A case from the library
Sudden abdominal pain and vomiting in a 25-year-old woman
GastroenterologyHard
Destiny Moore
25 years · Female
Vitals
- Heart rate
- 130 bpm
- Blood pressure
- 112/70 mmHg
- Resp. rate
- 22 /min
- SpO₂
- 97%
- Temperature
- 99.1 °F
How hard it is
A rare condition, or a common one presenting unusually. The standard questions and tests won't get you there; you'll need to spot what doesn't fit.
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Source
Adapted from a case report published in Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology, under the CC BY 4.0 license. The patient's name and some details are invented; the clinical picture follows the report. The report names the diagnosis.
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