Consider Eating Disorders in the Differential Diagnosis of Acute Abdomen in the Ages of Adolescence

An adolescent girl applied to the pediatric emergency outpatient clinic with a complaint of acute abdomen. On abdominal ultrasonography, it was suspected of intussusception. However, when her medical history was expanded, it was discovered that she had a recent eating episode followed by multiple vo...

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Main Authors: Gamze Gürsoy, Elif Akçay, Demet Taş, Alkım Öden Akman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Galenos Yayinevi 2023-08-01
Series:Journal of Pediatric Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine
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Online Access: http://www.caybdergi.com/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/consider-eating-disorders-in-the-differential-diag/60493
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Elif Akçay
Demet Taş
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description An adolescent girl applied to the pediatric emergency outpatient clinic with a complaint of acute abdomen. On abdominal ultrasonography, it was suspected of intussusception. However, when her medical history was expanded, it was discovered that she had a recent eating episode followed by multiple vomiting and had lost weight because of an intense food restriction causing severe constipation. Briefly, we presented an adolescent eating disorder patient who clinically mimics acute abdomen due to secondary hypokalemia, hypomotility, and constipation.
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spelling doaj.art-08ad73c67688427ab72bd1651ef3ae872023-06-02T06:58:31ZengGalenos YayineviJournal of Pediatric Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine2146-23992148-73322023-08-0110215015310.4274/cayd.galenos.2022.4326513049054Consider Eating Disorders in the Differential Diagnosis of Acute Abdomen in the Ages of AdolescenceGamze Gürsoy0Elif Akçay1Demet Taş2Alkım Öden Akman3 University of Health Sciences Turkey, Ankara City Hospital, Clinic of Pediatrics, Adolescent Medicine, Ankara, Turkey University of Health Sciences Turkey, Ankara City Hospital, Clinic of Child Adolescent Phsyciatry, Ankara, Turkey University of Health Sciences Turkey, Ankara City Hospital, Clinic of Pediatrics, Adolescent Medicine, Ankara, Turkey University of Health Sciences Turkey, Ankara City Hospital, Clinic of Pediatrics, Adolescent Medicine, Ankara, Turkey An adolescent girl applied to the pediatric emergency outpatient clinic with a complaint of acute abdomen. On abdominal ultrasonography, it was suspected of intussusception. However, when her medical history was expanded, it was discovered that she had a recent eating episode followed by multiple vomiting and had lost weight because of an intense food restriction causing severe constipation. Briefly, we presented an adolescent eating disorder patient who clinically mimics acute abdomen due to secondary hypokalemia, hypomotility, and constipation. http://www.caybdergi.com/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/consider-eating-disorders-in-the-differential-diag/60493 adolescenteating disorderacute abdomen
spellingShingle Gamze Gürsoy
Elif Akçay
Demet Taş
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Consider Eating Disorders in the Differential Diagnosis of Acute Abdomen in the Ages of Adolescence
Journal of Pediatric Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine
adolescent
eating disorder
acute abdomen
title Consider Eating Disorders in the Differential Diagnosis of Acute Abdomen in the Ages of Adolescence
title_full Consider Eating Disorders in the Differential Diagnosis of Acute Abdomen in the Ages of Adolescence
title_fullStr Consider Eating Disorders in the Differential Diagnosis of Acute Abdomen in the Ages of Adolescence
title_full_unstemmed Consider Eating Disorders in the Differential Diagnosis of Acute Abdomen in the Ages of Adolescence
title_short Consider Eating Disorders in the Differential Diagnosis of Acute Abdomen in the Ages of Adolescence
title_sort consider eating disorders in the differential diagnosis of acute abdomen in the ages of adolescence
topic adolescent
eating disorder
acute abdomen
url http://www.caybdergi.com/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/consider-eating-disorders-in-the-differential-diag/60493
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