An unusual cause of right lower quadrant pain in a prepubertal child

Patricia Fosarelli; Bonnie Beaver; Andrew Shenker

doi:10.1097/00006565-198803000-00007

An unusual cause of right lower quadrant pain in a prepubertal child

Patricia Fosarelli, Bonnie Beaver, Andrew Shenker

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The clinical course of a five-year-old girl with right lower abdominal pain is presented. The differential diagnosis of right lower quadrant abdominal pain in a prepubertal child and a discussion of this child’s diagnosis, ovarian torsion, are provided. The need always to consider gynecologic disease in any female patient presenting with a history of colicky lower abdominal pain or an acute abdomen is emphasized.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	21-23
Number of pages	3
Journal	Pediatric emergency care
Volume	4
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/00006565-198803000-00007
State	Published - Mar 1988
Externally published	Yes

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Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
Emergency Medicine

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