title: Acute appendicitis presenting as secretory diarrhea.
abstract: A 12-year-old girl presented with lower abdominal pain, nonbilious vomiting, and a severe secretory diarrhea. Infectious and noninfectious etiologies were ruled out, and she was found to have perforated acute appendicitis. It is essential to consider acute appendicitis in the differential diagnosis for secretory diarrhea and abdominal pain in the pediatric population.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Pediatrics, Gastroenterology, and Pediatric Surgery, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
authors.forename: Benjamin I
authors.initials: BI
authors.lastname: Enav
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mogilner
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jaffe
authors.forename: Ron
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shaoul
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007813:Laparotomy; D016896:Treatment Outcome