Persistent abdominal pain after exercise: an unexpected diagnosis

Persistent abdominal pain after exercise: an unexpected diagnosis

Painful conditions of the musculoskeletal system are encountered quite frequently and are generally benign. However, clinicians should be careful to exclude rare malignant disorders and soft tissue sarcomas such as rhabdomyosarcoma, which have no specific symptoms or findings. This paper presents a...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Tugrul Ormeci, Oguz Durmus, Ilknur Saral, Mehmet Agirman, Engin Cakar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Portuguesa de Reumatologia 2015-04-01
Series:Acta Reumatológica Portuguesa
Subjects:
myalgia
rhabdomyosarcoma
musculoskeletal ultrasonography
Online Access:http://www.actareumatologica.com/files/article/1076_persistent_abdominal_pain_after_exercise_an_unexpected_diagnosis_file.pdf
id doaj-0af5624479334ce0b3f25cd74dd20d46
record_format Article
spelling doaj-0af5624479334ce0b3f25cd74dd20d462020-11-24T21:30:46ZengSociedade Portuguesa de ReumatologiaActa Reumatológica Portuguesa0303-464X2015-04-0120152195197IR140300Persistent abdominal pain after exercise: an unexpected diagnosisTugrul Ormeci0Oguz Durmus1Ilknur Saral2Mehmet Agirman3Engin Cakar4Istanbul Medipol University, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, TurkeyIstanbul Medipol University, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, TurkeyIstanbul Medipol University, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, TurkeyIstanbul Medipol University, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, TurkeyIstanbul Medipol University, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, TurkeyPainful conditions of the musculoskeletal system are encountered quite frequently and are generally benign. However, clinicians should be careful to exclude rare malignant disorders and soft tissue sarcomas such as rhabdomyosarcoma, which have no specific symptoms or findings. This paper presents a case that was initially consistent with a hematoma but was then diagnosed as a rhabdomyosarcoma upon clinical examination and ultrasonography at follow-up shortly after.http://www.actareumatologica.com/files/article/1076_persistent_abdominal_pain_after_exercise_an_unexpected_diagnosis_file.pdfmyalgiarhabdomyosarcomamusculoskeletal ultrasonography
collection DOAJ
language English
format Article
sources DOAJ
author Tugrul Ormeci
Oguz Durmus
Ilknur Saral
Mehmet Agirman
Engin Cakar
spellingShingle Tugrul Ormeci
Oguz Durmus
Ilknur Saral
Mehmet Agirman
Engin Cakar
Persistent abdominal pain after exercise: an unexpected diagnosis
Acta Reumatológica Portuguesa
myalgia
rhabdomyosarcoma
musculoskeletal ultrasonography
author_facet Tugrul Ormeci
Oguz Durmus
Ilknur Saral
Mehmet Agirman
Engin Cakar
author_sort Tugrul Ormeci
title Persistent abdominal pain after exercise: an unexpected diagnosis
title_short Persistent abdominal pain after exercise: an unexpected diagnosis
title_full Persistent abdominal pain after exercise: an unexpected diagnosis
title_fullStr Persistent abdominal pain after exercise: an unexpected diagnosis
title_full_unstemmed Persistent abdominal pain after exercise: an unexpected diagnosis
title_sort persistent abdominal pain after exercise: an unexpected diagnosis
publisher Sociedade Portuguesa de Reumatologia
series Acta Reumatológica Portuguesa
issn 0303-464X
publishDate 2015-04-01
description Painful conditions of the musculoskeletal system are encountered quite frequently and are generally benign. However, clinicians should be careful to exclude rare malignant disorders and soft tissue sarcomas such as rhabdomyosarcoma, which have no specific symptoms or findings. This paper presents a case that was initially consistent with a hematoma but was then diagnosed as a rhabdomyosarcoma upon clinical examination and ultrasonography at follow-up shortly after.
topic myalgia
rhabdomyosarcoma
musculoskeletal ultrasonography
url http://www.actareumatologica.com/files/article/1076_persistent_abdominal_pain_after_exercise_an_unexpected_diagnosis_file.pdf
work_keys_str_mv AT tugrulormeci persistentabdominalpainafterexerciseanunexpecteddiagnosis
AT oguzdurmus persistentabdominalpainafterexerciseanunexpecteddiagnosis
AT ilknursaral persistentabdominalpainafterexerciseanunexpecteddiagnosis
AT mehmetagirman persistentabdominalpainafterexerciseanunexpecteddiagnosis
AT engincakar persistentabdominalpainafterexerciseanunexpecteddiagnosis
_version_ 1725961834179067904

Similar Items