14-year-old girl presented to the emergency department (ED) with pain and swelling in her right foot after a sledding accident. There was no history of head trauma, headaches, nausea, vomiting, vision changes, chest pain or palpitations, abdominal pain, peripheral edema, or sweating. Her initial examination revealed a blood pressure of 204/140 mm Hg, and several repeat blood pressure measurem...

[Imported donovanosis in an adolescent girl].

Rare ovarian lesion in an adolescent girl

Large solid ovarian lesions are considered malignant in nature in pediatric and adolescent age group. We present an adolescent girl who had large solid ovarian lesion, with negative tumor markers. She underwent laparotomy and right oopherectomy. Histopathology revealed that the lesion was massive ovarian edema. This is an extremely rare lesion of ovary and is benign in nature. Very few case rep...

An adolescent girl with abnormal liver profile.

A 17-year-old previously healthy high school student who lived in a dormitory was referred to our office by her private physician for evaluation of abnormal liver function tests. She was sexually active with one partner but denied any current or past substance abuse. The patient was not taking any medications or nutritional supplements. Family history was unremarkable. Physical examination reve...