Abdominal Pain as Extrapulmonary Presentation of Pneumonia in an Adult: A Case Report
Pneumonia is considered as the main cause of abdominal pain in children whereas it presents mostly by respiratory symptoms in adults. Here we present a 71-year-old Iranian female who complained specifically of abdominal pain on admission to our emergency department. We had found nothing as an etiolo...
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| author | Hamid Emadi Koochak Elnaz Tabibian Shahram Rahimi Dehgolan |
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| description | Pneumonia is considered as the main cause of abdominal pain in children whereas it presents mostly by respiratory symptoms in adults. Here we present a 71-year-old Iranian female who complained specifically of abdominal pain on admission to our emergency department. We had found nothing as an etiology in our first evaluations. After several hours chest pain was added to the symptoms and the following chest, X-Ray showed a consolidation in the right lung base. She was treated by pneumonia antibiotic regimen and discharged after seven days in a good clinical condition. In conclusion, pneumonia should be considered as a differential diagnosis of abdominal pain in adults as well as in children. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fb75077596664e18be7985968b7aec692022-12-21T20:55:34ZengTehran University of Medical SciencesActa Medica Iranica0044-60251735-96942017-02-015525127Abdominal Pain as Extrapulmonary Presentation of Pneumonia in an Adult: A Case ReportHamid Emadi Koochak0Elnaz Tabibian1Shahram Rahimi Dehgolan2Department of Infectious Diseases, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.Department of Infectious Diseases, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.Department of Infectious Diseases, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.Pneumonia is considered as the main cause of abdominal pain in children whereas it presents mostly by respiratory symptoms in adults. Here we present a 71-year-old Iranian female who complained specifically of abdominal pain on admission to our emergency department. We had found nothing as an etiology in our first evaluations. After several hours chest pain was added to the symptoms and the following chest, X-Ray showed a consolidation in the right lung base. She was treated by pneumonia antibiotic regimen and discharged after seven days in a good clinical condition. In conclusion, pneumonia should be considered as a differential diagnosis of abdominal pain in adults as well as in children.https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/view/6234PneumoniaAbdominal painExtra-pulmonary presentationGeriatric medicine |
| spellingShingle | Hamid Emadi Koochak Elnaz Tabibian Shahram Rahimi Dehgolan Abdominal Pain as Extrapulmonary Presentation of Pneumonia in an Adult: A Case Report Acta Medica Iranica Pneumonia Abdominal pain Extra-pulmonary presentation Geriatric medicine |
| title | Abdominal Pain as Extrapulmonary Presentation of Pneumonia in an Adult: A Case Report |
| title_full | Abdominal Pain as Extrapulmonary Presentation of Pneumonia in an Adult: A Case Report |
| title_fullStr | Abdominal Pain as Extrapulmonary Presentation of Pneumonia in an Adult: A Case Report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Abdominal Pain as Extrapulmonary Presentation of Pneumonia in an Adult: A Case Report |
| title_short | Abdominal Pain as Extrapulmonary Presentation of Pneumonia in an Adult: A Case Report |
| title_sort | abdominal pain as extrapulmonary presentation of pneumonia in an adult a case report |
| topic | Pneumonia Abdominal pain Extra-pulmonary presentation Geriatric medicine |
| url | https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/view/6234 |
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