Abdominal pain without bruising or sign of trauma: pancreatic injuries in children is difficult to predict
- Author:
So Young BAK
1
;
Hyun Joo LEE
;
Hey Sung BAEK
;
Su Min AHN
;
Gyu Chong CHO
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Abdominal Pain; Amylases; Child; Emergencies; Lipase; Pancreas; Pancreatic Pseudocyst
- MeSH: Abdominal Pain; Amylases; Child; Diagnosis; Early Diagnosis; Emergencies; Emergency Service, Hospital; Humans; Lipase; Pancreas; Pancreatic Pseudocyst
- From:Pediatric Emergency Medicine Journal 2019;6(2):77-80
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Pancreatic injuries due to trauma in children are rare. An early diagnosis is difficult as the signs and symptoms are insidious, but delays in diagnosis can lead to significant complications. We report a case of a child who visited the emergency department with aggravating abdominal pain. The physicians first diagnosed the abdominal pain as being caused by a disease in the emergency department, but the patient was subsequently diagnosed with pancreatic injury. Clinicians should be aware of a possible trauma in children who complain of vague abdominal pain even in the absence of corresponding history.
