Medicine (Baltimore)
An infected urachal cyst presenting as acute abdominal pain in a child: A case report.
Tsai IS, Lin LH, Hung SP
Urachal cyst is an exceptionally rare disease in children caused by the incomplete obliteration of the urachal remnant. Urachal cysts seldom cause sym ...
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Source: PubMed
J Minim Access Surg 2020 Jan 28
A large radiopaque appendicolith in an 8-year-old child.
Gupta R, Pokharia P, Varshney R
Appendicoliths are one of the most common causes of acute appendicitis. However, giant radiopaque appendicoliths are rare, especially in paediatric ag ...
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Rev Esp Enferm Dig
A rare association: acute pancreatitis caused by the influenzavirus A with secondary appendicitis in a six-year-old girl.
Láinez Ramos-Bossini AJ, Pérez García MDC, Rivera Izquierdo M
Acute pancreatitis (AP) is the most frequent pancreatic disorder in children and abdominal ultrasound (AUS) is very helpful in the clinical management ...
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Ann. Surg. 2020 Jan 21
Abdominal Drainage at Appendectomy for Complicated Appendicitis in Children: A Propensity-matched Comparative Study.
Fujishiro J, Fujiogi M, Hirahara N, Terui K, Okamoto T, Watanabe E, Ishimaru T, Miyata H
The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of abdominal drainage at appendectomy for complicated appendicitis in children. ...
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Pediatr Int 2020 Jan 19
Analysis of predictive factors of perforated appendicitis in children.
Miyauchi H, Okata Y, Hatakeyama T, Nakatani T, Nakai Y, Bitoh Y
To investigate the diagnostic value of objective factors present at admission for identifying predictive markers of perforated appendicitis in childre ...
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Source: PubMed
