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Previous Volume 330:196-202 January 20, 1994 Number 3 Next

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Presentation of Case

An 11-year-old boy was admitted to the hospital because of recurrent abdominal pain.

The child was born of a full-term normal pregnancy and delivery, weighing 3.5 kg. His early growth and development were normal. He was well until one month before entry, when he experienced the onset of periumbilical, nonradiating, "squeezing" pain that occurred as frequently as every two or three hours. The pain began without relation to food intake, sometimes awakened him during the night, and was relieved by nothing but improved temporarily after defecation. He began to pass one soft stool every day or two, without blood or . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Differential Diagnosis

Clinical Diagnoses

Dr. Jeffrey S. Hyams's Diagnoses

Pathological Discussion

Anatomical Diagnoses

References

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