A disappearing abdominal mass in a teenage female
We present a case of a 17-year-old female who presented to an urgent care for evaluation of a right-sided abdominal mass. Prior to her evaluation, she had undergone advanced imaging and exploratory laparotomy that did not reveal a diagnosis for her symptoms. Our case emphasizes the importance of lis...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2020-06-01
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Series: | SAGE Open Medical Case Reports |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2050313X20927965 |
Summary: | We present a case of a 17-year-old female who presented to an urgent care for evaluation of a right-sided abdominal mass. Prior to her evaluation, she had undergone advanced imaging and exploratory laparotomy that did not reveal a diagnosis for her symptoms. Our case emphasizes the importance of listening to the patient who persists in describing a particular clinical symptom and highlights the forgotten, yet historically well-known, diagnosis of nephroptosis. |
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ISSN: | 2050-313X |