ArticleJournal of surgical case reports2020
Paediatric abdominal pain in the time of COVID-19: a new diagnostic dilemma.
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- A Systematic Review of Abdominal Imaging Findings in COVID-19 Patients.Visceral medicine · 2021Pooled it
- The JANUS of chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases onset during COVID-19 - A systematic review of the literature.Journal of autoimmunity · 2021Pooled it
- Investigating changes in incidence and severity of pediatric appendicitis during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada: an interrupted time series analysis.World journal of pediatrics : WJP · 2023Article
- Atraumatic splenic rupture in a child with COVID 19.BMC pediatrics · 2022Article
- Abdominal US in Pediatric Inflammatory Multisystem Syndrome Associated with SARS-CoV-2 (PIMS-TS).Radiology · 2022Article
- Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 pandemic related morbidity and mortality in patients with pediatric surgical diseases: A concerning challenge.World journal of methodology · 2022Review
- Abdominal manifestation of multisystemic inflammatory syndrome in children.Journal of pediatric surgery case reports · 2021Article
- MIS-C-Implications for the Pediatric Surgeon: An Algorithm for Differential Diagnostic Considerations.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
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Abstract
The diagnostic uncertainty for children with abdominal pain has increased during the COVID-19 pandemic with the additional consideration of both COVID-19 and paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome-temporally associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) (PIMS-TS) alongside appendicitis, mesenteric adenitis and other less common causes of abdominal pain. We describe the cases of two children who presented with severe abdominal pain, non-bilious vomiting and high temperatures during the UK's first peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Laboratory and abdominal ultrasound features were similar for both children but symptom progression in combination with cross-sectional abdominal imaging enabled differentiation between PIMS-TS and appendicitis with concurrent COVID-19. These cases highlight the importance of regular clinical review, multidisciplinary working and the utility of early cross-sectional imaging to determine the underlying condition.
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