A Patient with an Unusual Cause Right Lower Quadrant Pain and Vomiting: Pyelonephritis of an Ectopic Right Kidney Masquerading as Acute Appendicitis
An adolescent female presented with one day of abdominal pain and clinical findings of acute appendicitis. CT scan revealed an ectopic right kidney with changes of acute pyelonephritis. This paper underscores the importance of imaging the right pelvis prior to surgical intervention in suspected case...
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| author | Michele N. Lossius Carlos E. Araya Dwayne D. Henry Richard E. Neiberger |
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| description | An adolescent female presented with one day of abdominal pain and clinical findings of acute appendicitis. CT scan revealed an ectopic right kidney with changes of acute pyelonephritis. This paper underscores the importance of imaging the right pelvis prior to surgical intervention in suspected cases of acute appendicitis in children. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-afa26557afc74c788b6a277cf0501dc12025-02-03T01:25:55ZengWileyCase Reports in Medicine1687-96271687-96352009-01-01200910.1155/2009/638501638501A Patient with an Unusual Cause Right Lower Quadrant Pain and Vomiting: Pyelonephritis of an Ectopic Right Kidney Masquerading as Acute AppendicitisMichele N. Lossius0Carlos E. Araya1Dwayne D. Henry2Richard E. Neiberger3Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32608, USADepartment of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32608, USADepartment of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USADepartment of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32608, USAAn adolescent female presented with one day of abdominal pain and clinical findings of acute appendicitis. CT scan revealed an ectopic right kidney with changes of acute pyelonephritis. This paper underscores the importance of imaging the right pelvis prior to surgical intervention in suspected cases of acute appendicitis in children.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/638501 |
| spellingShingle | Michele N. Lossius Carlos E. Araya Dwayne D. Henry Richard E. Neiberger A Patient with an Unusual Cause Right Lower Quadrant Pain and Vomiting: Pyelonephritis of an Ectopic Right Kidney Masquerading as Acute Appendicitis Case Reports in Medicine |
| title | A Patient with an Unusual Cause Right Lower Quadrant Pain and Vomiting: Pyelonephritis of an Ectopic Right Kidney Masquerading as Acute Appendicitis |
| title_full | A Patient with an Unusual Cause Right Lower Quadrant Pain and Vomiting: Pyelonephritis of an Ectopic Right Kidney Masquerading as Acute Appendicitis |
| title_fullStr | A Patient with an Unusual Cause Right Lower Quadrant Pain and Vomiting: Pyelonephritis of an Ectopic Right Kidney Masquerading as Acute Appendicitis |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Patient with an Unusual Cause Right Lower Quadrant Pain and Vomiting: Pyelonephritis of an Ectopic Right Kidney Masquerading as Acute Appendicitis |
| title_short | A Patient with an Unusual Cause Right Lower Quadrant Pain and Vomiting: Pyelonephritis of an Ectopic Right Kidney Masquerading as Acute Appendicitis |
| title_sort | patient with an unusual cause right lower quadrant pain and vomiting pyelonephritis of an ectopic right kidney masquerading as acute appendicitis |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/638501 |
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