Young Woman with Abdominal Pain and Hirsutism

A young woman with syncope, dyspnea and abdominal pain.

We present the case of a 28-year-old woman admitted to our department with respiratory distress, profound hypotension, and tenderness in the left upper abdominal quadrant and left calf. Ultrasound examination revealed left lower extremity thrombus as well as a floating thrombus in the right atrium attached to a patent foramen ovale. Spiral computed tomography revealed bilateral pulmonary artery...

Visual Diagnosis: A Young Woman with Acute Abdominal Pain

A 27-year-old female with a history of Crohn’s disease and familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) presented to the emergency department (ED) with severe abdominal pain after an endoscopic exam. Chest and abdominal radiographs revealed massive pneumoperitoneum and the patient underwent emergent exploratory surgery. Herein, we discuss the management and outcomes of this case. The importance of a th...

a young woman with acute abdominal pain following minor trauma

conclusions in hemodynamically stable patients with a ruptured raml, early detection by ct followed by selective arterial embolization may be lifesaving. introduction renal angiomyolipoma (raml), is a rare, benign tumor arising from renal mesenchymal cells. frequently, it is asymptomatic and found incidentally. spontaneous rupture with consequent retroperitoneal hemorrhage is an uncommon but ca...

Headache and abdominal pain in a young woman.

A 19-year-old woman with a history of hydrocephalus treated at age 2 weeks with a ventriculoperitoneal shunt, last revised at age 15, presented to the emergency department with 2 weeks of diff use abdominal pain and increasing girth and 2 days of right frontal headache relieved by lying supine. She initially had nausea and vomiting, which resolved after several days, leaving her with anorexia. ...

A woman with severe abdominal pain.