Case 8-2000 An 8 1/2-Year-Old Girl with a Painful Abdominal Mass
Presentation of Case An 8 1/2-year-old girl was admitted to the hospital because of an abdominal mass and pain. The child had had recurrent abdominal pain during the preceding two years. Her mother believed that the symptoms had begun at about the time that an elevated coliform count was discovered...
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| Published in | The New England journal of medicine Vol. 342; no. 11; pp. 801 - 806 |
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| Main Authors | , |
| Format | Journal Article |
| Language | English |
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Massachusetts Medical Society
16.03.2000
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| Summary: | Presentation of Case
An 8 1/2-year-old girl was admitted to the hospital because of an abdominal mass and pain.
The child had had recurrent abdominal pain during the preceding two years. Her mother believed that the symptoms had begun at about the time that an elevated coliform count was discovered in the local water supply. Seventeen months before admission, the girl's blood count and sedimentation rate were normal, and stool examination showed no ova or parasites. Seven weeks before admission, intermittent fevers began, with anorexia, loss of about 4.5 kg in weight, and a reduction in the frequency of bowel . . . |
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| ISSN: | 0028-4793 1533-4406 |
| DOI: | 10.1056/NEJM200003163421108 |