TOA (Tubo-Ovarian Abscess): Three letters you don’t want to hear
Case presentation An 11-year-old female presents with severe right-sided abdominal pain that began 5 days ago. The patient reports that she was in her usual state of good health until…
Cruisin’ for a bruisin’: Pulmonary contusion
Case presentation A 13-year-old is brought to the Emergency Department after being struck by a large truck while attempting to cross a highway on his bicycle. There is no reported…
Nothing cute about it: Acute flaccid myelitis
Case presentation A 2-year-old child presents with difficulty ambulating for the past 24 hours. His parents state that the child has had fever, cough, and congestion for the past 5…
Somethin’ growin’: Pediatric arachnoid cysts
Case presentation A 16-year-old female presents with a history of severe headaches, nausea, and vomiting for the past 3 weeks. She was seen at an urgent care facility where she…
Of course you have asthma: Persistent wheezing
Case presentation An 8-year-old boy presents with 3 days of cough, fever, and headache. He had been seen the previous day by his primary care physician and he was told…
It’s not in to be thin: SMA syndrome
Case presentation A 14-year-old male is brought to the emergency department with severe diffuse abdominal pain. He has had multiple episodes of nonbloody but bilious emesis accompanying the pain. There…
Unusually painful: Ovarian torsion
Case presentation A 13-year-old female presents with acute onset of right lower quadrant pain for the past 4 hours. She states that she has been in her usual, normal state…
My tummy! Appendicitis
Case presentation A 10-year-old male presents with 2 days of initially intermittent, now constant, abdominal pain. He states that the pain started on the right side of his abdomen and…
My, what a big thymus you have! Neonate/infant mediastinal masses
Case presentation An 8-month-old male presents with 2 months of cough and intermittent rhinorrhea. He has been seen multiple times by his primary care provider and has been diagnosed at…
Matters of the heart: Pericarditis
Case presentation A 13-year-old male presents to the emergency department (ED) with 2 weeks of chest pain. He describes the pain as sharp and constant, worsening over the past week….
